Editing Bethpage, New York (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg|left|thumb|NYS Historic Marker for the Grumman Corporation]]
Bethpage was the home of the [[Grumman#Long Island location|Grumman plant]] that produced the [[Apollo Lunar Module]]s, or LEMs.

[[Bethpage State Park]] offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the [[Bethpage Black Course|Black Course]], was the site of the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2002]] and [[2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2009]]. [[Tiger Woods]] won the event in 2002 and [[Lucas Glover]] in 2009. While the park and its five golf courses are located almost entirely within [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]] and its offices are located within the neighboring [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]] postal district, it is easily accessed from Bethpage.

Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the [[New York State Fair]] in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg "Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Rinks"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227062520/http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg |date=February 27, 2012 }}.</ref> In 2010, chlorine was added to the drinking water following new Nassau County Board of Health regulations, leading many residents to complain that the taste of the water had declined.<ref>Schwartz, David M.; LaRocco, Paul (February 18, 2020). "[https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/bethpage-grumman-community In proud Bethpage, years of worry take emotional toll]". ''Newsday''.</ref>

[[Medal of Honor]] recipient [[Stephen Edward Karopczyc]] lived in Bethpage,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |title=Medal of Honor.com- Stephen E. Karopczyc |access-date=January 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022002934/http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the former Karopczyc School in Bethpage (part of the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]]) was renamed for him. The school now houses the Island Trees Public Library.

The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage has an NHL-size rink for skating, and is home to the Long Island Blues special hockey team, who practice and play home games at the rink.<ref>[http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325110019/http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D|date=March 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://longislandblues.org/ |title=Long Island Blues Hockey Club powered by GOALLINE.ca |publisher=Longislandblues.org |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref>