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Subject: [NYSUF] Where is Hungry Harbor?
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:15:18 EST

On 1/12/03 (6:53:47 AM MST), Pete Apple.() asked,

"Can anyone tell me where Hungry Harbor is (was)? My information says Long
Island, NY. I would presume that would be Suffolk County? Thanks for any
help."


According to NEWSDAY Hungry Harbor is now called Valley Stream (Valley Stream
is a village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County):

"Beginning in the late 1700s, as European settlers began farming on Nassau
County’s south shore in the area that is now Valley Stream, small communities
developed. One was a settlement of squatters that became known as Hungry
Harbor because its poor residents often went hungry. It was called a
“harbor” because it was the only farmland around with fertile land and
access to the sea. The nickname was retained through the 1900s, even after
the area became known as Valley Stream."

Source:
http://www.newsday.com/features/custom/names/ny-namesofli-hungryharborroad,0,4

276544.htmlstory


The Village of Valley Stream (incorporated in 1925) is in the Town of
Hempstead in Nassau County. But, there are several other communities that
also have a "Valley Stream, NY" mailing address, such as the Hamlet of North
Valley Stream and the Hamlet of South Valley Stream. They are also all
within the Town of Hempstead.

.....................................................acres
.....Village of Valley Stream .............2,258
.....Hamlet of North Valley Stream ....1,209
.....Hamlet of South Valley Stream.......566

.....Valley Stream, NY 11580...........2,496
.....Valley Stream, NY 11581...........1,813
...................total............................4,309


If, the address you seek is actually in the Village of Valley Stream, then
the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead will tell you and also, most
probably, provide the address, etc., for the Village Clerk of the Village of
Valley Stream.

But, as indicated by the acreage numbers, the Village of Valley Stream is
only about 52% of the "Valley Stream, NY" postal zone. Hence, there is about
an equal chance that a place with a "Valley Stream, NY" mailing address is
not in the Village of Valley Stream.

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Walter Greenspan

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