Editing Bethpage, New York (section)

===Swedetown Village===

In the early 1900s, Bethpage (then called Central Park) was home to a small village of early [[Scandinavia]]n immigrants,<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Unveils Historical Marker Celebrating Swedetown |url=https://www.midislandtimes.com/articles/town-unveils-historical-marker-celebrating-swedetown/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Midisland Times}}</ref> whose area was north of Cherry Avenue, east of Stewart Avenue, and west of today's Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedetown - Central Park Historical Society Encyclopedia|url=https://www.bethpagehistory.org/wiki/index.php?title=Swedetown&oldid=1441 |website=Bethpage History}}</ref> A Scandinavian-American Club of North Central Park formed in 1924, called Central Park North Civic Association, whose social activities and project fundraising helped improve roads, street lighting, water service, and postal service. After officially disbanding in 1959, the clubhouse, located on Stewart Avenue, became Saint Isidoro's Greek Orthodox Church.

In August 2021, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor [[Joseph Saladino]], with the help of Central Park Historical Society, helped unveil a historical marker celebrating the Scandinavian immigrants, located on the corner of Flamingo Lane and Caffrey Avenue.