Editing Freeport, New York (section)

==Infrastructure==

=== Transportation ===

==== Road ====
[[Merrick Road]] and [[New York State Route 27|Sunrise Highway]] both run roughly east-west through the village.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, the [[Meadowbrook State Parkway]] forms much of Freeport's eastern border with Merrick.<ref name=":0" />  The [[Southern State Parkway]] runs east-west about a mile north of Freeport's northern border with [[Roosevelt, New York|Roosevelt]].<ref name=":0" />

Additionally, Freeport would have been the southern terminus of the never-built [[Freeport–Roslyn Expressway]].<ref name="purpose">{{Cite news|date=January 17, 1952|title=Purpose of Freeport–Roslyn Expressway|page=5|work=The Leader|location=Freeport, New York|url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071064/1952-01-17/ed-1/seq-5/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=01dc4627e3021e41773e28ca8531fac948512a7f-1599190945-0-Ac7GYfvv59S0uVoxYHgKnZSvH6Ssn7HIek6CSEki_KM7QcOKd3fhJK0Ht-fTCpDY22xb1jQT6yRH3ICnrhA_gOK8pge0WRWBy5nXPhpbHz3PqNs6rrM8xHx32mO06x6cCQaXNysPkR4f1l-CpKW_7G3sEHvkPwDLYU5qRafpLxHnXwgjwAkA1IuAaRtHpV8q_ZA3kHIUZYvhlyltd2it6jMyrW_v_vu7JSQWz_MhMCMxbs9M8v3wg34ANnETpCfwkcXuNaKdYj4WaeeYWJnP2sNAQtU6BUBXpKTT8TE3BPbg6dmIR2IFnQP_0nTj58pghQ|access-date=September 3, 2020|oclc=781862966|via=NYS Historic Newspapers}}</ref><ref name="feeney">{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Feeney|first=Regina|date=May 21, 2018|title=Freeport-Roslyn Expressway|url=https://libguides.freeportlibrary.info/c.php?g=494599&p=3384558|access-date=September 4, 2020|encyclopedia=Freeport History Encyclopedia|publisher=Freeport Memorial Library|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 28, 1958|title=News from the Field of Travel|language=en-US|page=X35|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/09/28/archives/news-from-the-field-of-travel.html|access-date=September 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This short-lived proposal in the early 1950s was killed largely by community opposition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 22, 1952|title=County Abandons All Plans for Expressway|work=Newsday}}{{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 14, 1952|title=Nassau Postpones Action on Highway: Work on Freeport–Roslyn Link Put Off for Year—Protests Against Project Mount|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/14/archives/nassau-postpones-action-on-highway-work-on-freeportroslyn-link-put.html|access-date=September 4, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==== Rail ====
Freeport is served by the [[Freeport (LIRR station)|Freeport]] station on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Babylon Branch]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref>

==== Bus ====
Freeport serves as a hub for several [[Nassau Inter-County Express]] bus routes:<ref name=":0" />
* n4/n4x: Freeport – [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]]
* n19: Freeport – [[Sunrise Mall (Massapequa Park, New York)|Sunrise Mall]]
* n40/41: Freeport – [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]
* n43: Freeport – [[Roosevelt Field Mall]]
* n88: Freeport – [[Jones Beach State Park|Jones Beach]] (Summer Service Only)

=== Utilities ===

==== Sewage ====
Freeport is connected to [[sanitary sewer]]s.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sewerage Map – Nassau County|url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1328/85percentfigureunsewercrop?bidId=|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=County of Nassau, New York}}</ref> The village maintains a sanitary sewer system which flows into [[Nassau County Sewage District|Nassau County's system]], which treats the sewage from the village's system through the Nassau County-owned [[sewage treatment plants]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Wastewater Management Program {{!}} Nassau County, NY - Official Website|url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1882/Wastewater-Management-Program|access-date=August 6, 2021|website=www.nassaucountyny.gov}}</ref>

==== Water ====
The Village of Freeport owns and maintains its own water system.<ref name=":0" /> Freeport's water system serves the entire village with water.<ref name=":0" />