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((Infobox settlement
| name               = Hempstead
| official_name      = Incorporated Village of Hempstead<ref name="code">((cite web|url=http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=HE0909|title=Village Code of Village of Hempstead, NY|publisher=General Code|access-date=August 9, 2010))</ref><ref name="Village">"[https://www.villageofhempstead.org/189/About-the-Village About the Village]". Incorporated Village of Hempstead. villageofhempstead.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.</ref>
| settlement_type    = [[Village (New York)|Village]] and town seat
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| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1643
| established_title2 = [[Municipal incorporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2  = 1853
| named_for          = [[Heemstede|Heemstede, Netherlands]]<br>[[Hemel Hempstead|Hemel Hempstead, UK]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor (United States)|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Waylyn Hobbs, Jr.  ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])<ref>((cite news |title=Campaign: Waylyn Hobbs elected Hempstead mayor |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/campaign-waylyn-hobbs-elected-hempstead-mayor,131136 |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=Li Herald))</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.70
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 59169
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| population_density_sq_mi = 16030.62
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| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| area_land_km2      = 9.56
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| leader_name1       = Jeffery Daniels
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((New Netherland))

'''Hempstead''' is a [[village (New York)|village]] located in the [[Hempstead, New York|Town of Hempstead]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], on [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 59,169 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], making it the most populous village in New York.<ref>((Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Hempstead+village,+New+York |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=data.census.gov))</ref>

The '''Incorporated Village of Hempstead''' is the site of the seventeenth-century "town spot" from which English and Dutch settlers developed the Town of Hempstead, the [[North Hempstead, New York|Town of North Hempstead]], and ultimately Nassau County. It is the largest community by population in both the Town of Hempstead and Nassau County.

[[Hofstra University]] is partially located in Hempstead.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Hofstra University ((!)) Long Island, New York |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/ |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=www.hofstra.edu))</ref>

== Etymology ==
Hempstead may have been named after [[Hemel Hempstead]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Hertfordshire]], where village founder John Carman was born.<ref name="History of Hempstead Village"/> Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of [[Heemstede]] in the [[Netherlands]], as this was an area from which many Dutch settlers of New Netherland originated.

In 1664, the new settlement adopted the [[The Duke's Laws|Duke's Laws]], an austere set of laws that became the basis upon which the laws of many colonies were to be founded. For a time, Hempstead became known as "Old Blue," as a result of the [[blue law]]s.<ref name="Village"/>

== History ==
===Foundation===
[[Image:TownOfHempsteadHall.jpg|left|thumb|Town of Hempstead's old Town Hall, located on the corner of Front Street and Washington Street.]]
The land on which the Village of Hempstead stands was under Dutch control from the early 1620s. In the fall of 1643, two followers of the Presbyterian minister Richard Denton, Robert Fordham and John Carman, crossed [[Long Island Sound]] by rowboat to negotiate with the local Native Americans for a tract of land upon which to establish a new community. Representatives of the [[Marsapeague]] (Massapequa), [[Mericock]] (Merrick), [[Matinecock]] and [[Rekowake]] (Rockaway) tribes met with the two men at a site slightly west of the current Denton Green in Hempstead Village. Tackapousha, who was the [[sachem]] (chief spokesman) of the Marsapeague, was the acknowledged spokesman for conducting the transaction.<ref name="History of Hempstead Village">((cite web|url=http://longislandgenealogy.com/hempstead.html|title=History of Hempstead Village|publisher=Long Island Genealogy (James. B. York - Municipal Historian of Inc. Village of Hempstead)|year=1998|access-date= 2007-08-18))</ref> The Indians sold approximately 64,000 acres (260&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), the present day towns of [[Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]] and [[North Hempstead, New York|North Hempstead]], for an unknown quantity of items; a 1657 revisit of this agreement names large and small cattle, stockings, wampum, hatchets, knives, trading cloth, powder, and lead given as payment by the English.<ref>Schultz, Bernice. Colonial Hempstead. Lynbrook, New York: The Review-Star Press, 1937, pp. 11-12, 28.</ref> Some items may have been valuable to the Native Americans in terms of the contemporary markets for European "trinkets," which may have held symbolic and spiritual importance to Native America peoples in the Northeast.<ref>((cite journal|last1=Hammell|first1=George R.|title=Strawberries, Floating Islands, and Rabbit Captains: Mythical Realities and European Contact in the Northeast During the 16th and 17th Centuries|journal=Journal of Canadian Studies|date=Feb 1987|volume=21))</ref>

