Brentwood, Long Island
Social development gets admirable attention in Brentwood. The Long Island Cares Regional Food Bank is based in Brentwood. It brings resources from all corners together in a bid to serve the underprivileged, abandoned and downtrodden. The State Governor has made an important announcement to invest in housing for senior citizens in a major Brentwood project. Help for the aged speaks volumes for the caring attitude and outlook of the Administration. Brentwood was formerly known as Modern Times. The Modern Times was a utopian colony which begun on March 21, 1851 founded by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews. The community was based in the idea of “individual sovereignty” meaning it was a politically independent without interference from outside. All products of labor were considered private property and all land was also a private property with the exception of alleys which were initially considered common property but later converted to private property. No system of authority existed in the colony. There were no courts, no jails, and no police; yet, there are no reports of any problem with crime existing there. In recent time, the area is now known as Brentwood with almost all of the original buildings that existed in Modern Times have been destroyed. The area is known for its high quality of education that almost everyone wants to be a part of it. It is a home for several campuses of Suffolk Community College and Long Island University. The Brentwood Campus of the Long Island University is a very prestigious school that the campus sited almost 200 acres of greenery and has approximately fourteen hundred undergraduate and graduate students. Real estate has also become a big factor in terms of the area’s economy. With so many affordable houses in different elegant styles such as capes and ranches, colonials, split levels, and high ranches to choose from. The government plans to invest housing projects as a part of their job that would benefit the residents - especially for the senior citizens. Notable residents include EPMD hip-hop pioneers, David W. Halderman Jr., and Michael H. Waye that were both killed during the 9/11 attacks. Brentwood is also the site of Pilgrim State Hospital that was once called the world's largest mental institution but now known as Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. |
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Brentwood is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the 