Amityville

Amityville is a village near the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census. Annie Oakley was said to be a frequent guest of vaudevillian Fred Stone. Will Rogers had a home across Clocks Boulevard from Stone. Gangster Al Capone also had a house in the community. It is the setting of the book The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson, which was published in 1977 and has been adapted into a series of films starting in 1979. The house featured in the novel still exists but has been renovated and the address changed in order to discourage tourists from visiting it. The Dutch Colonial Revival architecture house built in 1927 was put on the market in May 2010 for $1.15 million and sold in September for $950,000 (equivalent to $ 1.2 million in 2021) Amityille has been a sister city with Le Bourget, France since 1979. It has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²), of which 2.1 sq miles (5.4 km²) is land and 0.4 square miles is water, comprising a total of 15.38% water. The place name is strictly speaking an incidental name, marking an amicable agreement on the choice of a place name. The name was first suggested by mill owner Samuel Ireland to name the town for his boat, the Amity.

History

Huntington settlers first visited the Amityville area in 1653 due to its location to a source of salt hay for use as animal fodder. The place name is strictly speaking an incidental name, marking an amicable agreement on the choice of a place name. In the early 1900s the village was a popular tourist destination with large hotels on the bay and large homes. Annie Oakley was said to be a frequent guest of vaudevillian Fred Stone. Gangster Al Capone also had a house in the community. The house featured in the novel still exists but has been renovated and the address changed in order to discourage tourists from visiting it. The Dutch Colonial Revival architecture house built in 1927 was put on the market in May 2010 for $1.15 million and sold in September for $950,000 (equivalent to £1.2 million in 2021) The AmityVILLE Horror by Jay Anson was published in 1977 and has been adapted into a series of films starting in 1979. The murder case based on the novel is said to have actually happened, but there has been no evidence that the house is or was haunted. In December 1975 George and Kathy Lutz and Kathy's three children moved into the house, but left after twenty-eight days, claiming to have been terrorized by paranormal phenomena produced by the house. In November 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family at 112 Ocean Avenue, killing all six of them. The family moved back to their old home in Suffolk County, New York.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²) The village is bordered to the west by East Massapequa (in Nassau County), to the north by North Amityville, to the east and the south by Copiague, and to the southby the Great South Bay. The village has an area of 15.38% water, of which 2.1 square miles is land and 0.4 sq miles (1.0 km²) is water. It has a population of 2,816. The Village of Amityvillle is located in the Town of Hempstead, on Long Island, New York. It is located on the East River, a tributary of the Long Island River, which runs through the village. The town's population was 2,715 in the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent survey, which took place in the year 2000. The population of the village was 1,814. It was the most populous town in the state at the time of the 2000 census, with 1,716 residents. The city's population has declined since the 1950s and 1960s, when it had 1,938 residents. Its population has increased to 2,917 in the 2010 Census. The U.N. World Heritage Site is in the village, and it is home to the World War II Memorial, which was built in the 1930s. The World War I Memorial was dedicated on September 11, 1941.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 9,523 people and 3,107 households in the village. The homeownership rate was 71.8%. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $443,500. The mean travel time to work for workers aged 16 and over was 27.8 minutes. 14.9% of the entire population were foreign-born and 21.6% of residents at least 5 years old spoke a language other than English at home. The village was 74.5% non-Hispanic White. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.02. There were 3,997 housing units, of which 28.2% were in multi-unit structures. The median income for a household in theVillage was $74,366. The per capita income for the village was $35,411. 6.5 per cent of the population were below the poverty line. The population was relatively old with 4.5%. under the age of 5, 17.7% under the. age of 18, 5.3% from 20 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 32.2%. from 45 to 64, and 19.9%. who were 65 years of age or older. The Median age was 46.4 years. The racial makeup of the village is 81.7%. The village is 74. 5%. The average age of a resident of the Village is 48.5 years old.

