ROSLYN ESTATES, LONG ISLAND

Roslyn Estates, Long Island

Roslyn Estates is an incorporated village located in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. It is within the Town of North Hempstead. The county seat is Mineola. The neighborhood is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Village of Roslyn. Roslyn Estates has a total area of 0.4 square miles, all of it land. Commuters to Manhattan have a few options. It takes approximately 35 to 40 minutes in the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington line from nearby Manhasset. As of the 2000 census, there were 1,210 people, 401 households, and 354 families residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village was $154,849, and the median income for a family was $157,402. Males had a median income of $100,000 and only $65,893 for females. Roslyn Estates ZIP Code is 11576. Area Code is 516. The latitude of Roslyn Estates is 40.794N. The longitude is -73.66W. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 230 feet.

The neighborhood was named after Roslin Castle in Scotland. Roslyn Estates became incorporated in 1931. Compared to the rest of the country, Roslyn Estates's cost of living is 134.99% higher than the United States average. There public schools spend at least $11,892 per student. The average school expenditure in the United States is $6,058. There are about 15 students per teacher in Roslyn Estates. About 79% of the residents are already married and have their own family. Many people here are settled down. Majority of its houses, apartments or condos in Roslyn Estates were constructed after 1953. According to the famous researchers in New York, Roslyn Estates had been a very safe neighborhood were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

The racial-makeup of Roslyn Estates comprises of 93.22% White, 0.17% African American, 4.88% Asian, 1.24% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Most of its resident’s ancestries were Russian, Polish, German, Iranian, European, Italian, Austrian, Hungarian, Irish, and Chinese. Roslyn Estates is served by the Roslyn Union Free School District which has a total of 5 schools. There are Elementary School covering grades 1 through 5, an Elementary School covering grades 2 through 5, a Middle School for grades 6 through 8, and a High School offering grades 9 through 12. Roslyn Estates is predominantly a residential area. It is a large middle-class neighborhood. Most of its single individuals have good incomes. About 99% of housing units in Roslyn Estates are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Of those housing units, 410 were located in either urbanized areas or urban clusters, and none were located in what is classified as a rural area.