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48-713: Playland Parkway was originally conceived as a part of the Cross County Parkway , which would have crossed from Yonkers via Mount Vernon and New Rochelle before reaching Playland. The parkway was constructed by the Westchester County Park Commission in 1928 between US 1 and the amusement park, although the extension of the Cross County was dropped during the Great Depression due to financial strains. During

96-450: A town is a major division within a county. Larger towns may contain a number of named incorporated villages that provides numerous local services to the village residents. Towns may contain named unincorporated hamlets , governed and administered by the town council. The Town of Oyster Bay contains all or part of 20 incorporated villages: The town of Oyster Bay also contains all or part of 17 unincorporated hamlets: There are also

144-553: A few areas that are not part of any incorporated village or census-designated place: Notes: The Long Island Rail Road 's Oyster Bay Branch serves the town's vicinity from Glen Head to Oyster Bay . The Main Line runs through the center of the town from with stations in Hicksville , and Bethpage . The Port Jefferson Branch begins at Hicksville, and goes through Hicksville and Syosset . Rail freight service also exists along

192-484: A four-lane undivided freeway and passes under US 1. The road continues through more woodlands near residential neighborhoods and becomes a four-lane boulevard , coming to an at-grade intersection with Milton Road. Playland Parkway curves more to the east and intersects Midland Avenue/Ridgeland Terrace and Forest Avenue before ending at the entrance to the Playland amusement park on Long Island Sound , at which point

240-488: A household in the town was $ 99,873, and the median income for a family was $ 115,095. Males had a median income of $ 60,726 versus $ 39,420 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 35,895. About 2.0% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over. Aer Lingus operates its United States office in Oyster Bay, centered on

288-610: A later time it occupied a brick structure with two stories. In 1994 Acclaim bought a headquarters building in Glen Cove . Both the State University of New York at Old Westbury and New York Institute of Technology or NYIT (and its affiliated New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine ) are located in Old Westbury . LIU Post , the largest campus of the private Long Island University system,

336-470: A northbound entrance and exit via the local lanes at Broad Street, which connects to Gramatan Avenue. After Exit 7, the parkway winds southeast into the Chester Heights section of Mount Vernon , where it enters Exit 8 for NY 22 (North Columbus Avenue). Just east of Exit 8, the Cross County has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance at Exit 9, which connects the parkway to/from

384-543: A result, designed the new parkway lined with elm trees to circle around the new Bath House and reach the entrance via a new traffic circle . The new parkway, which was conceptualized as a 15-mile (24 km) roadway, had the section between the Boston Post Road (US 1) and Rye Playland, with construction starting in 1928. The Westchester County Park Commission announced in its annual report in April 1928 that

432-504: A westbound exit/eastbound entrance from the Saw Mill northbound. The entrance/exit at the Saw Mill southbound has no number. After crossing an abandoned railroad grade, the parkway enters Exit 3, a small interchange with Yonkers Avenue . The six-lane roadway crosses through southeast Yonkers, making a gradual bend from the northeast to the southeast before spitting into express and local lanes. The parkway then enters an interchange with

480-418: Is Sagamore Hill , the former residence and summer White House of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and now a museum. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor , an inlet of Long Island Sound , and many of these at one time or another have also been referred to as being part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay. Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples had lived in

528-614: Is because the eastbound entrance and westbound exit are via the Hutch. After Exit 10, the Cross County continues north as a five-lane parkway (three lanes westbound, two lanes eastbound), before crossing under a flyover ramp for the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound and merging into the parkway northbound. The Cross County Parkway was originally built as an east–west link between the Saw Mill, Bronx River, and Hutchinson River Parkways. Construction began in 1929, and

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576-459: Is located in Brookville . The Town of Oyster Bay has a government comprising a town supervisor and a town council consisting of six members. Council members are elected on a town-wide basis, and there are no election districts within the town. Two other elected positions are town clerk and receiver of taxes. At one point, the town had its own police force, but it no longer does. In New York,

