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Wyandanch (/ ˈ w aɪ ə n ˌ d æ n tʃ /, WY-ən-danch) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States.The population was 12,990 at the time of 2020 census.
Wyandanch station was originally built in May 1875 as "West Deer Park". The station and tracks have always been at ground level. During the 1920s and 1930s, the vicinity of the station became the site of numerous horrific accidents involving crashes with trains at the unguarded grade-level rail crossings at Straight Path, 18th Street and Little East Neck Road.
The island has been owned by the Gardiner family and their descendants since 1639 when Lion Gardiner purchased it from the Montaukett chief Wyandanch. [1] At 5.19 square miles (13.4 km 2), it is one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States, though slightly smaller than Naushon Island in Massachusetts, owned by the Forbes ...
Days of concentrated lake-effect snow resulted in feet of fresh powder being dumped on several counties in upstate New York. That was enough snow to collapse the roofs of several buildings in ...
Wyandanch (c. 1571 – 1659 [1]) was a sachem of the Montaukett Indians in the mid-17th century on eastern Long Island. [2] Initially he was a minor chief among the Montaukett, [3] but due to his skillful manipulation of various alliances and his accommodating stance towards the European colonists who gave him substantial military and economic support, he eventually became an influential ...
The name Wyandanch was changed to Wheatley Heights by the Postmaster of Wyandanch Thomas A. Brown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Around 2001, Wheatley Heights and its neighbors Dix Hills , East Farmingdale , and Melville (all partially or wholly within the Half Hollow Hills Central School District ) proposed incorporating as a single village, which would have ...
A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a "boondoggle" that harmed the ...
The property was named the "Wyandanch Club" in 1893. In 1963, it was acquired by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The Wyandanch Club Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district in 1990. [1] [7]