Editing Old Westbury, New York

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'''Old Westbury''' is a [[village (New York)|village]] in the towns of [[North Hempstead, New York|North Hempstead]] and [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Oyster Bay]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], on the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] of [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 4,671 at the 2010 census.

The '''Incorporated Village of Old Westbury''' is one of the wealthiest villages in the country as well as the second-richest [[zip code]] in the New York State, topped only by [[Harrison, New York|Harrison]] in [[Westchester County]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/oysterbay/long-islands-richest-zip-code|title = This is Long Island's Richest ZIP Code|date = April 11, 2018}}</ref> In 2007, ''Business Week'' dubbed Old Westbury as New York's most expensive suburb.<ref name="images.businessweek.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207021513/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/01/0124_suburbs/source/13.htm Business Week, "The Most Expensive Suburbs of the Biggest U.S. Cities, New York City: Old Westbury"]</ref>  [[Old Westbury Gardens]] has been recognized as one of the three best public gardens in the world by [[Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons]] Hotels magazine.<ref>[http://magazine.fourseasons.com/articles/global/interest/arts_culture/where_is_the_worlds_best_public_garden/ Four Seasons' Magazine, "Where is the World's Best Public Garden?" Old Westbury Gardens, Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley and Singapore's National Orchard Garden are named as the three best public gardens in the world]</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Vanderbilt Cup, 1906, Old Westbury "hairpin turn".jpeg|thumb|left|1906 [[Vanderbilt Cup]] [[hairpin turn]] in Old Westbury]]

Westbury was founded by Edmond Titus,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/titusfamilyiname00titurich#page/2/mode/2up Titus Family in America-Page 3]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Westbury|url=https://www.courant.com/topic/us/new-york/nassau-county/north-hempstead/westbury-PLGEO0000755NY.topic|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180809/https://www.courant.com/topic/us/new-york/nassau-county/north-hempstead/westbury-PLGEO0000755NY.topic|archive-date=July 14, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2021|website=Hartford Courant}}</ref> and was later joined by Henry Willis, one of the first English settlers.<ref name=":81">{{Cite book|last=Winsche|first=Richard|title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Empire State Books|isbn=978-1557871541|location=[[Interlaken, New York]]|pages=77–78}}</ref> Westbury had been a Quaker community of isolated farms until the railroad came in 1836. After the Civil War, the New York elite discovered that the rich, well-wooded flat countryside of the [[Hempstead Plains]] was a place to raise horses, and to [[fox hunting|hunt foxes]] and play [[polo]] at the [[Meadow Brook Polo Club]].

The Village of Old Westbury was incorporated in 1924, separating itself from [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]], the adjacent area that housed many of the families of the construction and building staffs for the Old Westbury mansions.<ref name=":81" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Village History|url=http://www.villageofoldwestbury.org/about-us/village-history/|access-date=July 14, 2012|work=Village of Old Westbury}}</ref> The "Old" part of Old Westbury's name reflects the community's need for its postal address to be different from the [[Westbury, Cayuga County, New York|Westbury]] in [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga County]], as per postal requirements (it had been using a postal address of North Hempstead for this reason); residents did this when they wanted a local post office ca. 1841, and when they incorporated Old Westbury as a village, they felt that it would be confusing for the village name and post office name to be different from one another.<ref name=":81" /> The Village of Westbury, located adjacent to Old Westbury, adopted that designation when it incorporated in 1932 as Cayuga County's Westbury's name was no longer being used.<ref name=":81" />

The area was originally known as Wallage, which is related to a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] term roughly meaning "ditch" or "hole."<ref name=":81" /> By February 1663, it was known as Wood Edge, and by October 1675 it was known as "the Plains edge" or simply Plainedge.<ref name=":81" /> The name Westbury began to be used for the area around 1683. The name Westbury was chosen by Henry Willis, who named it after [[Westbury, Wiltshire]], his hometown in England.<ref name=":81" />

Westbury House was the residence of Henry Phipps' eldest son, [[John Shaffer Phipps]]. Today, the property is operated as [[Old Westbury Gardens]]. [[Robert Low Bacon]] built 'Old Acres' in the style of an Italian villa. Other landowners were [[Thomas Hitchcock]] and his family, [[Harry Payne Whitney]] and his wife the former [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney|Gertrude Vanderbilt]], founder of New York's [[Whitney Museum]], at Apple Green (formerly a Mott house), [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], whose estate is now subdivided into the Old Westbury Country Club and New York Institute of Technology. The architect [[Thomas Hastings (architect)|Thomas Hastings]] built a modest house for himself, 'Bagatelle', in 1908. [[Anson Conger Goodyear|A. Conger Goodyear]], then president of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]] had a house built in 1938 by famed architect [[Edward Durell Stone]], who also destined the building for Conger's museum. In 2003, the [[A. Conger Goodyear House]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] to protect the structure from being demolished to subdivide the expensive land surrounding it.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The estate of Robert Winthrop, an investment banker and member of the Dudley–Winthrop family, for whom [[Winthrop-University Hospital]] was named, has been similarly preserved. Part of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's estate and her sculpture studio has been preserved and maintained by one of her grandchildren, Pamela Tower [[John LeBoutillier|LeBoutillier]].

