Living in Lynbrook

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Christina Daly/Herald Top Photo: Elbert “Elmo” Wilder, a custodian at the Friedberg JCC school in Lynbrook for more than 40 years, was honored with a surprise driveby parade to celebrate his birthday on May 1. Drivers dropped off birthday signs, balloons and even a cake.

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools Middle Photo: Marion Street Elementary School fifth-grader Lyla Gaffoor made masks and ear savers to provide to front-line workers in April and May.

Courtesy Christine Geraci Bottom Photo: Ginamarie Isler has raised more than $4,000 to assemble care packages for first responders during the pandemic. Lynbrook resident Joe Horowitz’s Instagram concerts began as an effort to unify those he knows in the community, but eventually reached hundreds nationwide and in other countries while providing gift cards for front-line workers and first responders for 11 straight weeks from March until May.

A village that stays united in tough times

Lynbrook proclaims itself “a great place to live, work and play” and “the Village that leads the way!”

The community certainly lives up to its claims, even in uncertain times. ““We have a very tight-knit community,” Beach said. “We have a Community Chest that takes care of some of our people in need. There’s a very nice joint effort around this area, and people are very receptive.”

A five-member village board governs Lynbrook, including Beach, Deputy Mayor Michael Hawxhurst and three trustees.

A charming village on Long Island’s South Shore, Lynbrook has a rich history dating back to the late 1700s when a small community of 40 houses was established near Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue, close to where the Rockville Cemetery is today.

Around 1830, Wright Pearsall purchased land at Hempstead Avenue and Merrick Road, at the intersection that we today call the Five Corners. He opened a general store that became so widely known that the corners and the surrounding community soon became Pearsall’s Corners. Eventually, it was renamed Lynbrook because people vacationing from Brooklyn and New York City liked what they saw in Pearsall’s and decided to stay. The village was incorporated in 1911.

Lynbrook has a population of about 19,567. The Village of Lynbrook is within the Town of Hempstead.

Long Island Rail Road service to New York is available at the Lynbrook train station, off Sunrise Highway.

Since 1912, Lynbrook has been served by the Lynbrook Police Department, now headed by Chief Brian Paladino. Since 1879, the Lynbrook Volunteer Fire Department has served the village and is comprised of six firehouses. Lynbrook has its own Department of Public Works, which provides sanitation services. In 2008, three houses in Lynbrook were listed on the National Register of Historic Places: 251 Rocklyn Ave., 474 Ocean Ave. and 73 Grove St.

Lynbrook also has many organizations, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Boy and Girl Scout troops, and Little League and other sports teams.

The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce also works closely with the village.

The Lynbrook Community Chest is a charitable organization that provides assistance to Lynbrook residents who need help due to financial or economic hardship.

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