Editing Greenvale, New York (section)

==History==
Located between [[Roslyn, New York|Roslyn]] and [[Brookville, New York|Brookville]], the [[Greenvale station]] is known as the [[Long Island Rail Road]] stop for the [[Long Island University C.W. Post Campus|C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University]] and the [[New York Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Directions to Long Island Campus {{!}} Long Island {{!}} NYIT|url=https://www.nyit.edu/long_island/directions|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.nyit.edu}}</ref> While LIU Post is located to the east in Brookville, it uses the Greenvale, NY 11548 [[ZIP Code]] and the Greenvale Post Office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZIP Code 11548 Map, Demographics, More for Greenvale, NY|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/11548/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.unitedstateszipcodes.org}}</ref>

Until 1866, the community was known as "Cedar Swamp", and later known as "Bull's Head", until some point in the early 20th century; it has also been known historically as "North Roslyn".<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><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Meyer |first=Eugene L. |date=1989-05-08 |title=VANISHING MEMORIES OF LONG ISLAND'S GILDED AGE |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/05/09/vanishing-memories-of-long-islands-gilded-age/6ebfb7b4-b04d-4176-97f3-4e81e752bd14/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>''Historic Map of the Greater Roslyn Area''. Roslyn Local History Collection. The Bryant Library.</ref>

While many residential areas in the hamlet were developed prior to [[World War II|the Second World War]], the 1940s and 1950s saw the development of the area adjacent to the [[Roslyn Cemetery]] and the Long Island Rail Road tracks (including Park Avenue and Wellington Road).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1946-07-21 |title=Builder Starts Ranch-Style Dwellings In a New Development on Long Island |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/07/21/archives/builder-starts-ranchstyle-dwellings-in-a-new-development-on-long.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nassau County LRV Viewer|url=https://lrv.nassaucountyny.gov/map/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=lrv.nassaucountyny.gov}}</ref><ref>Nassau County aerial photos. 1926. County of Nassau.</ref><ref>Nassau County aerial photos. 1950. County of Nassau.</ref>

A major shopping center, [[Wheatley Plaza]], opened in Greenvale in 1980, on the former site of Wheatley Gardens – a nursery.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 27, 1980 |title=...and Things That Tell Us Something Else |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=LI16 |via=<!-- [[ProQuest]] --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wheatley Plaza {{!}} Castagna Realty Co. |url=https://www.castagnarealty.com/properties/wheatley-plaza/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Irving |date=August 6, 1980 |title=New Residents Turned Off By Permanent Night-Lights |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=21 |via=<!-- [[ProQuest]] --><!-- needs Proquest URL -->}}</ref> Developed by Castagna Realty – the owners of the [[Americana Manhasset]] – and first proposed in 1977, the center's construction required a change in land use from residential to business & parking.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1978 |title=N. Hempstead Extends Zoning |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=27 |via=<!-- [[ProQuest]] --><!-- needs URL -->}}</ref>