During [[World War II]], a 187-foot-high tower at the present-day Old Westbury Golf & Country Club, aided the military during World War II as a lookout to spot enemy aircraft.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About Us - Old Westbury Golf and Country Club |url=https://www.owgolf.com/about-us |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=www.owgolf.com}}</ref> Originally built as the water tower for the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Residence, it now serves as the club's focal point.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hicks Nurseries (Westbury |first=Nassau County |url=http://archive.org/details/CAT31293926 |title=Illustrated price list : spring, 1913 |last2=Hicks |first2=Edward |last3=Hicks |first3=Henry |last4=Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection |date=1913 |publisher=Westbury, Nassau Co., N.Y. : Isaac Hicks & Son |others=National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture}}</ref>

When [[Robert Moses]] was planning the Northern State Parkway, the powers of Old Westbury forced him to re-site it five miles (8&nbsp;km) to the south. Once the parkway was completed, many residents found it to not be the eyesore they had been anticipating and regretted making their commutes more inconvenient than necessary. In the 1950s, the state purchased land from [[Charles Erwin Wilson|Charles E. Wilson]], a former president of [[General Motors]] who needed to sell off his Old Westbury estate to pull himself out of financial crisis and relocate to the nation's capital to serve in President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s cabinet. The land, which runs along an edge of the village, was used for the [[Long Island Expressway]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|8.57|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1930= 1264
|1940= 1017
|1950= 1160
|1960= 2064
|1970= 2667
|1980= 3277
|1990= 3897
|2000= 4228
|2010= 4671
|2020= 4289
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,228 people, 1,063 households, and 967 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|493.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,109 housing units at an average density of {{convert|129.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 73.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.24% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.02% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.67% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.37% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 17.14% of the population.

There were 1,063 households, out of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.2% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.0% were non-families. Of all households 5.6% were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the village, the age distribution of the population shows 22.7% under the age of 18, 20.2% from 18 to 24, 19.9% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $163,046, and the median income in the village was $184,298 for a family. The median earnings of the 899 households (89.6% of total households) in the village that took in earnings supplemental to income was $230,721. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $45,200 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $72,932. About 1.1% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
=== Public schools ===
[[File:The Wheatley School Front Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[The Wheatley School]], one of the public high schools serving, and located within, Old Westbury.]]
Residents are zoned to schools in one of four school districts, depending on where in the village they reside.<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 25, 2021|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref> They are the [[East Williston Union Free School District]], the [[Jericho Union Free School District]], the [[Roslyn Union Free School District]], and the [[Westbury Union Free School District]].<ref name=":0" />

Additionally, the Westbury Union Free School District's high school, [[Westbury High School (Old Westbury, New York)|Westbury High School]] – along with the East Williston Union Free School District's secondary school, [[The Wheatley School]] – are located within the village.

=== Private schools ===
* [[Holy Child Academy (Old Westbury)|Holy Child Academy]] – A private Catholic day school, grades K through 8.<ref name=":0" />

=== Colleges and universities ===
* [[New York Institute of Technology]] – A private undergraduate and graduate university.<ref name=":0" />
* [[SUNY Old Westbury]] – A public, four-year liberal arts college.<ref name=":0" />

==Landmarks==
[[File:Old Westbury Gardens 10.JPG|thumb|[[Old Westbury Gardens]]]]
* [[Meadow Brook Polo Club]] – The birthplace of American [[polo]]; oldest continuously operating polo club in the United States, first established in 1881.
* [[Old Westbury Gardens]] – A public English style garden, the former estate of lawyer and businessman [[John Shaffer Phipps]]; the property was converted into a [[Historic house museum|museum home]] in 1959.

