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is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 41,260 at the 2000 census.
Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of nationally famous abolitionist and Quaker preacher Elias Hicks, and eventual president of the Long Island Railroad bought land in the village in 1834 and turned into a station stop on the LIRR in 1837. The station became a depot for produce particularly pickles for a Heinz Company plant. After a blight destroyed the pickle crops, the farmers grew potatoes. It turned into a bustling New York City suburb in the building boom following World War II..