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<\/p>\nTHE SCOOP A small hamlet\u00a0often eclipsed by its well-known neighboring villages, Garden City Park boasts quick train access to Manhattan, plentiful\u00a0shopping and a rich history.<\/p>\n
“It’s a very tight-knit community,” said Town of North Hempstead Councilman Dennis Walsh. “It’s a great place to live.”<\/p>\n
Though there’s no actual downtown, the hamlet has two shopping centers and numerous\u00a0stores. Manhattan is nearby, with a\u00a0peak trip to Penn Station on the Long Island Rail Road taking less than 40\u00a0minutes from the Merillon Avenue\u00a0stop.\u00a0Commuters can also park for free at the station lot.<\/p>\n
An enclave of Black residents developed decades ago and still exists today near Mineola High School, with multiple generations of the families living there. That community started with a few families moving from the South and the Caribbean in the ’40s and ’50s, said Joseph Lloyd, 65, a third-generation resident.<\/p>\n
“The area was welcoming to them, so they started to move here,”\u00a0said Lloyd.<\/p>\n
Because Black parishioners weren’t welcomed into white churches, about 75 years ago they started their own church, Bethel Bible Christian Church, which is still a vital institution for the community.<\/p>\n
Luca Tenaglia, 9, of Mineola, top, hops over a bucket of balls as twin sister Olivia\u00a0hits a ball pitched by dad Matthew Tenaglia at Herricks Road Park. Credit: Debbie Egan-Chin<\/p>\n
Broadway Park, a pocket park on Broadway and Nassau Boulevard, was recently revitalized following years of neglect.<\/p>\n
“We managed to get $1.1 million from the Long Island Railroad MTA Third Track Corridor project,” Walsh said. “It’s a small park but it’s used quite a bit and it’s very, very nice for the neighborhood over there.”<\/p>\n
Walsh added that new handicap-accessible ramps were added on each corner of the streets along County Courthouse Road, which runs between Jericho Turnpike and the LIRR station.<\/p>\n
Known as Clowesville from 1787 to 1874, Garden City Park functioned as a legal and civic hub on the Hempstead Plains. As the county seat for Queens, Clowesville was home to a rickety courthouse and jail notorious for prisoners punching holes through walls and escaping with little difficulty. Reflecting its proximity to the nascent development of Garden City, the hamlet’s name was changed to Garden City Park.<\/p>\n
Homebuyers today will find mostly Cape-style houses, with prices starting at $829,000 and going up to $1.308 million for a four-bedroom, three-bathroom home.<\/p>\n
“The home costs are similar but slightly less than the incorporated villages, just because people don’t know where Garden City Park is,” Walsh said. “Until you drive around and you see a beautiful community.”<\/p>\n
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Homes along Yorkshire Road near Camden Place on the northern side of Garden City Park. Credit: Debbie Egan-Chin<\/p>\n
SALE PRICES Between April 9, 2025, and April 8, 2026, there were 2 home sales with a median sale price of $945,000, according to OneKey MLS. During the same period a year earlier, there were 3 home sales with a median sale price of $1.2 million.<\/p>\n
CONDOS AND CO-OPS There are no condos or co-ops on the market.<\/p>\n
OTHER STATS<\/p>\n
Population 7,914<\/p>\n
Median age 39.8<\/p>\n
Median home value $945,000<\/p>\n
Monthly LIRR ticket from Merillon Avenue $264.25<\/p>\n
School districts, graduation rates Herricks (99%), Mineola (97%), Sewanhaka (96%). Some attend New Hyde Park-Garden City Park through grade 6<\/p>\n
Libraries\u00a0Hillside, Shelter Rock<\/p>\n
Transit NICE Bus Route 24<\/p>\n
Sources: 2024 American Community Survey; OneKey MLS via InfoSparks by ShowingTime; LIRR; data.nysed.gov; Nassau Inter-County Express<\/p>\n
ON THE MARKET<\/p>\n
$1.308 million<\/p>\n
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This $1.308 million Garden City Park home has four bedrooms. Credit: Ken Lee<\/p>\n
This 2,490-square-foot home has four\u00a0bedroom and\u00a0three\u00a0bathrooms. The renovated Colonial is\u00a0open concept and has\u00a0hardwood floors, chef’s kitchen, stainless steel appliances, a primary bedroom with vaulted ceilings\u00a0and a finished basement. Updates include the kitchen,\u00a0boiler, roof, sound system and central air conditioning. The corner 0.11-acre lot has a deck and attached two-car garage. Taxes are $19,290. Audrey Yujia Liu, Century Homes Realty Group, 917-817-7190<\/p>\n
$1.298 million<\/p>\n
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This $1.298 million Garden City Park home has upgraded spray foam insulation and HVAC. Credit: OKNP Media\/Kevinn Li<\/p>\n
This renovated Colonial has four\u00a0bedrooms and\u00a0three\u00a0bathrooms. The\u00a02,327-square-foot house has\u00a0an\u00a0open floor plan and features\u00a0ceramic tile and hardwood floors, a chef’s kitchen with quartzite counters, finished basement\u00a0and Energy Star appliances and windows. Upgrades include spray foam insulation and central HVAC. The 0.11-acre property has a driveway that can accommodate six\u00a0cars. Qiao (Joyce) Zou, CPRE Elite, Inc., 929-270-6666<\/p>\n
$829,000<\/p>\n
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This $829,000 Garden City Park home is nearly 2,000 square feet.
\n Credit: Lois Thompson<\/p>\n
This four-bedroom, two-bathroom Colonial has hardwood floors, a living room with a bay window\u00a0and a full finished basement. The 1,962-square-foot house sits on a 0.14-acre property has a detached one-car garage. Taxes are $12,510. John Johnson, North Star Home Services, 631-617-7737<\/p>\n
RECENTLY SOLD<\/p>\n
$1.28 million<\/p>\n
Vale Court<\/p>\n
Style Colonial<\/p>\n
Bedrooms 4<\/p>\n
Bathrooms 2\u00bd<\/p>\n
Built 1986<\/p>\n
Lot size 0.16 acre<\/p>\n
Taxes $17,418<\/p>\n
+\/- List price -$69,000<\/p>\n
Days on market 168<\/p>\n
$960,000<\/p>\n
Bretton Road<\/p>\n
Style Colonial<\/p>\n
Bedrooms 3<\/p>\n
Bathrooms 3<\/p>\n
Built 1953<\/p>\n
Lot size 0.16 acre<\/p>\n
Taxes $15,578<\/p>\n
+\/- List price -$29,000<\/p>\n
Days on market 253<\/p>\n
$750,000<\/p>\n
Park Avenue<\/p>\n
Style Colonial<\/p>\n
Bedrooms 2<\/p>\n
Bathrooms 1<\/p>\n
Built 1924<\/p>\n
Lot size 0.11 acre<\/p>\n
Taxes $8,874<\/p>\n
+\/- List price -$51,000<\/p>\n
Days on market 89<\/p>\n
ON ONEKEY MLS<\/p>\n
Number of listings 21<\/p>\n
Price range $699,000 to $1.553\u00a0million<\/p>\n
Tax range $9,783 to\u00a0$19,290<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP A small hamlet\u00a0often eclipsed by its well-known neighboring villages, Garden City Park boasts quick train access…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[20538,9,24,63,122,124,123,1491],"class_list":["post-210975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-hobuying","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}