==Notable people==
[[File:Bethenny Frankel 2009.png|thumb|180px|[[Bethenny Frankel]]]]
[[File:Bess Myerson 1957.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Bess Myerson]]]]
[[File:Brandon Nimmo in the on-deck circle, March 30, 2023 - 001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Brandon Nimmo]]]]
[[File:Mrs Henry Phipps and Her Grandson Winston John Singer Sargent 1907.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|''Mrs. [[Henry Phipps Jr.|Henry Phipps]] and Her Grandson [[Winston Frederick Churchill Guest|Winston]]'' by [[John Singer Sargent]] (1906/07)]]
[[File:Howard Stern.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Howard Stern]]]]
[[File:Gloria Vanderbilt 1959.JPG|thumb|180px|[[Gloria Vanderbilt]]]]
[[File:James Walker NYWTS crop.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jimmy Walker]]]]
[[File:Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (c 1909).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]]]]
[[File:Steve Witkoff at White House Opioids Summit 2018 (cropped).png|thumb|180px|[[Steve Witkoff]]]]
* [[Jean Aberbach]] (1910–1992), Austrian-born American art collector, founder of [[Hill & Range]] music publishers that controlled much of the [[Elvis Presley]] catalog
* [[Carol Alt]] (born 1960), [[supermodel]], television personality
* [[Frank Altimari]] (1928–1998), judge of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] 
* [[Artful (horse)|Artful]], champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (born 1980), musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityfile.com/profiles/ashanti |title=Cityfile: Ashanti |website=cityfile.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828085921/http://www.cityfile.com/profiles/ashanti |archive-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Sam Ash#Ash Family history|Jerome Ash]], owner of [[Sam Ash Music]] stores
* [[Doe Avedon]] (1925–2011), fashion model and actress, wife of [[Richard Avedon]], the inspiration for [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s character in ''[[Funny Face]]'' (Avedon was legally adopted by the wealthy employer of her biological father who served as a butler until his death) <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/arts/doe-avedon-fashion-model-and-actress-dies-at-86.html | work=The New York Times | first=Margalit | last=Fox | title=Doe Avedon, Fashion Model and Actress, Dies at 86 | date=December 23, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Robert Low Bacon]] (1884–1938), banker and congressman
* [[Florence Bellows Baker]] (1876–1936), philanthropist and horticulturist
* [[Charles T. Barney]] (1851–1907), president of [[Wells Fargo & Company]], president of the [[Knickerbocker Trust Company]]
* [[Alva Belmont]] (1853–1933), socialite, woman's suffragist
* [[Oliver Belmont]] (1858–1908), son of [[August Belmont]]
* [[Harvey R. Blau]] (1935–2018), former mayor and deputy mayor; chairman and former CEO of [[Griffon Corporation]]
* [[Vira Boarman Whitehouse]] (1875–1957), woman suffragist, birth control proponent 
* [[Bold Reason]], champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.]], steeplechase jockey, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder/trainer, heir to the [[Standard Oil Trust]]
* [[Dunbar Bostwick]], horseman, pilot, sportsman, heir to the Standard Oil Trust
* [[George Herbert Bostwick]] (1909–1982), tennis player, jockey, trainer
* [[Pete Bostwick]], Standard Oil heir, tennis champion
* [[Buckpasser]]. champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Carl Andrew Capasso]], NYC contractor involved in bribery and tax evasion scandal
* [[Arielle Charnas]] (born 1987), fashion designer and blogger
* [[Michael Cimino]] (1939–2016), film writer and director
* [[F. Ambrose Clark]], equestrian, heir to [[Singer Corporation|Singer Sewing Machine Co.]]
* [[Cross and Cross|Eliot Cross]], architect and owner of [[Cross and Cross]]
* [[Marguerite Sawyer Hill Davis]], socialite and one of the wealthiest women of her time
* [[Herman Duryea]], thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder
* [[Herman Edwards]] (born 1954), [[Kansas City Chiefs]] coach
* [[Hervé Filion]] (1940–2017), Canadian harness racing driver
* [[Floyd H. Flake]] (born 1945), member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]]
* Max [[Fortunoff]], founder/owner of [[Fortunoff]] department stores<ref>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Edward|title=Max Fortunoff, 89, Is Dead; Headed Specialty Store Chain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/obituaries/max-fortunoff-89-is-dead-headed-specialty-store-chain.html|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=June 7, 2012|date=July 26, 1987}}</ref>
