Incorporated in 1904, Farmingdale is a village on the Eastern border of Nassau County (Long Island,
New York) with a population (circa 2008) of 9,000.
Stats: Area code 516 (western sections) or 631 (East Farmingdale), ZIP code 11735, 51%
female, 80% White, $450,000 homes
Mainly residential, with small commercial/industrial plazas interspersed, it is bordered by the Bethpage Parkway to the West, the Bethpage State Park to the North, the Southern State Parkway to the South, and Republic Airport to the East - it is divided into:
1. Farmingdale proper (northern section, primarily businesses and middle-class housing).
2. South Farmingdale (primarily middle-to-upper class housing,
home to Farmingdale Public
High School), bordered by Motor Avenue and Route 109 to the North.
3. East Farmingdale (primarily lower-class housing and industrial sites, home to Republic Airport and SUNY Farmingdale), bordered to the West by Secatogue Avenue.
The
local sports teams are known as the "Dalers" with the village itself known as "F-
dale" or "The Dirty
Dale", Farmingdale's most common rivals being the residents of Massapequa, aka "Pequa".
