Editing Flower Hill, New York (section)

== Economy ==
Flower Hill is a [[Commuter town|bedroom community]] of the [[New York City|City of New York]].<ref name=":1" /> As such, a significant number of Flower Hill residents commute to/from New York for work.<ref name=":1" />

The village itself is predominantly residential in character, with the heavy majority of residential lots within the village being zoned for single-family homes.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":252">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Zoning Atlas |url=https://www.longislandzoningatlas.org/map?layers=villages_inc,enviro_group,enviro_group,enviro_group,enviro_group,enviro_group,enviro_group,villages_uninc,villages_inc,villages_uninc,villages_inc,town,reservations,town,town,reservations,specdist_sewer_group&zop=42&lng=-73.6636247546507&lat=40.80019994443202#&map=15.28/40.801129/-73.66366 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.longislandzoningatlas.org}}</ref> The village has a business district at its southern end, along Northern Boulevard, Middle Neck Road, and Port Washington Boulevard; this is where the heavy majority of businesses within the village are located.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":252" />

The largest employer in Flower Hill is [[St. Francis Hospital (Flower Hill, New York)|St. Francis Hospital]], located off Port Washington Boulevard near the center of the village.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":71">{{cite web |title=Town of North Hempstead ACFR |url=https://www.northhempsteadny.gov/filestorage/16281/16283/16509/16557/FINAL_-_TONH_ACFR_2021_%281%29.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> As of 2021, the hospital employed approximately 3,573 people, also making it the third-largest employer overall within the Town of North Hempstead.<ref name=":71" />