Manhasset Park District
History
The Manhasset Park District was established in 1921.
In the late 1940s, there was a controversial, failed proposal to build a 3-acre park in the northern part of the Strathmore area of Manhasset; this area is called North Strathmore. It was argued that all of Greater Manhasset would be paying for a park which only North Strathmore residents would be able to use. When the vote on the $45,000 (1949 USD) bond referendum was held, the referendum was rejected, and consequently, the Manhasset Park District never built the park.
In 1974, the Village of Roslyn Estates unsuccessfully attempted to have the district's boundaries redrawn to include the village after the district added 260 parking spaces to the commuter parking fields at the Manhasset Long Island Rail Road station. Its Mayor, Robert D. Zucker, stated that Roslyn Estates residents preferred the Manhasset station over the closer Roslyn station due to the how service to/from Pennsylvania Station on the Port Washington Branch is direct, whereas a change at Jamaica is required on the Oyster Bay Branch. Roslyn Estates residents would have the ability to be guaranteed a parking space at the Manhasset station for commuting to/from Manhattan if the boundaries were redrawn to include the village. District and North Hempstead officials, along with Manhasset residents, were against redrawing the boundaries to include Roslyn Estates, given that Roslyn Estates is part of the Greater Roslyn area (as opposed to being part of Greater Manhasset), and felt that the needs of Greater Manhasset should be the Manhasset Park District's main focus.
In the 1990s, over 1,000 district residents petitioned for the Strathmore Bath Club to be purchased by the Manhasset Park District to keep it operating as a public park. The plan was unsuccessful, and the club was demolished and replaced with single-family homes.
Service area
The Manhasset Park District serves the following communities in Manhasset:
- Manhasset (including Strathmore)
- Munsey Park
- Plandome Heights
- Parts of Flower Hill
- Parts of North Hills
- Parts of Plandome Manor
List of parks
The Manhasset Park District operates the following parks and recreational facilities:
- Four Acre Park
- Heroes' Plaza
- Park Avenue Park
- Patriot's Park
- Veterans of Foreign War
Manhasset LIRR parking lots
The Manhasset Park District also maintains commuter parking lots at the Manhasset station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch.
See also
- Great Neck Park District – Another park district on Long Island, in the adjacent area of Great Neck.
References
- ^ District, Manhasset Park. "Parks | Beautification| Parking". Manhasset Park District. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "Both Sides Gird for Vote On 45 -G No. Strathmore Park". Newsday. February 24, 1949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Launch Drive to Nix N. Strathmore Park". Newsday. February 18, 1949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Civics Deny 'Railroading' Playground". Newsday. February 22, 1949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Record Vote Downs No. Strathmore Park". Newsday. March 1, 1949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Smith, Jim (October 1, 1974). "Still Some Room On Parking Debate". Newsday. p. 17 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Roslyn Estates Gets No Parking". Newsday. December 4, 1974. p. 29 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Casesse, Sid (March 27, 1991). "Manhasset Club: a Landmark?". Newsday – via ProQuest.
- ^ Eisenberg, Carol (November 4, 1990). "Faded Club Draws New Passion: Residents resist development at Manhasset site". Newsday – via ProQuest.
- ^ Shaman, Diana (1991-05-05). "In the Region: Long Island; The Effort To Save Young Landmarks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "Long Island Index: Interactive Map". www.longislandindexmaps.org. Retrieved 2021-06-22.