In the spring of 1644, thirty to forty families left [[Stamford, Connecticut]], crossed Long Island Sound, landed in [[Roslyn, New York|Hempstead Harbor]] and eventually made their way to the present site of the village of Hempstead where they began their English settlement within Dutch-controlled [[New Netherland settlements|New Netherland]]. The settling of Hempstead marked the beginnings of the oldest English settlement in what is now Nassau County. Subsequent trips across the Sound brought more settlers who prepared a fort here for their mutual protection. These original Hempstead settlers were [[Puritan]]s in search of a place where they could more freely express their particular brand of [[Protestantism]]. They established a Presbyterian church that is the oldest continually active Presbyterian congregation in the nation.<ref name="History of Hempstead Village"/> In 1843, Benjamin F. Thompson wrote and published a history of the village, and an account of contemporary Hempstead Village. Thompson reported that there were 200 dwellings, and 1,400 residents; that the village was connected to [[New York City]] by a [[Hempstead Turnpike|turnpike]] and a railroad; that it had dry soil, excellent water, and pure air; and that it was the principal place of mercantile, and mechanical business, in the county. The village of Hempstead was incorporated on May 6, 1853, becoming the first community in [[Queens|Queens County]] (Nassau County did not exist as a separate county until 1899) to do so.<ref name="Village"/>

===Rise===
[[File:stgeorgeold.jpg|right|thumb|St. George's Church circa 1734]]
As the years passed, the population of Hempstead increased, as did its importance and prestige. Between 1703 and 1705, the newly formed [[St. George's Episcopal Church (Hempstead)|St. George's Church]] received a silver communion service from [[England]]'s [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]].<ref name="Village"/>

During the [[American Revolution]], Hempstead was a center of [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|British sympathizers]].<ref name="Naylor">Naylor, Natalie A. (2005). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=tmHEm5ohoCUC&pg=PA707 Hempstead (Town)]". ''The Encyclopedia of New York State''. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ((ISBN|9780815608080)). p. 707.</ref>  The British attempted to occupy Hempstead after the [[Battle of Long Island]],<ref name="Naylor"/> and used St. George's as a headquarters as well as a place to worship. Judge [[Thomas Jones (historian)|Thomas Jones]] faulted a lax peace treaty for forcing the evacuation of the loyalists.((citation needed|date=January 2017))

In the 19th century, Hempstead became increasingly important as a trading center for [[Long Island]]. In 1853 it became the first self-governing incorporated village. Many prominent families such as the [[Vanderbilt family|Vanderbilts]] and the [[August Belmont|Belmonts]] built homes here, making Hempstead a center of Long Island society. Hempstead merchants established routes out to outlying farms and served as a distribution point for many firms. Wagons would leave Hempstead loaded with tobacco, candy, and cigarettes and return in a week to restock. Bakeries covered routes from [[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York|Baldwin]] to [[Far Rockaway, Queens|Far Rockaway]] daily. Butchers ran routes to [[Seaford, New York|Seaford]], [[Elmont, New York|Elmont]], [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]], [[Wantagh, New York|Wantagh]], [[East Meadow, New York|East Meadow]], [[Creedmoor Psychiatric Center|Creedmoor]], [[East Rockaway, New York|East Rockaway]] and [[Christian Hook, New York|Christian Hook]]. Drugs, medicines, perfumes, extracts, aprons, children's coats and dresses and men's clothes were peddled about the country by Hempstead merchants. People came from all sections of Queens to purchase stoves, and there were few places outside Hempstead where stoves could be purchased. Hempstead was the shopping center for Nassau County and the eastern portion of Queens, those settlements east of Jamaica before 1900 when Nassau County was established, following the creation of the [[City of Greater New York]] in 1898. Hempstead has historically been the center of commercial activity for the eastern counties of Long Island. In Nassau County, all major county roads emanate from this village. During the 18th and 19th centuries, all stagecoaches en route to [[Suffolk County, New York|eastern Long Island]] from Brooklyn passed through Hempstead. Today, seventeen bus routes and three interstate buses leave from the village every day. In addition, the [[Hempstead Branch]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] has its terminal here. At one time, there were three railroad companies with terminals within the village.<ref>"The Creation of Nassau County"- Published 1960, by the Nassau County Historical Museum</ref>

