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Carle Place, New York
Carle Place (also known historically as Frog Hollow and Mineola Park) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 5,005 at the time of the 2020 census.
In 1946, developer William J. Levitt bought 19 acres of land near the Carle Place train station for an experiment. His crews brought pre-cut lumber to the site and rapidly assembled 600 low-cost houses, offering affordable suburban living with an easy commute into offices in New York City. Within five years, returning veterans and their families swelled the population by 500 percent. It transformed Carle Place, and served as the prototype for Levittown, the larger development which Levitt began the following year only a few miles away.
In 1999, St. Mary's Chapel – a historic church in the hamlet – was listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places, and it was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The hamlet is named for the Carle House – a 32-room house built by Silas Carle in Westbury in the 1800s. It was commonly known as the "Carle Place", and the surrounding area later took the name. The house still stands today, near the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Carle Road.
The area was also known as Mineola Park between circa 1895 and 1915, derived from an unsuccessful real estate development of the same name located within the hamlet. The name was reverted to Carle Place in 1915, and there was only one further attempt to change it, which took place in 1951 after Levitt & Sons purchased and developed much of the area consisting of the unsuccessful development. The proposal failed, as the majority of residents preferred keeping the name, and no attempts to change it have taken place since.
Another historic name for the area is Frog Hollow, which is still used colloquially and is the source of the Carle Place Union Free School District's mascot.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.935 square miles (2.42 km2), all land.
The incorporated villages bordering Carle Place are Mineola, Garden City, Old Westbury, and Westbury. Carle Place also borders the part of Uniondale known as East Garden City – an unincorporated area of the Town of Hempstead.
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Carle Place, New York
Carle Place (also known historically as Frog Hollow and Mineola Park) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 5,005 at the time of the 2020 census.
In 1946, developer William J. Levitt bought 19 acres of land near the Carle Place train station for an experiment. His crews brought pre-cut lumber to the site and rapidly assembled 600 low-cost houses, offering affordable suburban living with an easy commute into offices in New York City. Within five years, returning veterans and their families swelled the population by 500 percent. It transformed Carle Place, and served as the prototype for Levittown, the larger development which Levitt began the following year only a few miles away.
In 1999, St. Mary's Chapel – a historic church in the hamlet – was listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places, and it was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The hamlet is named for the Carle House – a 32-room house built by Silas Carle in Westbury in the 1800s. It was commonly known as the "Carle Place", and the surrounding area later took the name. The house still stands today, near the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Carle Road.
The area was also known as Mineola Park between circa 1895 and 1915, derived from an unsuccessful real estate development of the same name located within the hamlet. The name was reverted to Carle Place in 1915, and there was only one further attempt to change it, which took place in 1951 after Levitt & Sons purchased and developed much of the area consisting of the unsuccessful development. The proposal failed, as the majority of residents preferred keeping the name, and no attempts to change it have taken place since.
Another historic name for the area is Frog Hollow, which is still used colloquially and is the source of the Carle Place Union Free School District's mascot.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.935 square miles (2.42 km2), all land.
The incorporated villages bordering Carle Place are Mineola, Garden City, Old Westbury, and Westbury. Carle Place also borders the part of Uniondale known as East Garden City – an unincorporated area of the Town of Hempstead.