624-805: Is only accessed by the local lanes. There is no eastbound entrance. Continuing east through Yonkers, the Cross County Parkway enters an interchange with the Bronx River Parkway and Sprain Brook Parkway , Exit 6. In the center of this interchange, consisting of several flyover ramps, is the Fleetwood Metro-North Railroad station on the Harlem Line . Immediately after Exit 6, the Cross County crosses into Mount Vernon where it meets Exit 7,

672-500: Is the easternmost of the three towns of Nassau County, with Suffolk County immediately to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 169.5 square miles (439 km ), of which 104.4 square miles (270 km ) is land and 65.1 square miles (169 km ), or 38.42%, is water. As with most of Long Island, the north shore is hilly, the south shore has sandy beaches, and

720-672: The New England Thruway was completed through Westchester, connecting Pelham to Port Chester . With the opening of the new roadway, Playland Parkway was extended to then-exit 11 of the Thruway. This exit was renumbered to 19 as part of a complete number revamp in February ;1980. In the mid-1950s, proposals began for a bridge over the Long Island Sound, including a proposal for a crossing between

768-538: The New York State Thruway ( I-87 ) and NY 100 , Exits 4S (for I-87 south) and 4N (for I-87 north/NY-100 north). All exits/entrances are accessed here by the local lanes, except for the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at Exit 4N, which are via the express lanes. The eastbound entrance at Exit 4N connects to both the express and local lanes. Shortly after, the Cross County enters Exit 5, which connects to Kimball Avenue and Midland Avenue and

816-612: The Rye Playland Parkway . However this proposal was stalled by the Great Depression and Second World War , and finally cancelled in the 1970s. Part of the right of way for the Cross County Parkway's unbuilt extension has since been incorporated into the Leatherstocking Trail. The entire route is in Westchester County . Oyster Bay (town), New York The Town of Oyster Bay is

864-620: The Dutch in 1639. Nevertheless, in 1644, the Dutch director granted a patent for Hempstead to the English. The Dutch also granted other English settlements in Flushing , Newtown , and Jamaica . In 1650, the Treaty of Hartford established a boundary between Dutch and English claims at "Oysterbay", by which the Dutch meant present-day Cold Spring Harbor (to the east) and the English meant all of

912-611: The Dutch relinquishing control of all of New Amsterdam. In 1667 the settlement at Oyster Bay received its charter from the new English colony of New York , becoming the Township of Oyster Bay. By 1687, the last piece of land was sold by the Indians, and few remained by 1709. During most of the American Revolution the town was under the control of British forces. The town was originally part of Queens County , until

960-546: The English settlers paid to the Native American Moheness (aka Assiapum), "six kettles, six fathoms of wampum, six hoes, six hatchets, three pairs of stockings, thirty awl-blades or muxes, twenty knives, three shirts and as much Peague as will amount to four pounds sterling." The monarchy was restored in England in 1660, and in 1664 King Charles gave Long Island (and much else) to his brother James, leading to

1008-508: The area between is a plain . Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the town exchanged territory with the towns of Hempstead (Nassau County) and Babylon (Suffolk County). It also gained territory from the town of Huntington in Suffolk County. The 2019 American Community Survey determined the population was 293,576, estimating a 1.6% increase from the 2010 United States census . The racial and ethnic makeup of Oyster Bay

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1056-618: The area for thousands of years. At the time of European contact, the Lenape (Delaware) nation inhabited western Long Island. By 1600 the band inhabiting the local area was called the Matinecock after their location, but they were Lenape people. Following European colonization, the area became part of the colony of New Netherland . In 1639, the Dutch West India Company made its first purchase of land on Long Island from

1104-475: The area of heavy traffic. Clay Johnson, mayor of Rye opposed the project, citing it would ruin the neighborhoods of Rye. Rutherford Hubbard, the leader of the "Rye Citizens Advisory Committee Against The Sound Bridge" stated that Moses should think about the people and be more democratic about his decisions. Once opposition started to appear on the Long Island side of the sound, Governor Rockefeller cancelled

1152-409: The average family size was 3.27. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for