In March 1898, Camp Black was formed on the [[Hempstead Plains]] (roughly the shared location of Hempstead and [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]]), in support of the impending [[Spanish–American War]]. Camp Black was bounded on the north by [[Old Country Road]], on the west by Clinton Road, and on the south by the [[Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Line]] rail. Camp Black was opened on April 29, 1898, as a training facility and a point of embarkation for troops.<ref name="LIgenealogy-CampBlack">((cite web |url=http://longislandgenealogy.com/CampBlack/CampBlack.html |title=Camp Black – Garden City, Hemstead Plains 1898 |publisher=Long Island Genealogy |access-date=2007-08-18))</ref>

Early Long Islanders made their living in agriculture or from the sea. Hempstead, with its central location, became the marketplace for the outlying rural farming communities. It was a natural progression, as the surrounding areas developed from small farms into today's [[suburbia]], that Hempstead Village would remain as the marketplace. [[Chain store|Chain]] [[department stores]] such as [[Arnold Constable & Company|Arnold Constable]] and [[Abraham & Straus]] called Hempstead home for many years. Hempstead's Abraham & Straus was the largest grossing suburban department store in the country during the late 1960s. Hempstead was Nassau's retail center during the 1940s through the 1960s. The advent of regional [[shopping mall]]s such as the one at nearby [[Roosevelt Field Mall|Roosevelt Field]], the demise of nearby [[Mitchel Air Force Base]] in 1961 as well as the changing [[demographics]] put the retail trade in the village into a downward spiral that it was unable to recover from during the recessions of the 1970s and 1980s. A plethora of businesses left the village in the 1980s and early 1990s, including Abraham & Straus.<ref>McQuiston, John T. (June 19, 1992). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/19/nyregion/a-s-in-hempstead-closing-after-40-years.html A&nbsp;&amp;S in Hempstead Closing After 40 Years]". ''New&nbsp;York Times''. Retrieved 2017-01-25.</ref>

===Recent years===
[[Image:Village of Hempstead.jpg|thumb|220px|left|  The Village of Hempstead as seen from eastbound lanes of [[New York State Route 24|Fulton Street]].]]
((More citations needed|date=January 2019))

In the course of the 1990s the village saw redevelopment as a government center as well as business center.<ref name=":1">((Cite web|title=From the Desk of Mayor John Ryan - Week of October 1, 2018|url=https://www.villageofhempstead.org/DocumentCenter/View/13323/From-The-Desk-of-Mayor-Don-Ryan-week-of-10118-BOH-James-Garner|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Village of Hempstead, NY))</ref><ref name=":2">((Cite web|title=Street named for LI's first African-American mayor|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/hempstead-village-325th-anniversary-1.21313484|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|language=en))</ref> There are more government employees from all levels of government in the village than there are in [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]], the county seat. According to James York, the municipal historian, writing in 1998, the population during the day might rise to nearly 200,000, from a normal census of 50,000.<ref name="History of Hempstead Village" /> Retailers' interest in the village was rekindled, due to the aggressive revitalization efforts of former Mayor James Garner, who served from 1989 to 2005, and former Community Development Agency Commissioner, Glen Spiritis, who served under Garner's administration.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Specifically, two large tracts of retail property have recently undergone redevelopment. The former ((convert|8.8|acre|m2|adj=on)) Times Squares Stores (or TSS) property on [[Peninsula Boulevard]] and Franklin Street has been redeveloped as Hempstead Village Commons, a ((convert|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on)) retail center.((Citation needed|date=September 2020)) The former Abraham & Straus department store on ((convert|17|acre|m2)) has recently undergone demolition and been replaced by a large retail development and many other smaller establishments.((Citation needed|date=September 2020)) A considerable infusion of state and federal funding as well as private investment have enabled the replacement of blighted storefronts, complete commercial building rehabilitations and the development of affordable housing for the local population. The replacement of the 1913 [[Long Island Rail Road]] [[Hempstead (LIRR station)|Hempstead Terminal]] with a modern facility was completed in 2002,<ref name="antonnews.com">((cite news | title = LIRR Hempstead Station Hub Reconstruction Work Marked by Dedication Ceremony | work = Three Village Times | date = 1999-03-19 | url = http://www.antonnews.com/threevillagetimes/1999/03/19/news/railroad.html | access-date = 2019-01-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080906222113/http://www.antonnews.com/threevillagetimes/1999/03/19/news/railroad.html | archive-date = 2008-09-06 ))</ref> and a four-story, 112-unit building for senior housing, with retail on the ground level was completed at Main and West Columbia Streets in January 1998. Thirty-two units of affordable townhouses known as Patterson Mews at Henry Street and Baldwin Road was completed and fully occupied in 1997.((Citation needed|date=September 2020))

