Editing Deer Park, New York

{{for|the similarly named town in [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]]|Deerpark, New York}}
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'''Deer Park''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[Babylon, New York|Town of Babylon]], in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], on [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was listed as 28,837 at the time of the 2020 census.

==History==
Deer Park is located in the [[pine barrens]] in the northeastern corner of the town of [[Babylon, New York|Babylon]]. It grew out of Jacob Conklin's 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later known as [[Wheatley Heights, New York|Wheatley Heights]]. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the [[Long Island Rail Road]] arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the [[Deer Park School District (New York)|Deer Park School District]] took in Deer Park and [[Wyandanch, New York|Wyandanch]].<ref>
{{cite book
  |first=Verne|last=Dyson
  |title=Deer Park-Wyandanch History
  |publisher=Brentwood Village Press
  |year=1957
}}</ref>

Farming was a staple of this small town for most of its history. Known as the "fruit basket" of New York state, the area was also famed for its [[dahlia]] cultivation. It was not until the effects of the post-[[World War II]] boom reached Deer Park that its economy ceased to be agricultural.

Deer Park had two industries before 1940: the '''Walker and Conklin''' firm baked red bricks in West Deer Park (now Wheatley Heights), and the '''Golden Pickle Works''' (1902) prepared pickles in Deer Park. Deer Park was the locale of the [[Edgewood State Hospital]] (1938–1969)-originally a [[tuberculosis]] sanatorium, and later an Army hospital during [[World War II]]. The [[Fairchild Aircraft|Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation]] established a factory in Deer Park in 1956.<ref name=NysEncyc>{{cite book|chapter=Deer Park|title=The Encyclopedia of New York State|editor-first=Peter|editor-last=Eisenstadt|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=2005|page=442}}</ref>

In 1946, the former [[Deer Park Airport (New York)|Deer Park Airport]] opened. It operated until 1974; the land was subsequently redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: New York: Long Island, Western Suffolk County |url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Suffolk_W.htm#deerpark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221224733/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Suffolk_W.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=[[Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields]]}}</ref>

[[Image:TangerDeerPark.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Tanger Outlets at the Arches]]
Deer Park is reputed to have been the favorite summer spot of President [[John Quincy Adams]], as his preferred vacation destination from 1835 until his death. However, this "fact" has never been verified.<ref name=NysEncyc/><ref>{{Citation
| url = http://www.longislandexchange.com/towns/deerpark.html| title = Deer Park| publisher  = Long Island Exchange| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140106024609/http://longislandexchange.com/towns/deer-park/| archive-date = January 6, 2014}}</ref>

On October 22, 2008, the $300 million [[Tanger Outlets]] at the Arches shopping mall opened.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levere |first=Jane L. |title=Luxury Outlet Center to Open on Long Island |work=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/realestate/commercial/22outlet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|16.0|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all land.

Deer Park is located in the northeastern corner of the town of Babylon.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the west by the Babylon hamlets of [[Wyandanch, New York|Wyandanch]] and [[Wheatley Heights, New York|Wheatley Heights]], to the north by [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]] in the [[Huntington, New York|Town of Huntington]], to the east by [[Brentwood, New York|Brentwood]] and [[Baywood, New York|Baywood]] in the [[Islip, New York|Town of Islip]], and to the south by the hamlet of [[North Babylon, New York|North Babylon]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Deer Park CDP, New York |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3619972 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191109/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3619972 |archive-date=2020-02-12 |access-date=2012-12-26 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2010 = 27745
| 2020 = 28837
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

In 2021, Deer Park had a population of 26.8k people with a median age of 42.9 and a median household income of $114,230. Between 2020 and 2021 the population of Deer Park, NY grew from 26,043 to 26,803, a 2.92% increase and its median household income grew from $106,111 to $114,230, a 7.65% increase.<ref name="Census 2010" />

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Deer Park are White (Non-Hispanic) (58.9%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (10.4%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (9.82%), White (Hispanic) (9.05%), and Two+ (Hispanic) (4.05%).

None of the households in Deer Park reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.1% of the residents in Deer Park, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2021, the median property value in Deer Park, NY was $411,900, and the homeownership rate was 85.3%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deer Park, NY |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/deer-park-ny#:~:text=About,median%20household%20income%20of%20$114,230. |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Data USA |language=en}}</ref>

=== 2020 census ===
As of 2020, the population was 28,837. The demographics were as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=QuickFacts Deer Park CDP, New York |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/deerparkcdpnewyork/PST045222 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

* White alone - 57.2%
* Hispanic - 17.2%
* Black alone - 11.1%
* Asian alone - 11.3%
* Two or more races - 8.9%
* Other race alone - 70 (0.3%)
* Native American alone - (0.1%)

==Notable organizations==
*The [[Long Island Board of Rabbis]], an organization of [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], [[Reform Judaism|Reform]], and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] [[rabbi]]s on Long Island, had its headquarters in Deer Park. It has since relocated to Rockville Centre.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEEjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22|title=The Jewish Travel Guide|year= 1992|author=Stephen W. Massil|publisher=Sepher Hermon Pr|isbn=1-870216-10-5|access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref><ref name="pqarchiver1988">{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Stuart |date=1988-12-13 |title=Rabbi Urges No Change In 'Who Is a Jew?' Law |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-rabbi-urges-no/170264738/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=[[Newsday]] |page=20 |edition=Suffolk |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Amon |first=Rhoda |date=December 30, 2000 |title=People of Faith |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-people-of-fait/170264874/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |newspaper=Newsday |page=B2 |edition=Suffolk |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Notable people ==

* [[Dan Barry (reporter)|Dan Barry]], reporter, ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Barry |url=https://www.nytco.com/person/dan-barry/ |access-date=5 March 2023 |publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref>
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]], comedian<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/09/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-deer-park.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living in Deer Park|first=Grant|last=Glickson|work=The New York Times|date=October 9, 1988}}</ref>
* [[Kathleen Herles]], voice actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsday.p2ionline.com/LIItHappened/popup/index.aspx?webstoryid=15716291|title=It Happened on Long Island|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211142909/http://newsday.p2ionline.com/LIItHappened/popup/index.aspx?webstoryid=15716291|archive-date=February 11, 2009|work=Newsday}}</ref>
* [[Linda Yaccarino]], media executive<ref>{{cite web|first=Marisa |last=Guthrie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tv-upfronts-nbcuniversal-ad-sales-451658/ |title=TV Upfronts: NBCUniversal Ad Sales Chief Talks TV's 'Measurement Crisis' (Q&A) |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2013-05-06 |accessdate=2023-05-12}}</ref>
* [[The Chiodo Brothers]], movie effects producers<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/03/nyregion/3-deer-park-brothers-make-mark-in-hollywood.html|title=3 Deer Park Brothers Make a Mark in Hollywood|work=The New York Times|date=3 October 1993|first=Thomas|last=Clavin}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Deer Park, New York}}
* [http://www.babylonbeacon.com ''Babylon Beacon''], local newspaper

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