Editing Roslyn Heights, New York (section)

== History ==
Roslyn Heights saw a major economic boom in the 1860s, shortly after the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Oyster Bay Branch]] was built through and opened in the area.<ref name=":33">{{Cite book|last1=Russell|first1=Ellen|title=Roslyn|last2=Russell|first2=Sargent|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7385-6505-7|series=Images of America|pages=56|lccn=2008942609}}</ref>

Starting in 1892, a corporation was started to develop the northwestern section of the hamlet.<ref name=":81" /> Members of this development corporation included lawyers, bankers, and developers. This development, which was named Roslyn Highlands, was largely unsuccessful. Eventually, the western portion of the proposed Roslyn Highlands development was developed using the name of Roslyn Highlands while the eastern part was developed using the name of Roslyn Heights.<ref name=":81" /> These names were used for the respective sections until the whole area became known as Roslyn Heights in the late 1920s.<ref name=":81" />

On July 18, 1913, the Roslyn Heights Post Office opened.<ref name=":81" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dedication of the Roslyn Heights Post Office at 66 Mineola Avenue, Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York 11577|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|year=1967}}</ref> It moved to its present location at 66 Mineola Avenue in 1967, with the dedication ceremony taking place on Sunday, July 30, 1967.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Roslyn Heights Post Office, Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York October 15, 2021.jpg|thumb|The Roslyn Heights Post Office in October 2021.]]
In the 1950s and 1960s, the area of Roslyn Heights south of the [[Northern State Parkway]] known as Roslyn Country Club proposed incorporating itself as a village, citing the desire for home rule the first time in the 1950s and their dissatisfaction with Nassau County's plans to widen Roslyn Road the second time in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 6, 1960|title=Study Incorporation For Roslyn Heights|work=[[Newsday]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 18, 1952|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109243656/newsday-nassau-edition-incoorpration/|title=Nassau News Briefs|work=[[Newsday]]|access-date=August 17, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 24, 1952|title=Roslyn Civic Group Mulls Incorporation|work=[[Newsday]]|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> These proposals were ultimately unsuccessful, and all of Roslyn Heights remains an unincorporated hamlet within and directly governed by the Town of North Hempstead to this day.<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=89–90}}</ref><ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Towns of North Hempstead & Hempstead Villages – Long Island Towns|url=https://www.longisland.com/town-of-north-hempstead.html|access-date=2021-06-13|website=LongIsland.com}}</ref>

A major [[Urban renewal|urban renewal project]] also took place in the northeastern part of the hamlet during the 20th Century – specifically the area around the [[Roslyn station (LIRR)|Roslyn Long Island Rail Road station]] known as Roslyn Plaza.<ref name=":33" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Timeline of Roslyn History {{!}} Roslyn, NY|url=https://www.roslynny.gov/about-roslyn/pages/timeline-roslyn-history|access-date=2021-06-13|website=www.roslynny.gov}}</ref> The Roslyn Plaza Urban Renewal Project began in the early 1970s and the final phase broke ground in 1983.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Gupte|first=Pranay|date=1972-03-05|title=Renewal Of Roslyn Plaza Area Advances|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/05/archives/renewal-of-roslyn-plaza-area-advances.html|access-date=2021-06-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Philips|first=Evelyn|date=1983-04-03|title=REALIZING A HOUSING DREAM|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/03/nyregion/realizing-a-housing-dream.html|access-date=2021-06-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This project was carried out by the Town of North Hempstead.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

Historically, like many other parts of the Greater Roslyn area, what is now known as Roslyn Heights was known as Hempstead Harbor until that name was changed to Roslyn in the 1840s.<ref name=":81" />

=== Etymology ===
The "Roslyn" part of the hamlet's name is shared with Roslyn, [[Roslyn Estates, New York|Roslyn Estates]], and [[Roslyn Harbor, New York|Roslyn Harbor]], and ultimately can be traced back to when the name "Roslyn" was chosen for that village, as the geography in Roslyn reminded officials of the geography of [[Roslin, Midlothian|Roslin, Scotland]].<ref name=":81" /> The "Heights" part of its name reflects the name of the portion of the area developed using the name Roslyn Heights, which is ultimately the name which the Roslyn Heights Post Office opted to use when it was established in 1913.<ref name=":81" />