| Albertson, New York | |
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| Coordinates: 40°46′14″N 73°38′55″W / 40.77056°N 73.64861°WCoordinates: 40°46′14″N 73°38′55″W / 40.77056°N 73.64861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Area | |
| - Total | 0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| - Land | 0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 5,200 |
| - Density | 7,866.8/sq mi (3,037.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 11507 |
| Area code(s) | 516 |
| FIPS code | 36-01011 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0942241 |
The first European settler was John Seren who came from Connecticut in 1644. Later Townsend Albertson started a farm and gristmill and the community became known as Albertson.[3]
In 1850, a road was built through Albertson on the lands of Isaac Underhill Willets. The road is still known as I U Willets Road. (Willets complained that Long Island has more roads than it will ever need). The Long Island Railroad designated an Albertson train station in 1864.[3]
In 1908, the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was built on the southern border of Albertson. In 1938, it was closed and replaced in 1940 by the Northern State Parkway, running along the northern border of Albertson.
In 1946, suburbanization began with a small development by William Levitt. The last farms were developed in the mid-1960s.[3]
Searingtown School (in Albertson) was the setting for the Supreme Court case ENGEL v. VITALE, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), which disallowed prayer in public school.
Starting in the 1990s there was a large influx of Asians into the western part of Albertson (Herricks School District). The Herricks school district has the highest percentage of Asians of any school district in New York state
