North Babylon, New York

North Babylon, New York
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U.S. Census Map
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 40°43′50″N 73°19′17″W / 40.73056°N 73.32139°W / 40.73056; -73.32139Coordinates: 40°43′50″N 73°19′17″W / 40.73056°N 73.32139°W / 40.73056; -73.32139
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Suffolk
Area
- Total	3.4 sq mi (8.9 km2)
- Land	3.4 sq mi (8.7 km2)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	17,877
- Density	5,309.8/sq mi (2,050.1/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	11703
Area code(s)	631
FIPS code	36-51440
GNIS feature ID	0958667

North Babylon is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 17,877 at the 2000 census.

North Babylon is a community in the Town of Babylon.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²), of which 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) is land, and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (1.46%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 17,877 people, 6,146 households, and 4,707 families residing in the hamlet. The population density was 5,309.8 per square mile (2,048.2/km²). There were 6,271 housing units at an average density of 1,862.6 per square mile (719.2 /km²). The racial makeup of the hamlet was 92.05% White, 2.08% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.09% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.95% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.34% of the population.

There were 6,146 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the hamlet the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $64,128, and the median income for a family was $69,714. Males had a median income of $45,651 versus $33,419 for females. The per capita income for the hamlet was $24,181. About 2.5% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

North Babylon has had three persons in recent years who have gained some short-term fame. Erik Chopin, manager of Emma's Deli and Catering, appeared on and was the winner of season 3 of NBC's series The Biggest Loser.^[2] One of Erik's employees, Valerie Wilson,^[3] also gained fame in 2006 when for the second time in four years she won a million-dollar annuity prize in the lottery.^[4][5][6] Most recently, Danny Green, a basketball guard for University of North Carolina who hails from North Babylon, achieved success that led him to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Green was signed to the San Antonio Spurs in March 2011. ^[7]

Other notable residents included Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, who exchanged marriage vows in a Celtic Pagan handfasting ceremony in June 1970 with The Doors singer Jim Morrison, and who is the author of twelve books (and who knew Billy Hayes in high school). Billy Hayes was the subject of the autobiography and movie Midnight Express (written and directed by Oliver Stone, in whose movie "The Doors" Kennealy-Morrison appears in a cameo and is portrayed by Kathleen Quinlan. Derek Brower played for the Syracuse Orangemen NCAA Div. 1 mens basketball team. Brower became a central figure in the NCAA implementing the 'intentional foul' rule for basketball. In the NCAA tournament his junior season, Western Kentucky decided their best chance of overcoming a large Syracuse lead was to deliberately foul Brower before Syracuse would inbound the basketball. This resulted in the comical site of Brower running around the court (without the ball) trying to avoid being intentionally fouled by Western Kentucky players.

August Belmont, raised his racing horses at his estate which is now called Belmont Lake State Park. There is still a flat circular plot of ground just south of Southern State Parkway on the western side of Belmont Avenue where his trainers worked the horses when they were in New York for the racing season. Austin Corbin, who developed Coney Island in the 1870s before he became the manager of the Long Island Railroad, built his summer residence along the shores of Deer Lake. Col. M. Robert Guggenheim, an industrialist and brother to the founder of Newsday, also resided in this section of the island.

9/11 Victims from North Babylon

William Johnston, 31 - FDNY Engine 6 ^[8]
Andre G. Fletcher, 37
Richard M. Caproni, 34
Richard Mangiano, Fireman

Vietnam War Casualties from North Babylon

SGT Peter Nelson Baldwin, US Army
SP4 Vincent Anthony Datena, US Army
WO Bernardino Francis Genchi, US Army
PVT George Richard Green Jr, US Army
SP4 Luis Rola Mercado-Collado, US Army
PFC Wayne Lee Middleton, US Army
SP5 Phillip Rogers, US Army
SP4 Gary John Winkler, US Army
CPL Henry York, US Marines
^[9]

References

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/video/clips/erik-season-3/151341/
3. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/09/nation/na-winner9
4. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/09/national/main1990678.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5331556.stm
6. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14751656/
7. ^ http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/110316_green.html
8. ^ http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/William-Johnston
9. ^ http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatny.htm