1200-640: The easternmost of the three towns that make up Nassau County, New York , United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area , it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island . As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state. There are 18 villages and 18 hamlets within

1248-816: The exception of Interstate 95 ( New England Thruway ). Among its junctions, it has access to the New York State Thruway mainline. The western terminus is at the Saw Mill Parkway in Yonkers . The eastern terminus is at the Hutchinson River Parkway in Eastchester . As evident from stubs and oversized overpasses, it appears that there were plans to expand the Parkway west from Exit 2 to Downtown Yonkers and east from Exit 9 to I-95 . World War II had slowed this idea until it

1296-528: The hamlet of Jericho . Cablevision Systems , a major cable company in the tri-state area has its corporate headquarters in Bethpage, New York , as well as a satellite office in Jericho, New York that contains its medium to large business solutions division, Lightpath . Acclaim Entertainment was originally located in the hamlet of Oyster Bay . It originally occupied a one-room office in Oyster Bay. At

1344-503: The highway was initially a 40-foot (12 m)-wide undivided roadway that could accommodate four lanes of automobile traffic (two in each direction). The parkway had a toll barrier in Fleetwood , which was removed in the early 1950s. The reconstruction of the Cross County Parkway was begun in 1964; however, the project was not completed until 1984. The parkway is now a multi-lane highway with express and local lanes. In conjunction with

1392-418: The local Native Americans. The English also had colonies on Long Island at this time. The Dutch did not dispute English claims to what is now Suffolk County, but when settlers from New England arrived in (present-day) Oyster Bay in 1640, they were soon arrested as part of a boundary dispute. In 1643, Englishmen purchased land in the present-day town of Hempstead from the Indians that included land purchased by

1440-686: The mid-1960s and early-1970s, the parkway was part of a proposal to create a new bridge across the Long Island Sound connecting Rye to Oyster Bay . Led by Robert Moses and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority , the bridge would have demolished homes and used a part of Playland Parkway for the right-of-way. Opposition was heavy within Rye, and in 1973, once more opposition was raised in Long Island , Nelson Rockefeller killed

1488-438: The new bridge. Opposition with Rye involved the fact that it would take $ 3 million of property demolition to fit the new bridges, although the original proposal would take over $ 6 million. Moving the approach to Playland did not amuse residents of Rye either, which would cost Playland Park its pool, bathhouse and some of the beach on the park. Other complaints included that while more houses would be saved, they would be in

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1536-488: The new park and the parkway that it would go with would open in the summer of 1928 as part of appropriations of $ 47 million (1928 USD). While the section between the Boston Post Road and the park opened in 1929, the extension between the current-day Cross County Parkway and the current-day Playland Parkway was never constructed, due to the financial strains of the Great Depression . In October 1958,

1584-538: The oldest yacht clubs in the Western Hemisphere, which opened in 1871. There are 40 buildings and sites presently named Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks . The town of Oyster Bay extends from Long Island Sound in the north, south to the waters of South Oyster Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by the town of North Hempstead on the northwest and the town of Hempstead on the southwest. It

1632-567: The population. As of the census of 2000, there were 293,925 people, 99,355 households, and 80,278 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,816.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,087.3/km ). There were 101,076 housing units at an average density of 968.4 per square mile (373.9/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 90.83% White , 1.64% Black or African American , 0.07% Native American , 4.85% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.36% from other races , and 1.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.06% of

1680-406: The population. There were 99,355 households, out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and

1728-618: The project himself on June 20, 1973, seven years after the first proposal was selected. The entire route is in Rye , Westchester County . Cross County Parkway The Cross County Parkway ( CCP ) is a 4.46-mile (7.18 km) controlled-access parkway in lower Westchester County, New York , in the United States. The parkway is a critical east–west connection throughout Westchester, having full interchanges with every major north–south highway in southern Westchester with

1776-602: The project. The parkway originally terminated at US 1 ( Boston Post Road ) upon opening, but construction was completed on the New England Thruway in 1958, extending the new parkway from US 1 to its current western terminus. Playland Parkway begins at an interchange with I-95 in Rye , heading southeast as a four-lane divided freeway . The road passes over Metro-North Railroad 's New Haven Line and heads into wooded areas with nearby development, coming to an interchange with Old Post Road that provides access to US 1 . Past this interchange, Playland Parkway becomes

