Real Estate For Sale in Great Neck, NY Great Neck, NY, 11020  Great Neck is a Village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York.
Great Neck, originally called "Madnan's Neck", was settled in the late 17th century, not long after settlers landed on Plymouth Rock. The area had previously been inhabited by the Mattinecock Native Americans. During the late 19th century Great Neck was the rail head of the New York and Flushing Railroad, and began the process of converting from a farm village into a commuter town. In more recent days, Great Neck—in particular the Village of Kings Point—provided a backdrop to F. Scott Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby. It was thinly disguised as "West Egg", in counterpoint to Manor Haven/Sands Point, which was the inspiration for the more posh "East Egg" (the next peninsula over on Long Island Sound), Great Neck symbolized the decadence of the Roaring Twenties as it extended out from New York City into the then-remote suburbs. The Great Gatsby's themes and characters reflected the real-world transformation that Great Neck was experiencing at the time, as show-business personalities like Sid Caesar and the Marx Brothers bought homes in the hamlet and eventually established it as a haven for Jews, formerly of Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Great Neck, NY Fast Facts: | Population: | 9,538 | Households: | 3,346 | | Median Age: | 40 | Property Vacancies: | 95 | | Median Income: | $89,733 | Properties Rented: | 877 | | Crime Index: | Not Known | Owner Occupied: | 3,346 |
*Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 American Community Survey Great Neck Union Free School District #7: The Great Neck Common School District Number 7 was created in 1814, two years after New York became the first state in the country to pass a law that mandated a state-wide public school system. The Woolley's Brook School was built east of what is now Middle Neck Road opposite Old Mill Road. School was free of charge but did not become compulsory up to age 14 until 1874. Great Neck, NY Map, 11020 |
