Long Island is not one of the five boroughs, and you should not be liable for NYC tax. In the NY state return interview, you want to select your NYC residency to nonresident.If NYC tax was withheld from your paycheck, it should be included as part of your refund. Do you have to pay New […]

LONG ISLAND, NY — Several Long Island neighborhoods made Niche.com’s 2021 survey of the best places to raise a family. According to the rankings, nine local areas were listed among the top 100 places for families across the United States. Three Long Island places made the top 10. Great Neck Gardens came in at No. […]

The reason that the neighborhood is called Long Island City is the following: Before 1898 the county of Queens was not part of New York City (NYC was only comprised of the island of Manhattan and part of the Bronx).As you can imagine, Long Island City was the county seat (though not for the entire […]

However, in Westchester, in which a home costs more than in Long Island, it’s cheaper per square foot. This may be because Long Island has more population density than Westchester, meaning there are more homes available but there is less space and they are smaller in size than in Westchester. Is it expensive to live […]

Queens County—Public-supply pumpage from the Lloyd aquifer in Queens County began in 1928 and continues today. Where does Long Island get drinking water from? Groundwater AquifersLong Island’s Only Source of Drinking Water: Groundwater Aquifers. The water that flows from every single spigot in Nassau and Suffolk County comes from groundwater aquifers and nowhere else. These […]

The 127 public Long Island school districts have an enrollment of over 476,000 student and approximately 36,000 teachers. Upon leaving the ranks of private or public school system, Long Island also offers a variety of higher education opportunities to its residents. How many students are in Suffolk County? The student population of Suffolk County Community […]

It’s surrounded on all sides by water, yet for legal purposes, it isn’t an island. In 1985, all nine justices on the Supreme Court agreed. Long Island, that mass of land completely surrounded by water, is not an island.According to the ruling, Long Island’s north shore follows the south shore of the opposite mainland. Why […]

Long Island’s Gold Coast was the backdrop to Scott Fitzgerald’s renowned novel The Great Gatsby. Few out-of-towners are familiar with Long Island’s beautiful shoreline full of stunning beaches. Long Island has more than a dozen wineries and more than ten microbreweries. What is Long Island known for? Discover history, walk pink and white sand beaches […]

Long Island City has a below average violent crime rate and a low property crime rate for New York City. Is Long Island City a safe area? Long Island City is in the 3rd percentile for safety, meaning 97% of cities are safer and 3% of cities are more dangerous. The rate of violent crime […]

It’s nice and safe. There are a lot of restaurants, shops, markets, and libraries nearby. People I met here were nice and friendly! Great accessibility to transportation throughout the city: trains to Manhattan and Brooklyn, short distance from highways and bridges to the Bronx and Long Island. Is Long Island City a nice place to […]

Long Island is joined to the mainland specifically, to the Borough of the Bronx, which is one of the five boroughs of New York City by two bridges and it is also joined to Manhattan Island and Staten Island by several bridges and tunnels. Is Long Island a city or borough? Long Island City (LIC) […]

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City.It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department’s 108th Precinct. Is Long Island in NYC suburbs? The westernmost end of Long Island contains the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn (Kings […]

Muttontown was ranked one of the wealthiest towns in America by BusinessWeek. The village and its surrounding areas make up the “Gold Coast” of Long Island. Historically, The Gold Coast has been home to some of the most affluent families in New York. Are people who live in Long Island rich? Long Island is known […]

The western portion of Long Island was settled by the Dutch, who named it Lange Eylant. They also had early settlements in the 17th century on what are now Manhattan and Staten Island. When did settlers come to Long Island? “The first purchase of the Indians on Long-Island that has been discovered, was in 1635, […]

Although there is no official Five Towns designation, “the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood.” Each of these “towns” has a consecutive stop on the Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. All five communities are part of the Town of Hempstead. What is the Five Towns area? The Five […]