Lenox Hills is a neighborhood on the northern edge of Farmingdale,

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, near the Melville and

Old Bethpage Old Bethpage is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located on Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 5,283 at the 2020 United States census. It is served by the Old Be ...

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The first subdivision there was established in the late 1920s on land adjacent to an 18-hole golf course then known as the ''Lenox Hills Country Club''. During the

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of the 1930s, this golf course was purchased by the State of New York, enlarged and renamed

Bethpage State Park Bethpage State Park is a New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, inc ...

. The Lenox Hills Country Club course is now known as the Green Course of the Park. Populated places in Nassau County, New York 1920s establishments in New York (state) {{NassauCountyNY-geo-stub