In 1989, Hempstead residents elected [[James Garner (politician)|James A. Garner]] as their mayor.<ref name=":2" /> He was the first Black or African-American mayor ever elected to office on Long Island, and he served for four consecutive terms.<ref name=":2" /> Subsequently, Wayne Hall, a former Village of Hempstead trustee who is also African American, served as mayor for three terms, from 2005 to 2017.<ref>((Cite web|title=LI mayor on the mend after kidney transplant|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/wayne-hall-sr-hempstead-mayor-home-after-kidney-transplant-1.12244358|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|language=en))</ref><ref name=":3">"[http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/hempstead-village-gets-new-mayor-as-don-ryan-defeats-wayne-hall-1.13300256 Hempstead Village gets new mayor as Don Ryan defeats Wayne Hall]" (preview only; subscription required). ''Newsday''. March&nbsp;22, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-03.</ref>

The first African-American male judge, Lance Clarke, was elected in 2001. Cynthia Diaz-Wilson was the first female justice in the Village of Hempstead and first African American village justice in the state of New York.((citation needed|date = June 2021))

In recent years, there has been concern regarding ongoing gang activity in certain neighborhoods, notably the "Heights", in addition to the issue of illegal rentals (homes/apartments that are illegally-subdivided by slumlords) and racial steering.<ref>((Cite web|title=Hempstead Village proposes illegal-rental crackdown|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/hempstead-village-proposes-illegal-rental-crackdown-1.890080|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|url-status=dead|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124164310/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/hempstead-village-proposes-illegal-rental-crackdown-1.890080))</ref> Hempstead was also one of the first Long Island communities that had to deal with the [[Salvadoran]] gang, [[Ms 13|MS-13]] or "La Mara Salvatrucha".<ref name=":4">((Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Bridget|title=Two alleged MS-13 members convicted of murder|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/ms13-killings-hempstead-1.34953492|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|language=en))</ref> The continual intra-violence this gang has exhibited has led to the formation of their arch-rivals, "SWP" or "Salvadorans with Pride". These issues have contributed to Hempstead's high crime rate as compared to other communities in the area.<ref name=":4" />

A 2019 investigation by ''[[Newsday]]'' revealed widespread racial discrimination by real estate agents on Long Island, including in Hempstead.<ref>((Cite web|last=Carrozzo|first=Anthony|date=2019-11-17|title=Undercover investigation reveals evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents|url=https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|language=en-US))</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Hempstead-village-ny-map.gif|thumb|U.S. census map of Hempstead.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 3.7&nbsp;square miles (9.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.<ref name="GR1">((cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990))</ref> The Village of Hempstead differs from the majority of Nassau County as its population density is about 15,000 people per square mile—almost four times that of its neighbor on its northern border, [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]].

==Demographics==
((US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 2316
|1880= 2521
|1890= 4831
|1900= 3582
|1910= 4964
|1920= 6382
|1930= 12650
|1940= 20856
|1950= 29135
|1960= 34641
|1970= 39411
|1980= 40404
|1990= 49453
|2000= 56554
|2010= 53891
|2020= 59169
|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>
))

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Hempstead village, New York – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>((nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''))</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>((Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hempstead village, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3633139&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>((Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Hempstead village, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3633139&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,548
|3,067
|6.58%
|5.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|24,724
|23,041
|45.88%
|38.94%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|96
|147
|0.18%
|0.25%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|704
|1,242
|1.31%
|2.10%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|13
|17
|0.02%
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|221
|621
|0.41%
|1.05%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|762
|1,394
|1.41%
|2.36%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|23,823
|29,640
|44.21%
|50.09%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''53,891'''
|'''59,169'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 53,891 people, 15,234 households, and 10,945 families residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 21.9% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 44.2% [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]], 48.3% [[African American (U.S. census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 22.8% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 5.0% from two or more races.

