Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1966, counts 7,914 residents.
Garden City Park’s middle household income is $150,000, above both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 4 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Garden City Park. We don’t grade Garden City Park yet; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 7,554 in 2000, 7,985 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2020 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Garden City Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw16 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Garden City Park is unincorporated, so Nassau County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Garden City Park.
FEMA puts 54% of Garden City Park’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The peak summer temperature in Garden City Park is 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs in Garden City Park grew by 569 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 4,533. Most people who work leave Garden City Park to do it: just 3% work in town. Its average commute stands at 34 minutes. The top destinations are New York (48%), North Hempstead (19%) and Hempstead (13%).
| Garden City Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For adults in Garden City Park, the share who have high blood pressure is 31%. This New York town does better than the New York average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Garden City Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Garden City Park | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 41.9% | 37.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Parks and preserves in Garden City Park: 4, covering 12 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Park Circle | — | 5 |
| 2. Herricks Road Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Broadway Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Garden City Park typically sold within 27 days of listing. 85% of Garden City Park households live in a home they own. Bidding over the asking price: 53% of homes sold locally.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
37 within 15 miles of the center of Garden City Park
About 11 of every 100 Garden City Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Garden City Park, historically known as Clowesville, is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater New Hyde Park area. The population was 7,985 at the time of the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Garden City Park.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North New Hyde Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mineola | #82 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Herricks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garden City | #17 | A+ | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
Mineola, North Hempstead and Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Garden City Park, North New Hyde Park and Herricks aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Garden City Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Garden City Park yet; the figures below are still real.
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