Editing East Meadow, New York (section)

==History==
In 1655, two [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]]s for [[Town of Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]] reported that the "east meadow" would be suitable for grazing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Strong |first=Otto |date=April 22, 1990 |title=His Trips Down Memory Lane: Steve Buczak chronicles East Meadow's history |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=1, 5 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> The area quickly became a grazing area for cattle and later, in the 18th century, for sheep. The sheep of the East Meadow area provided the country with more than 50% of the United States' wool needs during that time.<ref name=":1" />

During the [[American Revolutionary War]], East Meadow was occupied by [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces when they discovered the vast amounts of livestock herded there, and remained under their control until the end of the war.<ref name=":1" /> Two large farms existed in what is now East Meadow: the Barnum farm (Barnum Woods), and the Carman farm. It is rumored that President [[George Washington]] spent a night on the Barnum estate during a trip across [[Long Island]] in 1790.<ref name=":1" /> A [[Toll house|toll booth]] was operated near the Carman homestead on the Hempstead Turnpike.

Another early settlement was located near what is now the intersection of [[East Meadow Avenue]] (formerly called Newbridge Avenue; not to be confused with nearby [[New York State Route 106|Newbridge Road]]) and Prospect Avenue.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=March 24, 1982 |title=Street Gets a New Name |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=29 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Gwen |date=February 3, 1982 |title=Street's Identity Crisis Bothers Merchants |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=23 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>

The community was home to many [[Gilded Era]] estates. The old Hoeffner homestead is now the site of Veterans Memorial park, and East Meadow's Post Office. The Barnum estate was rented by the Hoeffner family in 1914. Part of the old Barnum farm is now the site of Barnum Woods Elementary School, and the main road that passes by the school, Merrick Avenue, was originally called Barnum Avenue. The [[Oliver Belmont|Oliver]] and [[Alva Belmont]] (formerly Alva Vanderbilt) estate of [[Brookholt]] once stretched across several hundred acres on both sides of Front Street to the west of Merrick Avenue,<ref name="countryhouses">{{cite book |title=Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860–1940 |last=MacKay |first=Robert B. |author2=Anthony K. Baker |author3=Carol A. Traynor  |year=1997 |publisher=Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in association with W.W. Norton & Co. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-03856-9 |pages=226–227, 359, 485 }}</ref> and for a short while, included the [[Brookholt School of Agriculture for Women]].

In 1962, a sand mine located within the hamlet was the subject of [[Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead|''Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead'']], in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] upheld examined the constitutionality of municipal policing powers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckers |first=Dr Scott |date=2020-08-26 |title=Goldblatt's Sand Pit |url=https://www.liherald.com/eastmeadow/stories/goldblatts-sand-pit,127370 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Herald Community Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>

Carman Avenue is home to [[East Meadow High School]], the [[Nassau County Correctional Facility]], and the [[Nassau University Medical Center]] – the tallest inhabitable building in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].

East Meadow's name is derived from being the meadow of [[Hempstead Plains]] east of the Meadow Brook (originally a brook; since replaced by a [[Meadowbrook State Parkway|parkway of the same name]]).<ref name=":81">{{Cite book|last=Winsche|first=Richard|title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Empire State Books|isbn=978-1557871541|location=[[Interlaken, New York]]|pages=}}</ref>

East Meadow was chosen to host eight [[cricket (sport)|cricket]] matches of the [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|ICC Men's T20 World Cup]] in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2024 |title=State of the art Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York unveiled ahead of Men's T20 World Cup |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/state-of-the-art-nassau-county-international-cricket-stadium-in-new-york-unveiled-ahead-of-men-s-t20-world-cup |access-date=March 5, 2024 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Botello |first=Camille |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Cricket stadium opponents relieved with ICC's decision to nix Van Cortlandt Park proposal, opt for Long Island site |url=https://www.bxtimes.com/cricket-stadium-nix-van-cortlandt/ |access-date=December 1, 2023 |website=Bronx Times |language=en-US |archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106225926/https://www.bxtimes.com/cricket-stadium-nix-van-cortlandt/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Solis |first=Marcus |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Cricket T20 World Cup venue to be built in Nassau County, not Bronx like first proposed |url=https://abc7ny.com/cricket-world-cup-nassau-county-eisenhower-park-van-cortlandt/13805087/ |access-date=December 1, 2023 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208170111/https://abc7ny.com/cricket-world-cup-nassau-county-eisenhower-park-van-cortlandt/13805087/ |url-status=live }}</ref>