There were 16,034 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 3.76.<ref name="GR2">((cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>

In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 16.3% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.<ref name="GR2" />

The [[median income]] for a household in the village was $45,234 and the median income for a family was $46,675. Males had a median income of $29,493 versus $27,507 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $15,735. About 14.4% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" />

==Government==
As of August 2022, the Mayor of Hempstead is Waylyn Hobbs, Jr, the Deputy Mayor is Jeffery Daniels, and the Village Trustees are Kevin Boone, Noah Burroughs, Jeffery Daniels, and Clariona D. Griffith.<ref>((Cite web |title=Government ((!)) Hempstead, NY |url=https://www.villageofhempstead.org/27/Government |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.villageofhempstead.org))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Village Trustees ((!)) Hempstead, NY |url=https://www.villageofhempstead.org/295/Village-Trustees |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.villageofhempstead.org))</ref>

In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the majority of Hempstead voters voted for [[Joe Biden|Joseph Biden]] (D).<ref name=":53">((Cite web |last=Welch |first=Will |date=2017-11-08 |title=How Long Island Voted |url=https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/how-long-island-voted/?election=2016%20General&position=U.S.%20President&region=United%20States |access-date=2021-06-23 |website=Newsday |language=en-US))</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Hofstra University, Student Center.jpg|thumb|The Mack Student Center at [[Hofstra University]], partially located within the village.]]

=== Primary and secondary education ===
The community is served by the [[Hempstead Union Free School District]].<ref name=":5">((Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org))</ref> Students attend Alverta B. Gray-Schultz Middle School and [[Hempstead High School (New York)|Hempstead High School]] for their secondary years of K-12 education.<ref>((Cite web |title=Hempstead Union Free School District / Home |url=https://www.hempsteadschools.org/ |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=Hempstead UFSD |language=en))</ref>

There is one private high school in Hempstead: [[Sacred Heart Academy (New York)|Sacred Heart Academy]], a private all-girls [[Catholic school]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>((Cite web |title=Explore Sacred Heart Academy |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/sacred-heart-academy-hempstead-ny/ |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=Niche |language=en))</ref>

There is one charter school located within the village: the Academy Charter School of Hempstead.<ref name=":5" />

=== Higher education ===
[[Hofstra University]]'s campus is partially located within the Village of Hempstead and is split between the village and its unincorporated neighbor, Uniondale.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />

==Transportation==
The [[Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center]] is one of the largest hubs in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].<ref name=":6">((Cite web|title=Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/long-island-venues/rosa-parks-hempstead-transit-center-1.1964219|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Newsday|language=en))</ref> It serves as the terminus of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Hempstead Branch]], and is served by a number of [[Nassau Inter-County Express]] routes.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">((Cite web|title=Nassau Inter-County Express - Maps and Schedules|url=https://www.nicebus.com/Tools/Maps-and-Schedules|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.nicebus.com))</ref>
[[File:Hempstead Transit Center.jpg|thumb|The bus terminal at the [[Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center]].]]
[[File:Hempstead LIRR SW Corner.jpg|thumb|The [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] terminal at the [[Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center]].]]

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|+List of Nassau Inter-County Express bus routes serving Hempstead:<ref name=":7" />
| style="background:orange; color:blue; text-align:left;" |'''Bus route'''
'''number'''
| style="background:orange; color:blue; text-align:left;" |'''Runs to / from'''
| style="background:orange; color:blue; text-align:left;" |'''Notes'''
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![[N6 (Long Island bus)|n6]]
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* Hempstead
*[[Jamaica, Queens]]
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|-
![[N6X (Long Island bus)|n6X]]
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* Hempstead
*[[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]], [[Queens]]
|Express Service.
|-
![[List of bus routes in Nassau County, New York|n15]]
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* [[Roosevelt Field Mall]]
* [[Long Beach, New York|Long Beach]]
|
|-
![[N27 (Long Island bus)|n27]]
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* Hempstead
* [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]]
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|-
![[N16 (Long Island bus)|n16]]
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* [[Nassau Community College]]
* [[Rockville Centre, New York|Rockville Centre]]
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|-
![[N16X (Long Island bus)|n16X]]
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*[[Nassau Community College]]
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|-
![[N31 (Long Island bus)|n31]]
|
* Hempstead
* [[Far Rockaway, Queens]]
|Via. West Broadway.
|-
![[N32 (Long Island bus)|n32]]
|
* Hempstead
* [[Far Rockaway, Queens]]
|Via. Central Avenue.
|-
![[N35 (Long Island bus)|n35]]
|
* [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]]
* [[Baldwin Harbor, New York|Baldwin Harbor]]
|
|-
![[N40 (Long Island bus)|n40]]
|
* [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]
* [[Freeport, New York|Freeport]]
|Via. North Main Street.
|-
![[N41 (Long Island bus)|n41]]
|
*[[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]
*[[Freeport, New York|Freeport]]
|Via. North Main St
|-
![[N48 (Long Island bus)|n48]]
|
*Hempstead
*[[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]]
|Via. Carmans Road.
|-
![[N49 (Long Island bus)|n49]]
|
* Hempstead
* [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]]
|Via. Newbridge Road.
|-
![[N54 (Long Island bus)|n54]]
|
* Hempstead
* [[Westfield Sunrise|Sunrise Mall]]
|Via. Jerusalem Ave / Washington Ave.
|-
![[N55 (Long Island bus)|n55]]
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* Hempstead
* [[Sunrise Mall (Massapequa Park, New York)|Sunrise Mall]]
|Via. Jerusalem Ave / Broadway.
|-
![[N70 (Long Island bus)|n70]]
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* Hempstead
* [[SUNY Farmingdale]]
|
|-
![[N71 (Long Island bus)|n71]]
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* Hempstead
* [[Westfield Sunrise|Sunrise Mall]]
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|-
![[List of bus routes in Nassau County, New York|n88x]] (summer weekends only)
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* Hempstead 
* Jones Beach
|
|}

