Lake Grove, New York

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subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Suffolk
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population_total = 10250
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Lake Grove is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 10,250 at the 2000 census.

The Village of Lake Grove is located in the Town of Brookhaven. Lake Grove is well known as a popular commercial area in Suffolk county, including stores and attractions such as the Smith Haven Mall, Trader Joe's, Circuit City, Ben's, Zan's, and other large chain stores including Steve and Barry's. An Apple Retail Store also opened on September 9, 2006 in the Smith Haven Mall. Additional stores and attractions are nearby in Nesconset, Stony Brook and South Setauket, including Costco, Borders Bookstore, an AMC Lowes movie theater, Target, Best Buy, and Home Depot.

The village features a number of different styles and prices of housing, including many well-maintained developments such as Crestwood Forest, Lake Grove Estates, Country Pointe, The Pines, Brittany Hills, and Country Woods. The village also features a number of different parks, recreational facilities, and a nature preserve for residents to enjoy.

It should be noted that there are additional areas within the Lake Grove zip code, such as the Hathaway Oaks development and parts of the Brittany Hills development, that are in the unincorporated hamlets of Lake Ronkonkoma and Nesconset within the towns of Brookhaven and Smithtown respectively.

History

The area of Lake Grove was settled in the early 1700’s along Middle Country Road, which was then part of the Old Kings Highway, originally a Native American footpath. The community's first church building, built in 1818, was the First Congregational Church of New Village. That building has been preserved and is depicted on the village seal. In 1870, Lake Grove established its first post office, which carried the mail to and from Lakeland station (discontinued in 1883) by horse and wagon. The area was variously called Lakeland, Lakeville, New Village, Ronkonkoma or West Middle Island until it settled on the name Lake Grove in mid-1800s, after the groves of trees near Lake Ronkonkoma.

During the early 1900’s Lake Ronkonkoma became a popular area for recreation, which prompted many small summer houses built on private roads of Lake Grove. In 1921, a new post office was erected in the eastern part of the area and given the name of Centereach. The next significant housing development built in Lake Grove was called Brook Lawn and was located on Stony Brook Road, which later grew into Stony Brook. More developments followed and the population of Lake Grove increased rapidly. In 1954, newly built Nesconset Highway created a major commercial crossroad in Lake Grove, which prompted the construction of the Smith Haven Mall in 1968, which made the local residents become concerned about the impact of new businesses and increased traffic in their community. In order to gain local control of the zoning and planning, Lake Grove was incorporated by a vote of 552 to 332 on September 9, 1968. [ [http://www.lakegroveny.gov/about_the_village.htm About The Village] - Official website] [ [http://www.prudentialelliman.com/MainSite/Neighborhoods/NeighborhoodDetail.aspx?HCode=LAKGROVE About Lake Grove] - Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate]

Mayors

* 1968 - 1981: Alex Pisciotta (1898-1985) [ [http://www.sunysb.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/pisciotta.shtml Alex Pisciotta manuscript collection] - Stony Brook Special Collections & Archives]
* 1981 - 1995: Lillian Griffin (1939-2004) [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01EFDF1F30F935A15751C1A9629C8B63&sec=&spon= The Dearly Departed, Class of '04; Lillian Griffin -- Safeguarding Lake Grove's Character] - The New York Times, December 26, 2004]
* 1995 - 2001: Robert J. Henke
* 2001 - 2006: Scott D. Middleton [ [http://www.lakegroveny.gov/scott_middleton.htm Scott Middleton] - Incorporated Village of Lake Grove]
* 2006 - now: Robert J. Scottaline [ [http://www.lakegroveny.gov/robert_scottaline.htm Mayor Scottaline] - Incorporated Village of Lake Grove]

Notable residents and natives

*Alycia Lane (television journalist)
*Arthur H. Howell (May 3, 1872 - July 10, 1940) Chairman of the American Society of Mammalogists, teacher of Luther Goldman [cite journal|author=Viola S. Schantz|title=Arthur H. Howell (1872 to 1940)|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=21|issue=4|date=November 1940|pages=385–388|doi=10.2307/1374872] .

Geography

Lake Grove is located at coor dms|40|51|23|N|73|6|60|W|city (40.856319, -73.116565)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 10,250 people, 3,419 households, and 2,742 families residing in the village. The population density was 3,436.8 people per square mile (1,328.0/km²). There were 3,509 housing units at an average density of 1,176.6/sq mi (454.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.31% White, 1.44% African American, 0.09% Native American, 4.93% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.84% of the population.

There were 3,419 households out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 14.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $67,174, and the median income for a family was $73,065. Males had a median income of $53,113 versus $33,253 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,321. About 2.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Lake Grove is served by three school districts: Sachem in the southern section, [http://www.middlecountry.k12.ny.us/ Middle Country] in the middle and northern sections, and [http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/ Three Village] in the northeastern section.

References

External links

* [http://www.lakegroveny.gov Village of Lake Grove, NY]