Editing East Garden City, New York

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'''East Garden City''' (also known as the '''Nassau Hub''') is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and former [[census-designated place]] (CDP) under [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]] in the northeast part of the [[Hempstead, New York|Town of Hempstead]], in the central part of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], on [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States, along the Hempstead/[[North Hempstead, New York|North Hempstead]] town line. The population was 6,208 at the 2010 census, when it was still listed as a CDP.

The hamlet is mostly a commercial and industrial area, and it also includes [[Nassau Community College]] – along with a portion of [[Hofstra University]]'s north campus.

==Geography==
[[File:East-garden-city-ny-map.png|thumb|left|U.S. Census map of East Garden City.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP had a total area of {{convert|3.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |date=2011-02-12 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html |access-date=2011-04-23 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

Beginning on its northern border and proceeding clockwise, East Garden City was bordered on the north by [[Carle Place]] and the Village of [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]] in the Town of North Hempstead (the Hempstead/North Hempstead town line); on the east by [[East Meadow]]; on the south by Uniondale and the Village of [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead]]; and, on the west by the Villages of Hempstead and [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]].

East Garden City was one of many areas on [[Long Island]] where none of the places in the community have the hamlet name as part of their mailing address: places in East Garden City have either a "Garden City, NY 11530", a "Westbury, NY 11590", a "Uniondale, NY 11553" or a "Hempstead, NY 11550" mailing address.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]] of 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3622065.html |title=US Census Bureau |access-date=2011-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205121801/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3622065.html |archive-date=2011-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> there were 6,208 people living in the then-CDP. There were 1,341 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 67.3% [[Non-Hispanic White]], 16.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.0% [[Hispanic]], and 3.0% from two or more races.

== Controversy & absorption ==
In 2015, there were disputes between Uniondale and East Garden City about the latter's existence.

According to the [[Long Island Press]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bolger|first=Timothy|date=2015-06-06|title=Uniondale's Battle To Wipe 'East Garden City' Off The Map|url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2015/06/06/why-uniondale-wants-to-rename-east-garden-city/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=LI Press|language=en-US}}</ref> "They [civic leaders from Uniondale] argue that planners and developers concocted the name to distance prime real estate north of Hempstead Turnpike from the racially diverse neighborhood on the south side. Lawmakers back Uniondale’s cause, but wiping East Garden City off the map is easier said than done. At stake is what to call the heart of the area also known as the Nassau Hub—home to almost half the county’s economic activity and [[Nassau Coliseum|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum]]."

[[Newsday]] later notes, "In May [2015], the controversy led to a meeting involving then-Town Supervisor [[Kate Murray]], [[Kathleen Rice|Rep. Kathleen Rice]] (D-[[Garden City, New York|Garden City]]) and federal census officials, who, while agreeing to drop the name, indicated it might take 18 months to become official."<ref name="Transition from East Garden City to Uniondale continues -- slowly">{{cite news |last1=Cassese |first1=Sid |date=October 15, 2015 |title=Transition from East Garden City to Uniondale continues -- slowly |newspaper=Newsday |url=http://www.newsday.com/business/uniondale-residents-lament-continued-use-of-east-garden-city-1.10964123?pts=532372}}</ref>

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[[Category:East Garden City, New York]]
[[Category:Uniondale, New York]]
[[Category:Hempstead, New York]]
[[Category:Hamlets in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Hamlets in Nassau County, New York]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Nassau County, New York]]