* [[Bethenny Frankel]] (born 1970), SkinnyGirl cocktail founder, television personality (''[[Real Housewives of New York City]]'', ''[[Bethenny Ever After]]''), author of multiple titles making [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Frankel|first=Bethenny|title=Naturally Thin|year=2009|publisher=Touchstone|pages=Introduction}}</ref>
* [[Robert L. Gerry, Jr.]], [[polo]] champion, real estate investor
* [[Princesses: Long Island#Cast|Erica Gimbel]], socialite, reality television star on [[Princesses: Long Island]]
* [[Anson Goodyear]], philanthropist, chairman of [[Gaylord Container Corporation]], director of [[Paramount Pictures]], director of the [[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad]], first president of the [[Museum of Modern Art#History|Museum of Modern Art]]
* [[Victoria Gotti]] (born 1962), daughter of [[John Gotti]], reality television star, author
* [[Michael P. Grace]], Irish-American chairman of [[W. R. Grace and Company]] (NYC) and Grace Brothers & Co. Ltd. (London, England)
* [[C. Z. Guest]], socialite, [[Truman Capote]] swan, celebrity gardener, author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=2 |title=Archived copy |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=April 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229132518/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=2 |archive-date=February 29, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Cornelia Guest]] (born 1963), socialite, crowned "Deb of the Decade" by [[Andy Warhol]] (1980s), author<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/magazine/to-the-manor-born.html | work=The New York Times | first=Lynn | last=Hirschberg | title=To The Manor Born | date=August 19, 2001}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Guest]], British polo player, philanthropist, British politician and peer
* [[Winston Frederick Churchill Guest]], Anglo-American polo champion, [[Phipps family]] heir
* [[Marie Norton Harriman]] (1903–1970), [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of New York|First Lady of New York]], wife of [[W. Averell Harriman]], art collector
* [[Thomas Hastings (architect)|Thomas Hastings]] (1860–1929), architect, partner of [[Carrère and Hastings]]
* [[Leila Hadley]] (1925–2009), socialite, author
* [[Gustave Maurice Heckscher]] (1884–1967), pioneer seaplane aviator
* [[W. Barklie Henry]] (1867–1930), stockbroker, yachtsman
* [[Frederick C. Hicks|Frederick Hicks]] (1872–1925), congressman, diplomat
* [[James J. Hill#Family life|James N. Hill]], Canadian-American [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] heir, son of "the empire builder" [[James J. Hill]] and [[Margaret Sawyer Hill Davis|Margaret Sawyer Hill]]
* [[Thomas Hitchcock]], polo champion
* [[Adam C. Hochfelder]] (born 1971), real estate magnate
* [[Rick Hoffman]] (born 1970), actor
* [[Edward Francis Hutton]] (1875–1962), financier and co-founder of [[E. F. Hutton & Co.]]
* [[Matthew Ianniello]] (1920–2012), restaurateur, alleged [[Genovese crime family]] acting boss.
* [[Kevin James]] (born 1965), actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Banks |first1=Beverly |title=Actor Kevin James Must Face Nanny's Bias, Retaliation Claims |url=https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1427487/actor-kevin-james-must-face-nanny-s-bias-retaliation-claims |website=Law360 |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Reza Jarrahy]] (born 1956), plastic surgeon, former husband of actress [[Geena Davis]]
* [[Peter S. Kalikow]] (born 1942), real estate magnate, car collector, former [[Forbes 400|''Forbes'' 400]] member, [[New York Post]] owner, [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] chairman and [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] commissioner
* [[Foxhall Keene]] (1867–1941), champion automobile racer, polo player, thoroughbred breeder, purported original namesake for "[[Chicken à la King]]"
* [[Charles Kelman]] (1930–2004), eye surgeon, medical pioneer
* [[Ed Kranepool]] (1944–2024), [[New York Mets]] [[first baseman]]
* [[Nicole Krauss]] (born 1974), author, wife of [[Jonathan Safran Foer]]
* [[James Lanier]] (1800–1881), entrepreneur, banker, founder of [[Winslow, Lanier & Co.]], owner of [[Lanier Mansion]]
* [[John LeBoutillier]] (born 1953), U.S. congressman
* [[Jack Liebowitz]] (1900–2000), original co-owner of [[DC Comics]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nash|first1=Eric P.|title=Jack Liebowitz, Comics Publisher, Dies at 100|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/13/nyregion/jack-liebowitz-comics-publisher-dies-at-100.html|access-date=January 8, 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 13, 2000}}</ref>
* [[William Goadby Loew]] (1875–1955), financier and stockbroker 
* [[James Brown Lord]] (1859–1902), architect
