Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Rockville Centre, NY: what to set up and who to call
Rockville Centre runs its own electric utility, Village of Rockville Centre. Trains stop in Rockville Centre.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rockville Centre, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Rockville Centre.
Power comes from Village of Rockville Centre
Village of Rockville Centre (Village of Rockville Centre - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Rockville Centre.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Rockville Centre (V) water system
The Rockville Centre (V) water system supplies almost all of Rockville Centre. It draws ground water and serves 24,700 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s lower than 59% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY2902848.
3 home internet providers serve Rockville Centre
98% of 6,432 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 99% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 83% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Rockville Centre’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rockville Centre.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Rockville Centre (73%) is in Rockville Centre Union Free School District; parts are in Oceanside Union Free School District (17%) and Malverne Union Free School District (4%) and Hempstead Union Free School District (3%).
ASchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Rockville Centre is in ZIP code 11570
ZIP codes where Rockville Centre residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rockville Centre | ZIP’s residents in Rockville Centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11570 | Rockville Centre, NY | 100% | 90% |
A few homes fall in 11563. 11571 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Rockville Centre
Who supplies Rockville Centre’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Rockville Centre (V) water system (EPA ID NY2902848). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rockville Centre?
Village of Rockville Centre (Village of Rockville Centre - (NY)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Rockville Centre?
Verizon, Optimum, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Rockville Centre?
11570. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rockville Centre in?
Rockville Centre Union Free School District. Parts of the city are in Oceanside Union Free School District and Malverne Union Free School District and Hempstead Union Free School District.
How do I register to vote in Rockville Centre?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Nassau County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.