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bsp2006 · 09-10-2009, 02:45 PM

Which is the safest place and best school district in suffolk county

MikeyKid · 09-10-2009, 02:48 PM

Where are you from?

Walter Greenspan · 09-10-2009, 03:21 PM

bsp2006, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:

What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".

Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".

https://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html and https://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland".

https://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...you-think.html may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.

You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.

When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.

Crookhaven · 09-10-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bsp2006

Which is the safest place and best school district in suffolk county

You gotta narrow that down kid.

Walter Greenspan · 09-10-2009, 05:38 PM

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Crooks, in the absence of any other information and assuming that this is a valid post, wouldn't the Village of Lloyd Harbor in the extreme northwest part of the Town of Huntington and the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District satisfy the OP's request for " ... (T)he safest place and best school district in suffolk county"?
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KENNY GUIDO · 09-10-2009, 05:39 PM

is this just a question or is it a serious inquiry?

OhBeeHave · 09-10-2009, 08:21 PM

1 post, 1 very broad question.

WJFM · 09-10-2009, 08:24 PM

If price is no concern.. yes.

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Crooks, in the absence of any other information and assuming that this is a valid post, wouldn't the Village of Lloyd Harbor in the extreme northwest part of the Town of Huntington and the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District satisfy the OP's request for " ... (T)he safest place and best school district in suffolk county"?
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NYC1972 · 09-10-2009, 08:38 PM

According to the NY Times rankings, Harborfields was the #1 ranked district in Suffolk

WJFM · 09-11-2009, 07:36 AM

Someone pointed out the NY times rankings do not take high school test scores into consideration. Cold Spring Harbor high school had the highest SAT score in suffolk and was also rated higher in US news and Newsweek rankings.

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According to the NY Times rankings, Harborfields was the #1 ranked district in Suffolk