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Lindenhurst is the biggest village in the Town of Babylon: a South Shore village with a train station right in the middle of downtown, a marina and waterfront park on the Great South Bay, and a history that starts with a town called Breslau.
The Village of Lindenhurst sits in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, between Copiague to the west and West Babylon to the east, with North Lindenhurst to the north and the Great South Bay to the south. It's an incorporated village with its own mayor and four trustees, and about 27,000 people as of the 2020 census. This guide also covers North Lindenhurst, the hamlet just north of the Village.
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Lindenhurst started as a planned community. Thomas and Abby Welwood partnered with developer Charles Schleier, and the new town of Breslau was dedicated on June 6, 1870. The developers sold building lots and offered jobs and land for houses of worship to get people to come.
Within 20 years, the Breslau name had baggage. Lawsuits between the Welwoods and Schleier made the New York City papers, and an unsolved 1887 crime got wide coverage. Residents wanted a fresh start, and in 1891 the community became Lindenhurst, named for the linden trees that grew throughout the area. Alexina Cadwallader is credited with suggesting the name. The popular story that the name changed because of World War I is a myth; the change came more than 20 years before that war.
Residents voted to incorporate, and the Village of Lindenhurst was born on November 17, 1923. The Village celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2023.
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Downtown runs along Wellwood Avenue, with the LIRR station right at Wellwood and Hoffman Avenues. At that same corner is the Village's Town Square and gazebo. The Village created it after a 1996 fire destroyed a commercial block there, then renovated it around 2012 with a gazebo and mural. Today it's the downtown gathering spot for events.
By train: Lindenhurst station is an elevated stop on the Babylon Branch, opened in its current form in 1973, with commuter parking. Check the MTA's station information for current schedules.
By car: Wellwood Avenue connects the bay to downtown and north through North Lindenhurst. Montauk Highway and Sunrise Highway run east-west toward Babylon and toward Amityville, Massapequa and Nassau.
South of Montauk Highway, Lindenhurst opens up to canals and the Great South Bay. The Village lists:
Just east of the Village, the Town of Babylon's Venetian Shores Park has a bay beach, a spray park, a playground and picnic areas. It's for Town of Babylon residents with a permit, and it opens daily from late June through Labor Day. The Venetian Shores neighborhood uses the Lindenhurst post office and school district, but it's technically part of West Babylon.
Superstorm Sandy flooded more than half of the Village's streets in October 2012. If you're buying south of Montauk Highway, check the flood zone, elevation certificate, flood insurance cost, bulkhead condition and whether the house has been raised. Never assume boat access from a canal view.
North Lindenhurst is the unincorporated hamlet just north of the Village, with about 12,000 people as of the 2020 census. Local government is the Town of Babylon and Suffolk County, not the Village. It borders North Amityville and East Farmingdale to the west and West Babylon to the east, and Route 109 forms its northern edge. It shares the 11757 ZIP code with the Village.
Most of North Lindenhurst is in the Lindenhurst school district, but small parts are in the Copiague and Farmingdale districts, so check the district for the individual property.
Lindenhurst eats along two streets. Wellwood Avenue runs north–south through the Village, past the LIRR station, and Montauk Highway crosses it east–west. Hoffman Avenue, which runs along the tracks, has become its own little restaurant row. Downtown is a real craft beer stop now, too. Here's where to go, grouped so you can plan a night out. Hours change, so check before you head over.
Besides Sand City South downtown, there's 27A Brewing Company, a Lindenhurst brewery with a tasting room, open Wednesday through Sunday.
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The Lindenhurst Union Free School District serves the Village of Lindenhurst and most of North Lindenhurst. It has six elementary schools (Albany Avenue, Alleghany Avenue, Daniel Street, Harding Avenue, West Gates and William Rall), Lindenhurst Middle School and Lindenhurst High School. The district office is at 350 Daniel Street.
Parts of North Lindenhurst are in the Copiague or Farmingdale districts, and some homes outside the Village, like Venetian Shores, are in the Lindenhurst district. Verify the district for the individual property. Search: homes in the Lindenhurst school district.
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I recently closed on a home in Lindenhurst, and the buyers here know what they want: the train, the bay and a fair price. Price it right, fix what an inspector will flag before you list, and present it well from day one. If your home is south of Montauk Highway, have your flood and elevation paperwork ready, because buyers will ask. Reach out to me directly and we'll put together the right plan.
The community was founded in 1870 as Breslau and renamed Lindenhurst in 1891, after the linden trees that grew throughout the area. Residents wanted a fresh start after lawsuits and bad press. The story that the name changed because of World War I is a myth.
Yes. The Village of Lindenhurst was incorporated on November 17, 1923, and has its own mayor and trustees. North Lindenhurst, just north of it, is a separate, unincorporated hamlet run by the Town of Babylon.
The Village and most of North Lindenhurst are in the Lindenhurst Union Free School District. Small parts of North Lindenhurst are in the Copiague or Farmingdale districts. Verify the district for any specific property.
The Village has waterfront parks and a marina on the Great South Bay. For a bay beach, the Town of Babylon's Venetian Shores Park, just east of the Village, is open to Town residents with a permit in summer.
Lindenhurst station on the LIRR's Babylon Branch, at Wellwood and Hoffman Avenues in the middle of downtown.
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From the Wellwood Avenue gazebo to the marina at the end of the road, Lindenhurst has a lot of local character. If there's a restaurant, event, park or piece of village history I'm missing, tell me and I'll add it.
I'm John Cordeira, Broker/Owner of Cordeira Homes. I live a few towns west in Massapequa Park and have sold Long Island homes for more than 20 years.
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