1824-408: The public in 1928, bringing a more middle-class, family-oriented environment to the shores of Rye, which had been known for lewd behavior in the area. As result of the middle-class belief for the new park, the new parkway was designed so that a similar clientele could come by car to visit. Engineers considered Playland as the "junctional terminal of all the great boulevards of Westchester County", and as

1872-505: The renovation of the Cross County Shopping Center, Exit 5 westbound and Exit 5 eastbound of the Cross County Parkway underwent major reconstruction during 2010 and 2011. The two exit ramps were widened and improved with new traffic lights and signage. In addition, traffic can now proceed from the eastbound parkway directly into the shopping center. Cross County Parkway was originally intended to connect to

1920-443: The road gains a wide median. The four-lane parkway that would eventually become Playland Parkway was first conceived as part of the Cross County Parkway , which would connect the cities of Yonkers , Mount Vernon , and New Rochelle before reaching the shores of the Long Island Sound, where it would meet Playland Amusement Park. Playland Amusement Park, a new park maintained by the Westchester County Park Commission in Rye, opened to

1968-473: The southbound lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway at Exit 13. Immediately after Exit 9, the Cross County Parkway turns ninety degrees to the north, going back to a six-lane parkway after briefly expanding to host Exit 9. The Cross County parallels a park in the Chester Heights section of Mount Vernon . Entering Eastchester , the parkway enters Exit 10, a small interchange with New Rochelle Road with only an eastbound exit and westbound entrance. This

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2016-467: The support originally of then- Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller , along with several Long Island officials. While there was support on the Long Island side of the sound, the amount of support in Rye was not as upbeat. In July 1965, Robert Moses had to redesign the route for the new bridge, so that rather than the Cross Westchester meeting the bridge, Playland Parkway would meet

2064-744: The town of Oyster Bay and the city of Rye. A study was done in the 1960s for the Oyster Bay–;Rye Bridge by Robert Moses and the Nassau-Suffolk County Planning Board to design the bridge, which originally would connect the Cross Westchester Expressway ( I-287 ) and the Seaford–;Oyster Bay Expressway ( NY 135 ). The cost of the new project would run upwards of $ 150 million (1966 USD). The project also had

2112-470: The town of Oyster Bay. The United States Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes , served by 20 post offices. Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their boundaries are usually not coterminous. Oyster Bay is also the name of a hamlet on the North Shore , within the town of Oyster Bay. Near this hamlet, in the village of Cove Neck ,

2160-406: The water connected to present-day Oyster Bay Harbor. Meanwhile, the government of England came under the control of Oliver Cromwell as a republic, and smugglers took advantage of the unresolved border dispute. In 1653, English settlers made their first purchase of land in Oyster Bay from the local Matinecock tribe , though there were already some rogue English settlements there. For this purchase,

2208-521: The western portion of that county was amalgamated into New York City in 1898 and Nassau County was created in 1899. In 1918, Glen Cove , to the west, incorporated as a city and formed a governing system separate from the town. Following World War II , housing replaced farmland as the population grew from about 40,000 in 1950 to more than 290,000 in 1990. Oyster Bay is home to the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club , one of

2256-536: Was 75.5% non-Hispanic white, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12.5% Asian, 2.0% from two or more races, and 8.1% Hispanic or Latin American of any race. As of the 2010 census the population was 85% White (80% Non-Hispanic White ), 2.3% Black or African American , 0.2% Native American , 9.1% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 1.9% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.5% of

2304-493: Was shelved. The CCP is the only parkway in New York state that has express and local lanes. The parkway is designated New York State Route 907K ( NY 907K ), an unsigned reference route . The Cross County Parkway begins at an interchange with the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers . Exits 1 and 2 are part of this interchange, with Exit 1 being a westbound only exit to Rumsey Road, and Exit 2 being

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