Did You Know

Cyndi lauper lived on the west side of Valley Stream before her rise to fame with hit songs like 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.'

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Anton Bruns Hotel, known as the Valley Stream Hotel, opened as the first hotel south of merrick road in 1876.

Reggae artist Shaggy lives in Valley Stream.

Portions of the 1990 film 'Goodfellas' were filmed in Valley Stream.

the 1970 movie 'the Honeymoon Killers' was partially set in Valley Stream. At one point the character 'Ray' rents a house in Valley Stream.

In the mid-1880s, Valley Stream bore the

nickname 'Skunk’s misery' because of the stench a fertilizer company brought upon the village. Valley Stream did not receive

its name until 1852. It was called names like Rum Junction, Cookie Hill and Tiger town before its official naming.

A branch line of the South Side railroad was opened in Far rockaway in 1869. Valley Stream was the juncture point, and appeared for the first time on the timetable.

'the Fields Breathe Sweet' was written by Alzono Gibbs in 1963 about the founding of Valley Stream by Dutch homesteaders in his first young adult novel.

Irwin Chanin, who built skyscrapers in New York City, bought Curtiss-Wright

airfield property to build Green Acres in 1937. Valley Stream became part of Nassau County,

with a population of about 800, in 1898.

A Hanukkah menorah was lit for the first time at the Valley Stream Long Island Rail Road station in 1992.

the Netflix show 'maniac' filmed some scenes in Valley Stream.