* [[Charles B. Macdonald]], builder of first U.S. 18-hole golf course and other courses, founder of [[United States Golf Association]]
* [[Jack Martins]] (born 1967), NYS Senator, former mayor of [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]
* [[Shep Messing]] (born 1949), soccer goalkeeper,  broadcaster, and chairman of the [[Major Arena Soccer League]]
* [[Marvin Middlemark]]  (1919–1989), inventor of/patent-holder for the "rabbit ears" television antenna
* [[Devereux Milburn]], champion polo player, attorney at [[Carter Ledyard & Milburn]], son of [[John G. Milburn]]
* [[Edwin D. Morgan (businessman)|E.D. Morgan III]], [[Edwin Denison Morgan|Morgan family]] heir, [[Pioneer Fund]] director, grandson/namesake of the NY governor and U.S. Senator
* [[Bess Myerson]] (1924–2014), [[Miss America]] (1945)
* [[Nas]] (born 1973), rapper<ref>Bryan, Carmen, ''It's No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from seduction to scandal, a hip-hop Helen of Troy tells all''. New York: VH1 Books, 2006. p 208.</ref>
* [[Brandon Nimmo]] (born 1993), [[MLB]] [[outfielder]] for the [[New York Mets]]<ref>{{cite news |author1=Harrison Connery |title=Finding Nimmo a home: Mets star buys in Old Westbury |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/tristate/2023/03/14/finding-nimmo-a-home-mets-star-buys-in-old-westbury/ |access-date=March 15, 2023 |publisher=The Real Deal |date=March 14, 2023 |quote=After securing a $162 million long-term contract with the New York Mets, outfielder Brandon Nimmo is taking a walk to Old Westbury.}}</ref> 
* [[John Parisella]] (born 1940), horse trainer
* [[Darragh Park]] (1939–2009), artist, executor of the [[James Schuyler]] estate
* [[Angel Penna, Sr.]] (1923–1992), Argentine-born thoroughbred horse trainer
* [[Pergament Home Centers|Murray Pergament]], founder of [[Pergament Home Centers]]
* [[Henry Phipps, Jr.]], [[Carnegie Steel Company]] partner, philanthropist
* [[Henry Carnegie Phipps]], Carnegie Steel Company heir, Phipps family heir, sportsman, [[Wheatley Stable]] owner
* [[Hubert Beaumont Phipps]], Phipps family and [[Grace family]] heir, publisher, thoroughbred breeder
* [[John Shaffer Phipps]], director of [[U.S. Steel]] and [[W. R. Grace and Company|W. R. Grace & Co.]]
* [[Lillian Bostwick Phipps]], socialite, thoroughbred horse stable owner
* [[Michael Grace Phipps]], polo champion, Phipps family and Grace family heir, board member of [[Bessemer Trust]] and [[W.R. Grace & Co.]]
* [[Ogden Phipps]], Carnegie Steel heir, tennis champion, philanthropist
* [[Leonard Pines]] (1911–2001), owner of [[Hebrew National]]
* [[Fred Plum]] (1924–2010), [[neurosurgeon]], developed the term "[[persistent vegetative state]]" and treated [[President Nixon]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ewen|first=Lara|title=$1,888,888M Old Westbury home started as farmhouse|url=https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/old-westbury-home-sale-1.17882467|access-date=April 8, 2018|newspaper=Newsday|date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lilly Pulitzer]] (1931–2013), designer, socialite
* [[Aby Rosen]] (born 1960),<ref>{{cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|title=Damien Hirst Statue of Giant, Naked Pregnant Woman Scandalizing Long Island Rich People|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/damien-hirst-naked-woman-statue-scandalizing-rich-people.html|access-date=May 8, 2014|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> German and American art collector and real estate mogul with holdings including the [[Seagram Building]], [[Lever House]], [[W Hotels|W]] [[South Beach]], [[Gramercy Park Hotel]], [[Paramount Hotel]], and [[Planet Hollywood]] [[Miracle Mile Shops]]
* [[Steven Rubenstein]] (1962–2012), anthropologist
* [[Ely Sakhai]], notorious gallery owner and art forger
* [[David B. Samadi]], former chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]]
* [http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/victorious-vf-nabs-designer-label-with-586m-nautica-deal-726464?full=true Harvey Sanders], [[Nautica (clothing company)|Nautica]] CEO, chairman of the board and president, [[Under Armour]] director <ref>{{cite web|title=Former Nautica CEO Lists Sporty Long Island Estate for $7.5M|url=http://curbed.com/archives/2013/07/12/former-nautica-ceo-lists-sporty-long-island-estate-for-75m.php|work=Curbed|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Vito Schnabel]] (born 1986), art dealer, actor, writer and producer, son of [[Julian Schnabel]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=Jennifer |title=Vito Schnabel quietly bought a Long Island mansion last year |url=https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/vito-schnabel-quietly-bought-a-long-island-mansion-last-year/?_gl=1*jm6xdy*_ga*NTI5NzgxNDgyLjE3MjA3MzY1NjI.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcyMTU4NzMwOS4yLjEuMTcyMTU4NzMxOC41MS4wLjA. |access-date=21 July 2024 |work=The New York Post |date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
