Farmingdale Cemeteries

Tale of Two Cemeteries
text by Walter Greenspan
pictures by FDALE.COM

There is much published misinformation concerning the location of the "national" cemetery and the confusion between it and the "private" cemetery, both located within an area (neighborhood) referred to as "Pinelawn" in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale (Farmingdale P.O.), Town of Babylon, Suffolk County.

Long Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery 2040 Wellwood Avenue East Farmingdale NY 11735   Tel: (631) 454-4949 Fax: (631) 694-5422 email: abianco@cem.va.gov
Pinelawn Memorial Park
	Pinelawn Memorial Park Pinelawn Road P.O. Box 420 East Farmingdale NY 11735 Tel: (631) 249-6100 Fax: (631) 249-6638

Interesting Facts

1. The "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone is 1 (one) of 3 (three) bi-county postal zones (the others being Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and Amityville, NY 11701). While the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone serves an area in both counties, the Village of Farmingdale is completely within the border of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County. That portion of the "Farmingdale, NY 11735" postal zone in Suffolk County is most probably within the Hamlet of East Farmingdale in the Town of Babylon.

2. The area where these two cemeteries are located also includes a number of other private cemeteries and is being referred to as the "Pinelawn" area or simply "Pinelawn". Thus, it is possible that references to Long Island National Cemetery include the term "Pinelawn" as a locational guide.

3. NEWSDAY adds to the confusion by referring to Long Island National Cemetery as Pinelawn National Cemetery (or Long Island National Cemetery in Pinelawn).

4. For those who are really into geography: The Long Island National Cemetery is mostly in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, but does include land in the Hamlet of Melville, Town of Huntington. The Pinelawn Memorial Park is mostly in the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, but does include land (currently vacant) in the Hamlet of Wyandanch, also in the Town of Babylon.
   

Each year, LIPA, as successor to LILCO, publishes a report (the report is published by LIPA, but is written by KeySpan, previously known as LILCO) updating the census population numbers (by using people-per-electric meter ratios) for all the 292 communities on Long Island.

There are 2 cities and 13 towns (as well as 2 Indian Reservations) in the bi-counties and the 13 towns (3 in Nassau and 10 in Suffolk) are further sub-divided into 95 villages and 195 hamlets, yielding 292 communities (2 + 95 + 195 = 292).

	Nassau	Suffolk	Total
Cities	2	0	2
Villages	64	31	95
Hamlets	70	125	193
Total	134	156	292

The heart of this 40-page report are maps of each of the 13 towns (3 in Nassau, 10 in Suffolk), showing the true borders of all villages and hamlets (not the postal zone borders) in each town. The facing pages list which communities are villages or hamlets and their populations. (You'll find villages and hamlets that you never knew existed because they are in some other community-named postal zone.)

I consider this the best resource available in understanding the geography and governmental organization of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

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If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact
Mr. Greenspan at Soyamaven@aol.com

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