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Garden City Park Sign, Garden City Park, NY August 31, 2022Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Garden City Park

Garden City Park’s post office opened in 1966

Most of Garden City Park was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1955. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 2000.

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How Garden City Park began

When was Garden City Park founded?

1966

The Garden City Park post office opened in 1966, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 7,554 in 20002020 census: 7,98560 years
Founding year: the first Garden City Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Garden City Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Garden City Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18975 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1969. Watch Garden City Park change.Old housesHalf of Garden City Park’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garden City Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Garden City Park on the map, 1897 to 1969

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Garden City Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Garden City Park on the 1897 USGS mapGarden City Park on the 1903 USGS mapGarden City Park on the 1947 USGS mapGarden City Park on the 1954 USGS mapGarden City Park on the 1969 USGS map1897Hempstead sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Garden City Park.

The story

How Garden City Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Garden City Park.

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From about 1787 until about 1874, the area was known as Clowesville, which was then the County Seat of Queens County, and contained the county courthouse and jail.

The community's name was eventually changed to Garden City Park due to its proximity to the then-new development of Garden City.

On December 7, 1993, six people were killed and nineteen were injured in a racially-motivated mass shooting aboard an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train at the Merillion Avenue station – Garden City Park's local LIRR station.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Garden City Park, decade by decade

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People over time

Garden City Park, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00020002020Peak: 7,985

Between 7,554 and 7,985 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Garden City Park’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Garden City Park

Nobody well known was born in Garden City Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Frank WilczekAmerican theoretical physicist · b. 1951
Kevin JamesAmerican comedian and actor · b. 1965
Steve VaiAmerican guitarist · b. 1960
Telly SavalasAmerican film and television actor and singer · b. 1922
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Chris JerichoAmerican-Canadian professional wrestler · b. 1970
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Method ManAmerican rapper and actor · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

North New Hyde ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMineola3 historic placesBHerricksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden City4 historic placesA−North Hempstead52 historic placesAHempstead29 historic placesA

Questions about Garden City Park’s history

What year was Garden City Park founded?

The Garden City Park post office opened in 1966, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.