* Steven Schonfeld, [[billionaire]], ranked 371 on ''Forbes'' 400<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/54/rich-list-09_Steven-Schonfeld_5ISP.html|title = Forbes List Directory|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref>
* [[Eleanor Searle]] (1908–2002), philanthropist, singer
* [[Audiovox#History|John Shalam]], founder and CEO of [[Audiovox]]
* [[Igor Sikorsky]] (1889–1972), Russian-American airplane developer and first major producer of helicopters
* [[David Simon]] (born 1960), CEO of [[Simon Property Group]]
* [[Bernice Steinbaum]] (born 1941), gallerist, dealer, curator, juror, speaker, author
* [[Howard Stern]] (born 1954), entertainer
* [[Beatrice Straight]], member of [[Whitney family]], [[Academy Award]]-winning actress
* [[Willard Dickerman Straight]], banker, diplomat, co-founder of ''[[The New Republic]]'' magazine
* [[Harold E. Talbott]], early aviator, president of [[Dayton-Wright Airplane Company]], third [[United States Secretary of the Air Force]].
* [[Seabury Tredwell]], future owner of what is now the [[Merchant's House Museum]] in Manhattan
* [[Barry Van Gerbig]] (born 1939), socialite, son-in-law of [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]], [[NHL]] owner
* [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964), [[Vanderbilt family]] heiress, wife of, firstly, [[Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough]] and, secondly, record-breaking pilot [[Jacques Balsan]]
* [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019), Vanderbilt family heiress, clothing and perfume designer
* [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], Vanderbilt family heir, prominent railroad industrialist, philanthropist and yachtsman
* [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], Vanderbilt family heir, prominent motor racer and yachtsman
* [[Francis Skiddy von Stade, Sr.]] (1884–1967), polo champion, [[Saratoga Race Course]] president
* [[Waldbaum's|Ira Waldbaum]], built up the [[Waldbaum's]] supermarket chain from a six store operation into one of the largest in the Northeast
* [[George Herbert Walker]] (1875–1953), banker and businessman, namesake and grandfather of U.S. president [[George H. W. Bush]], namesake and great-grandfather of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Jimmy Walker]] (1881–1946), flamboyant [[New York City Mayor]], part of the powerful [[Tammany Hall]] machine<ref>{{cite news|last1=Braff|first1=Danielle|title=NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker's Old Westbury Mansion for Sale|url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/nyc-mayor-jimmy-walker-s-old-westbury-home-for-sale-1.10439501|access-date=May 16, 2015|newspaper=Newsday|date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Electra Havemeyer Webb]] (1888–1960), collector, philanthropist, founder of the [[Shelburne Museum]]
* [[James Watson Webb]] (1802–1884), owner of ''[[New York Courier and Enquirer]]'' newspaper, politician
* [[J. Watson Webb, Jr.]] (1916–2000), film editor, heir to both the [[Henry Osborne Havemeyer|Havemeyer]] and Vanderbilt families
* [[William Collins Whitney]] (1841–1904), founder of the [[Whitney family]], financier, U.S. Cabinet member, thoroughbred stable owner
* [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], Vanderbilt family and Whitney family heir, financier, philanthropist
* [[Dorothy Payne Whitney]], Whitney family heiress, co-founder of [[The New Republic]] magazine and the [[Dartington School]]
* [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]], Vanderbilt family heiress, founder of the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]
* [[Harry Payne Whitney]], member of Whitney family, thoroughbred horse breeder
* [[Marylou Whitney]], socialite, philanthropist, thoroughbred stable owner
* [[John Wilmerding]] (1938–2024), art collector, curator and professor, [[Henry Osborne Havemeyer|Havemeyer]] and Vanderbilt family heir
* [[Charles Erwin Wilson|Charles E. Wilson]] (1890–1961), president of [[General Motors]], U.S. Cabinet member
* Robert Winthrop, member of the Dudley–Winthrop family, banker, philanthropist, namesake of [[Winthrop-University Hospital]]
*[[Steve Witkoff]] (born 1957),  [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Special Envoy to the Middle East]] for U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]; real estate investor and developer, founder of the Witkoff Group, attorney
* [[Louis Wolfson]] (1912–2007), financier, thoroughbred horse owner
* [[Hpnotiq#History|Raphael Yakoby]], creator of [[Hpnotiq]]
* [[Alexei Yashin]] (born 1973), Russian professional hockey player, [[New York Islanders]]

