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== References == {{reflist|refs= <!-- Unused <ref name="50 Cent destroyed by fire">{{cite web |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6174489/ |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Home of 50 Cent destroyed by fire |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[WABC-TV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229012510/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6174489 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> --> <!-- Unused <ref name="50 Cent trying to sell">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/50-cent-trying-to-sell-dix-hills-property-1.1787374 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=50 Cent trying to sell Dix Hills property |last1=Kellogg |first1=Valerie |date=March 1, 2010 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229045835/http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/50-cent-trying-to-sell-dix-hills-property-1.1787374 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> --> <ref name="Bloom">{{cite book|last=Ten-Tronck|first=Rob|title=Celebrity Locator 2006–2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDT11q5kOj8C&pg=PA32|year=2005|publisher=Axiom Information Resources|isbn=978-0-943213-79-8|page=32}}</ref> <ref name="Bourne">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/15/sports/opening-session-for-islanders.html |access-date=December 27, 2013 |title=Opening Session for Islanders |last1=Tuite |first1=James |date=September 15, 1981 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115163037/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/15/sports/opening-session-for-islanders.html |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Coltrane">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/carlos-santana-fundraiser-nets-30-000-for-john-coltrane-home-repair-1.6379089 |access-date=December 27, 2013 |title=Carlos Santana fundraiser nets $30,000 for John Coltrane home repair |last1=Morris |first1=Deborah S. |date=November 4, 2013 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229044929/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/carlos-santana-fundraiser-nets-30-000-for-john-coltrane-home-repair-1.6379089 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Gillies NYS">{{cite web|url=http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J1588-2009 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Resolution J1588-2009 |date=April 28, 2009 |publisher=[[New York State Senate]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228123132/http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J1588-2009 |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Gillies-NYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/01/sports/islanders-father-figure.html |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=ISLANDERS' FATHER FIGURE |last1=Vecsey |first1=George |date=February 1, 1982 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115163341/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/01/sports/islanders-father-figure.html |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Gillies St. Joe's">{{cite press release |url=http://faculty.sjcny.edu/NewsItems/Golf_Tournament.htm |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE TO HOLD ITS 14th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT: NEW YORK ISLANDER GREAT, CLARK GILLIES, NAMED 2004 HONOREE |date=April 7, 2004 |publisher=[[St. Joseph's College (New York)|St. Joseph's College]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228185148/http://faculty.sjcny.edu/NewsItems/Golf_Tournament.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="Harris">{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2013/07/09/harris-still-searching-for-nba-security/ |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Harris still searching for NBA security |last1=Schmitz |first1=Brian |date=July 9, 2013 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |publisher=[[Tribune Company]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229025605/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-07-09/sports/os-brian-schmitz-magic-summer-league-0710-20130709_1_tobias-harris-j-j-redick-milwaukee-bucks |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live |quote=... when he's home in Dix Hills, N.Y.}}</ref> <ref name="Israel residence">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/rep-steve-israel-has-tried-to-sell-dix-hills-home-before-1.2321551 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Rep. Steve Israel has tried to sell Dix Hills home before |last1=Kellogg |first1=Valerie |date=September 28, 2010 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229050313/http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/rep-steve-israel-has-tried-to-sell-dix-hills-home-before-1.2321551 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="LoMonaco">{{cite news |title=FRIDAY: Pro wrestling comes to concert hall |last1=Castillo |first1=Alfonso A. |date=February 18, 2008 |work=[[McClatchy – Tribune Business News]] |quote=... said Brother Ray, one half of TNA tag team champions, Team 3D, and a native Long Islander. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound former Dix Hills resident expects ... recalling his days performing as one half of the Dudley Boyz in WWE. |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Macchio mambo">{{cite news |title=ON TV: Macchio mambo? |date=March 21, 2011 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=A14 |last=Gay |first=Verne |quote=Ralph Macchio, the original "Karate Kid," ... was born in Huntington, raised in Dix Hills, and attended Half Hollow Hills West High, graduating in 1979. |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Macchio showbiz">{{cite news |title=SHOWBIZ: Promoted to star, ex-student comes home |date=May 14, 1981 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=11 |last=Pawel |first=Miriam |quote= Macchio moved from his family's home in Dix Hills to Los Angeles last summer ... |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Macchio roughening">{{cite news |title=Roughening the edges to become an 'Outsider' |date=April 26, 1983 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=A21 |last=Kaufman |first=Bill |quote= Ralph Macchio ... at home in Dix Hills |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Moriarty">{{cite web|url=http://huntington.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/toys-28a1c0a9 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Big Party at Castle Cheers Kids |last1=Robinson |first1=Pam |date=December 14, 2012 |work=[[Patch Media]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232350/http://huntington.