== Points of interest ==
((More citations needed|date=September 2020))
*[[Hofstra University]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Hofstra University Arboretum]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Hempstead (LIRR station)#Hempstead Transit Center|Hempstead Bus Terminal]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/long-island-venues/rosa-parks-hempstead-transit-center-1.1964219 |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=Newsday |language=en))</ref>
*[[African American Museum (New York)|Nassau County African American Museum]]
*[[St. George's Episcopal Church (Hempstead, New York)|St. George's Episcopal Church]]
* Christ's First Presbyterian Church – First Presbyterian church established in the US

==Notable people==
Residents (native or lived) about whom an article exists, by date of birth:
<!--native/resident claims found in articles, else tagged ((Citation needed|date=November 2010))--><!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in chronological order ♦♦♦--->
[[File:Julius Erving UMass.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Julius Erving]]]]
[[File:Tu Holloway.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Tu Holloway]]]]
* [[Samuel L. Mitchill]] (1764–1831), physician, naturalist, and politic; born in Hempstead
* [[Walt Whitman]] (1819–1892; resident 1836–1838), poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist
* [[William S. Hofstra]] (1861–1932), entrepreneur
* [[Christopher Morley]] (1890–1957; resident during the 1910s), journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet
* [[Frank Field (meteorologist)|Frank Field]] (1923–2023), television meteorologist
* [[Francis E. Dec]] (1926–1996), disbarred lawyer and outsider writer
* [[Joe Tex]] (1935–1982), singer
* [[Walter Hudson (1944–1991)|Walter Hudson]] (1944–1991; life resident), 4th most obese human, [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the largest waist
* [[Julius Erving]] (born 1950), basketball star, lived in the village of Hempstead as a child for at least two or three years from around 1953 to 1955 or 1956<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hometown_julius,0,6515142.story]  ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511185114/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hometown_julius%2C0%2C6515142.story|date=May 11, 2009))</ref>
* [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] (born 1956), actress and singer
* [[Eric "Vietnam" Sadler]] (born 1960; native 1960–87, music producer, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Slick Rick, Bell Biv Devoe, Vanessa Williams)
* [[Rob Moore (American football)|Rob Moore]] (born 1968; native), NFL football player
* [[Method Man]] (born 1971), rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor; spent his childhood living between Hempstead and [[Staten Island]]
* [[Busta Rhymes|Trevor Tahim "Busta Rhymes" Smith, Jr.]] (born 1972), resident, rapper, producer, and actor
* [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]] (1974–2017; native), member of hip-hop duo [[Mobb Deep]]
* [[Craig "Speedy" Claxton]] (born 1978; native), NBA basketball player
* [[Tavorris Bell]] (born 1978), [[Harlem Globetrotter]]
* [[Roc Marciano]] (born 1978), rapper and producer
* [[Scott Lipsky]] (born 1981), tennis player
* [[Hykiem Coney]] (1982–2006), anti-gang activist
* [[A+ (rapper)|A+]] (born 1982; native and childhood), rapper, made albums in 1996 and 1999 during his school years
* [[Tu Holloway]] (born 1989), basketball player for [[Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)|Maccabi Rishon LeZion]] in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]].

==See also==
*[[Suburban Technical School]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* ((Official website|http://www.villageofhempstead.org ))
* [http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=HE0909 Village Code]

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