==In popular culture==

===Film===
* ''[[Admission (2013 film)|Admission]]'' (2013), starring [[Tina Fey]] and [[Paul Rudd]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Production Begins on ADMISSION Starring Paul Rudd and Tina Fey; Lily Tomlin Joins Cast|url=http://collider.com/admission-lily-tomlin/166139/|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>  filmed at HorseAbility at SUNY Old Westbury <ref>{{cite web|title=Wednesday, June 6 Filming Location information|date=June 6, 2012|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2012/06/05/wednesday-june-6-filming-location-information-for-the-walking-dead-sons-of-anarchy-breaking-bad-white-collar-iron-man-3-pawn-shop-chronicles-more/|publisher=On Location Vacations|access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993), starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]: the scenes depicting May Welland ([[Winona Ryder]])'s Floridian mansion were actually shot in Old Westbury
* ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007), starring [[Denzel Washington]]: Dominic Cattano's house
* ''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]'' (1981): the mansion that Arthur ([[Dudley Moore]]) lives in
* ''[[The Associate (1996 film)|The Associate]]'' (1996): [[Whoopi Goldberg]]'s character Ayers attends an Old Westbury house party dressed as Cutty (a man) for the first time
* ''[[Bernard and Doris]]'' (2008): the Phipps' estate used for the [[Doris Duke]] (played by [[Susan Sarandon]]) mansion in [[Newport, Rhode Island]]
* ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'' (2013): Old Westbury estate used in this [[Woody Allen]] film<ref name=REFNAME1>{{cite news|last1=Harwood|first1=John|title=An inside look at how Amazon makes TV shows|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/09/12/an-inside-look-at-how-amazon-makes-tv-shows.html|access-date=September 21, 2014|publisher=CNBC|date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> 
* ''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]'' (2012), starring [[Jeremy Renner]], [[Rachel Weisz]], [[Edward Norton]]: residences on the village's famous tree-lined street were shot for the film<ref>{{cite web|title=Friday, Sept. 16 & Weekend Filming Locations in NYC, Boston, Portland, L.A., Chicago & more|date=September 16, 2011|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2011/09/16/friday-sept-16-weekend-filming-locations-in-nyc-boston-portland-l-a-chicago-more-including-man-of-steel-mission-impossible-r-i-p-d-blue-bloods-dark-knight-rises/#more-28089|publisher=On Location Vacations|access-date=September 16, 2011}}</ref>
* ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' (1999): the home of Kathryn ([[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]) and Sebastian's ([[Ryan Phillippe]]'s) Aunt Helen on Long Island, where Annette ([[Reese Witherspoon]]) is living
* ''[[The Curse of the Jade Scorpion]]'' (2001) by [[Woody Allen]]: scenes shot at Old Westbury gardens and mansion
*  ''[[Dark Horse (2011 film)|Dark Horse]]'' (2012), starring [[Jordan Gelber]], [[Selma Blair]], [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Mia Farrow]]: Old Westbury homes were shot to serve as Abe's (Gelber's) home and the "fantasy" home<ref>{{cite news|last=Guzman|first=Rafer|title=New Jersey-based 'Dark Horse' shot on LI|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/new-jersey-based-dark-horse-shot-on-li-1.3792626|access-date=June 20, 2012|newspaper=Newsday|date=June 19, 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[From the Terrace]]'' (1960), starring [[Paul Newman]] and [[Joanne Woodward]]
* ''[[Hitch (film)|Hitch]]'' (2005), starring [[Will Smith]] and [[Eva Mendes]]: Allegra Cole’s house
* ''[[Just Tell Me What You Want]]'' (1980) by [[Sidney Lumet]]
* ''[[Leave the World Behind (film)|Leave the World Behind]]'' (2023), starring [[Julia Roberts]], [[Mahershala Ali]], [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Kevin Bacon]]: the Long Island rental is The Open Corner farmhouse estate in Old Westbury
* ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' (1970), starring [[Ali MacGraw]] and [[Ryan O'Neal]]: the home of Oliver's wealthy father
* ''[[Lovesick (1983 film)|Lovesick]]'' (1983), starring [[Dudley Moore]], [[Elizabeth McGovern]], and [[Alec Guinness]]
* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004): the Phipps' estate used for the home of Eleanor Shaw (played by [[Meryl Streep]])
* ''[[The Muppets (2011 film)|The Muppets]]'' (2011), Phipps mansion filmed as home of Tex Richman, an oil tycoon played by [[Chris Cooper]]
* [[No Hard Feelings (2023 film)|''No Hard Feelings'']] (2023), starring [[Jennifer Lawrence]] and [[Matthew Broderick]]: "giant house party" scene filmed in Old Westbury home<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giant House Party Scene |url=https://www.backstage.com/casting/giant-house-party-scene-2523810/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Backstage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2022 |title=Star-Studded Movie Filming In Old Westbury, Glendale Seeks Extras For House Party Scene |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/lifestyle/star-studded-movie-filming-in-old-westbury-glendale-seeks-extras-for-house-party-scene/846421/ |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=Nassau Daily Voice |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[North by Northwest]]'' (1959) by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: Townsend's home, where Roger Thornhill ([[Cary Grant]]) is taken after being kidnapped
* ''[[Reversal of Fortune]]'' (1990), starring [[Glenn Close]] and [[Jeremy Irons]]: the Knole estate used for interiors of the [[Sunny von Bülow]] mansion
* ''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]'' (1968), starring [[Burt Lancaster]]
* ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]'' (1995), starring [[Wesley Snipes]] and [[Patrick Swayze]]: film's final scene
* ''[[Wolf (1994 film)|Wolf]]'' (1994): the country home of Laura ([[Michelle Pfeiffer]]) where [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character first becomes a wolf, which appears on the DVD cover

