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History · North New Hyde Park

Half of North New Hyde Park’s homes were built after 1949

Most of North New Hyde Park was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1949. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1897 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From North New Hyde Park’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about North New Hyde 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18975 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1969. Watch North New Hyde Park change.Old housesHalf of North New Hyde Park’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North New Hyde Park’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewParkville School, New Hyde Park, Long I…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

North New Hyde Park on the map, 1897 to 1969

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

North New Hyde Park on the 1897 USGS mapNorth New Hyde Park on the 1903 USGS mapNorth New Hyde Park on the 1947 USGS mapNorth New Hyde Park on the 1954 USGS mapNorth New Hyde 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 North New Hyde Park.

The story

How North New Hyde Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North New Hyde Park.

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The hamlet's name reflects the fact that it is located immediately north of New Hyde Park.

The Lake Success Shopping Center, located on Union Turnpike within the hamlet, opened in 1956; it was designed by Abraham H. Salkowitz.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

North New Hyde Park, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1950s2 items
Parkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a217391952Parkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc…Parkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a217401952Parkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc…
1960s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
Parkville Branch Great Neck Library 10 Campbell St jeh2015Parkville Branch Great Neck Library 10 Campbell St jeh1996 Chrysler Concorde LXi20141996 Chrysler Concorde LXi1931 Ford Model A Standard Fordor by Murray, rear left20141931 Ford Model A Standard Fordor by Murray, rear leftAerial NYC 12013Aerial NYC 1
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Parkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a21739
Retake this viewParkville School, New Hyde Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a21739, 1952

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People over time

North New Hyde Park, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00020002020Peak: 15,657

Between 14,542 and 15,657 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on North New Hyde Park’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

New Hyde ParkIts storyC+Manhasset Hills1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden City4 historic placesA−Garden City ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Hempstead52 historic placesAFloral ParkIts storyB−Lake SuccessIts storyDHempstead29 historic placesANew York City1039 historic placesA+

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Sources

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.