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/toys-28a1c0a9 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Mottola">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/dix-hills-greg-mottola-relives-adventureland-1.1216503 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Dix Hills' Greg Mottola relives 'Adventureland' |last1=Guzmán |first1=Rafer |date=March 26, 2009 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231011019/http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/dix-hills-greg-mottola-relives-adventureland-1.1216503 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=live |via=[[ProQuest]] |quote=... Greg Mottola, a Dix Hills native whose 1984 summer job there inspired his new film, "Adventureland," may have an explanation. ... His 1996 debut, the satirical drama "The Daytrippers" (featuring Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber and Parker Posey), followed a dysfunctional Long Island family on an eventful drive into Manhattan. His second, more famous film, "Superbad," was a super-crude comedy starring then-unknowns Jonah Hill and Michael Cera.}}</ref> <ref name="NYT If You're Thinking 1993">{{cite news |title=If You're Thinking of Living In: Dix Hills |date=August 8, 1993 |work=The New York Times |last=Kellerman |first=Vivien |page=7 |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Phillips Cure">{{cite news |title=Cure for 'Hangover'? |date=May 19, 2013 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=C6 |last=Anderson |first=John |quote= Phillips, who grew up in Dix Hills and whose comedies include 'Due Date,' 'Starsky & Hutch' and 'Old School,' ... |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Phillips Drunk with success">{{cite news |title=Drunk with success: The Hangover bad boys are back for more monkey business, this time in Bangkok |date=May 22, 2011 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=C8 |last=Guzman |first=Rafer |quote='The Hangover,' directed by Dix Hills-raised Todd Phillips, eventually became the highest-grossing R-rated comedy. |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Phillips Due Date">{{cite news |title='Due Date' director helps father go further |date=November 4, 2010 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=B10 |last=Guzman |first=Rafer |quote= Fans of "Old School" and "The Hangover" may recognize the name of writer-director Todd Phillips. ... Raised in Dix Hills but now based in Los Angeles, Phillips ... |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Prahalis">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/long-island-sammy-prahalis-inspires-ohio-state-fans-vexes-big-ten-opponents-article-1.1036786 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Long Island's Sammy Prahalis inspires Ohio State fans and vexes Big Ten opponents |last1=Armstrong |first1=Kevin |date=March 10, 2012 |work=[[Daily News (New York)]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231948/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/long-island-sammy-prahalis-inspires-ohio-state-fans-vexes-big-ten-opponents-article-1.1036786 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=live |quote=Atop a shelf inside Prahalis' childhood bedroom on the second floor of the family’s home midway down a dead end street in Dix Hills, L.I. ...}}</ref> <ref name="Prywes">{{cite news |title=A Rookie Savors His Baptism by Fire Island / LI filmmaker shoots 'Mickey Stern' at his parents' beach house |date=April 23, 2003 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |page=B2 |last=Lipson |first=Karin |quote="We don't have an ad budget," the affable 28-year-old first-time director [Prywes], who grew up in Old Bethpage and Dix Hills, explained over his car phone. |via=[[ProQuest]]}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Rose">{{cite web |url=http://www.liherald.com/stories/Love-me-hate-me-know-my-name-,32878?sub_id=32878&print=1 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Love me, hate me, know my name: Baldwin native divides YouTube users, racks up endless hits |last1=Connolly |first1=Chris |date=May 19, 2011 |work=Long Island Herald |publisher=Richner Communications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229031451/http://www.liherald.com/stories/Love-me-hate-me-know-my-name-,32878?sub_id=32878&print=1 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Snider">{{cite book|last=Kesler|first=Christine A.|title=Brands and their companies: new consumer products and their manufacturers with company addresses and phone numbers. Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDxtJlTJiOwC|year=1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-2289-3|page=381}}</ref> <ref name="Star Hear the new">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/hear-the-new-ryan-star-song-bullet-exclusive-1.5818694 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Hear the new Ryan Star song 'Bullet': Exclusive |last1=Gamboa |first1=Glenn |date=August 2, 2013 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231012552/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/hear-the-new-ryan-star-song-bullet-exclusive-1.5818694 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Star Perform on Leno">{{cite web|url=http://halfhollowhills.patch.com/groups/goodnews/p/dix-hills-native-ryan-star-to-perform-on-leno |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Dix Hills Native Ryan Star to Perform on Leno |last1=Lindner |first1=Amanda |date=August 9, 2012 |work=[[Patch Media]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233327/http://halfhollowhills.patch.com/groups/goodnews/p/dix-hills-native-ryan-star-to-perform-on-leno |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Tooker">{{cite book|last=Tooker|first=William Wallace<!--|author-link=William Wallace Tooker-->|title=The Indian Place-names on Long Island and Islands Adjacent: With Their Probable Significations|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028866528|year=1911|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028866528/page/59 59]–60}} {{open access}}</ref> <ref name="Walker">{{cite news |title=Former Jets star Walker struggles with pain |date=November 27, 2008 |work=[[McClatchy – Tribune Business News]] |last=Baumbach |first=Jim |via=[[ProQuest]] |quote=[Walker] often prefers to be at his Dix Hills home ...}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> <ref name="Weidman">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/9/6/4679268/chris-weidman-seven-weeks-into-his-own-era |access-date=June 24, 2014 |title=Chris Weidman: Seven weeks into his own era |last1=Mindenhall |first1=Chuck |date=September 6, 2013 |work=MMA Fighting |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823115108/http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/9/6/4679268/chris-weidman-seven-weeks-into-his-own-era |archive-date=August 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Winick">{{cite news |title=VOWS: Pamela Ling and Judd Winick |date=September 9, 2001 |work=The New York Times |last=Klein |first=Debra A. |page=ST13 |via=[[ProQuest]] |quote=Judd was "the struggling cartoonist" from Dix Hills, N.Y. ...}} {{closed access}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> }}
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