===Television===
* ''[[Alpha House]]'': The forthcoming second season of the [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] series starring [[John Goodman]] had scenes filmed in an Old Westbury estate <ref name=REFNAME1 />
* ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'': Season two's nineteenth episode, "The Grandfather", originally airing March 23, 2009, featured an Old Westbury estate as the "van der Bilt" mansion
* ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]'': Season two's sixth episode, "Warning Shots", originally airing November 26, 2023
* ''[[Paper Dolls]]'': 1984 primetime drama starring [[Morgan Fairchild]], [[Nicollette Sheridan]], [[Lauren Hutton]] and [[Mimi Rogers]]
* ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'': Season one's seventeenth episode, "Baby Blue", originally airing March 8, 2012, included Moretti's car crash and other road scenes filmed in Old Westbury. The series returned to Old Westbury for the fifth season's sixth episode, "A More Perfect Union", originally airing May 23, 2016, which included horse-riding scenes at the Dudley–Winthrop family estate and a wedding at the [[Alexander de Seversky]] mansion.
* ''[[Royal Pains]]'': Season one's third episode, "Strategic Planning", originally airing June 18, 2009, features the Phipps estate as the home of a wealthy senator and used the lawn as a [[University of Notre Dame]] [[Fighting Irish]] practice field
* ''[[Sex and the City]]'': Season five's finale episode, "I Love a Charade", originally airing September 8, 2002, featured an Old Westbury home in place of an estate in the Hamptons

===Reality television===
* ''[[America's Castles]]'': [[A&E Network]] documentary series on gilded age homes featured Peggy Phipps Boegner touring one of the Phipps family's estates on the episode airing August 8, 1995, entitled "The Gold Coast".
* ''[[Growing Up Gotti]]'': [[A&E Network]] reality series about life in [[Victoria Gotti]]'s  Old Westbury home in 2004 and 2005
* ''[[Princesses: Long Island]]'': [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]] reality series, which features Old Westbury resident Erica Gimbel as one of the six original cast members
* ''[[Secrets and Wives]]'': [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]] reality series, that features the lives of women living in Old Westbury and surrounding towns
* ''[[Selling New York]]'': In season five's first episode, "A Prince Looks for a Property...", originally airing January 19, 2012, [[Prince Lorenzo Borghese]] views an Old Westbury estate, along with two other North Shore properties, but ultimately does not purchase any of the properties because he found that they each were too large

== Wealth ==
According to ''Bloomberg/Businessweek'', as of 2011, Old Westbury was the second "richest" town in the United States, trailing behind only [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stonington|first=Joel|author2=Venessa Wong|date=December 2011|title=America's Richest Zipcodes: Where the 1% Lives|url=http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20111206/america-s-richest-zip-codes-2011/slides/51|url-status=dead|journal=Bloomberg Businessweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107175517/http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20111206/america-s-richest-zip-codes-2011/slides/51|archive-date=January 7, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> The magazine previously dubbed the town "New York's wealthiest suburb."<ref name="images.businessweek.com" />

Based on a study done by ''Bloomberg'' in 2015, the average household income in the village was greater than $640,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=This Is America's Richest Zip Code|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/to-visit-america-s-richest-zip-code-first-you-ll-need-a-boat|access-date=July 11, 2019|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=April 10, 2018 }}</ref>

In 2011, ''Forbes'', having done a study of "America's Millionaire Capitals", found that the average net worth of Old Westbury households was $19.6 million and with an average annual income of $1.2 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Millionaire Capitals: Old Westbury|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2011/09/13/americas-millionaire-capitals/|access-date=December 12, 2011|work=America's Millionaire Capitals|publisher=Forbes Magazine}}</ref> The controlled study included only households with incomes greater than $200,000, which excluded only residents that are living in college dormitories and the staff of homeowners.

The village is famous for being the seat of many of New York's (and America's) wealthiest families, including the [[Phipps family|Phipps]]es, [[Vanderbilt family|Vanderbilt]]s, [[Whitney family|Whitney]]s, Webbs, [[Du Pont family|Du Pont]]s, Winthrops, Mortimers, Belmonts and Huttons. While many of these older families—the founding members of the social elite and those that emerged during the gilded age—still count members as Old Westbury residents, the village has also maintained a substantial set of industrialists, businessmen, collectors, athletes and entertainers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fischler|first=Marcelle S.|date=August 4, 2011|title=Developers Building for 'Today's Gatsby' - In the Region/Long Island|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/realestate/developers-building-for-todays-gatsby-in-the-regionlong-island.html}}</ref>

The Old Westbury Fund is a hedge fund that is named after the town.

When ''[[Forbes]]'' asked billionaire investor Steven Schonfeld what the "wisest investment" he ever made was, his answer was "Old Westbury land".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Greenberg|first=Duncan|date=March 19, 2010|title=Billionaire Speaks Out: Steven Schonfeld|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/03/18/billionaire-interview-wealth-trading-finance-schonfeld.html|journal=Forbes Magazine|access-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.villageofoldwestbury.org/ Official website]

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