Editing Munsey Park, New York (section)

== Economy ==
Munsey Park is a [[Commuter town|bedroom community]] of the [[New York City|City of New York]], which is how the community was originally envisioned as being by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":54" /><ref name=":81" /> As such, a significant number of Munsey Park residents commute to/from New York for work.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":54" /><ref name=":81" />

The village itself is predominantly residential in character, with the heavy majority of lots within the village being zoned for [[single-family homes]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/|website=Long Island Index Maps|publisher=Long Island Index}}</ref> The only businesses within Munsey Park are at three shopping centers along the north side of Northern Boulevard; these are the only areas of the Village zoned for commercial use.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":17" /> The largest of the shopping centers in Munsey Park – Munsey Park Plaza – is located at the southeast corner of the village and houses tenants including [[Whole Foods Market|Whole Foods]] and [[Benihana]]; it has also previously housed a Bonwit Teller and a [[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.|Bed, Bath & Beyond]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 24, 2020 |title=Long Island losing another Bed Bath & Beyond |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/bed-bath-beyond-closing-manhasset-q46427 |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=Newsday }}</ref> Developers unsuccessfully proposed rebuilding the shopping center as a luxury shopping mall in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":20" />

When originally planned, the intersection of [[Manhasset Woods Road]] and [[Park Avenue (Manhasset, New York)|Park Avenue]] was to contain businesses, as well as near Locust Place (now Munsey Place); these plans were eventually amended in favor of additional single-family homes.<ref name=":7" />