Education

The Amityville Union Free School District has 2,780 students. 51% of students were eligible for free lunch, 10% for reduced-price lunch and 11% were Limited English Proficient. The district had a graduation rate of 79% and 2% did not complete school. 87% of graduates received a Regents Diploma and 31% received an Advanced Designation. Of the 2011 completers, 35% planned to move on to 4-year college, 52% to 2-year College, 4% to Other Post-Secondary, 3% to the Military, 5% to Employment, 1% to Adult Services, and 1% had no known post-secondary plan. The Accountability Status for the district overall was "In Good Standing" The district has one high school, one elementary school, and one junior high school. It also serves large portions of North AmITYville and East Massapequa and a small portion of Copiague (however this part is probably thought to be part of Amityvillle). The district is part of the New York State Department of Education. It is located in the Long Island City School District, which also serves portions of N.Y. 3 and N.J. 1. The school district is located on the East Side of New York City. It was founded in 1872 and is one of the oldest school districts in New York state. It has been in the same district since the early 1900s, when it was first established.

Points of interest

The Amityville beach is located in the Great South Bay. Sand Island is an island directly south of the beach and only accessible by boat. The Mike James Courts at Bolden Mack Park is not in the Village. The Lauder Museum is located at the corner of Broadway and Ireland Place, just south of The Triangle. It is an unincorporated section of the Town of Babylon, north of, and immediately adjacent to, the Village ofAmityville. The Amityille Historical Society opened the Lauder Museum in 1972. The library is located on the second floor of a building that was built for the Bank of AmityVILLE in 1909. It was later converted into a museum in the 1970s. The village is home to the New York State Museum, which is open to the public. The museum was opened in 1972 and is on the third floor of the building that is currently used as a public gallery. The Museum is open daily from 9am to 5pm and on the weekends from 10am to 6pm. The Village of Amitiesville is home of the Amities Museum, a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the village. It has been open since 1972 and has a collection of more than 1,000 pieces of memorabilia. It also has a gallery of photographs of the people and places in the village that were taken over the course of the last 100 years. Its collection is on display at the Museum's permanent collection, which can be found at the Amity Village Museum, on the fourth floor.

Transportation

Amityville is served by the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is a hub for buses in the area. Amityville has a population of about 2,000 people. It is located on Long Island's East Side. The town is located in the New York City borough of Queens. It also has a section of Long Island that is part of the City of New York. It was once known as "The Big Apple" because of its proximity to the city's East End. It has been the site of several World War II-era battles, including the Battle of the Bulge and the Second World War Battle of Stony Point, which took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The village is also home to the Sunrise Mall and the Halesite Mall, which opened in the 1950s and 1960s, respectively. The area is also served by several bus lines, including New York State Route 110, which runs through the town, and New York's Long Island Railroad, which stops at the station on the way to and from the Port Washington and Queens stations. The train station is located at the intersection of S1, S20, S33, and S20. The Long Island Railway also serves the area with its Babylon Branch, which connects to the Queens side of the line at the Queens end of the train line. It's also the location of the Queens-to-New York City section of the LIRR line, which terminates in Queens.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Amityville, Suffolk County, New York = 31.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 61. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Amityville = 3.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 1,867 individuals with a median age of 43.9 age the population dropped by -1.71% in Amityville, Suffolk County, New York population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 4,580.41 persons per square mile. There are average 2.54 people per household in the 3,394 households with an average household income of $78,886 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.30% of the available work force and has dropped -3.67% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 25.36%. The number of physicians in Amityville per 100,000 population = 248.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Amityville = 41.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 24.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 108. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 203. 81 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 25.5 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 47, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Amityville, Suffolk County, New York which are owned by the occupant = 66.09%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 53 years with median home cost = $374,020 and home appreciation of -5.53%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $26.26 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $13,356 per student. There are 12.8 students for each teacher in the school, 710 students for each Librarian and 355 students for each Counselor. 8.45% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 15.21% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 11.25% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).