Great Neck

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Great Neck

Total population

11,087

Air quality index

73Moderate

Elevation33 m

Weather65°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates40.80°, -73.73°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Great Neck is a region contained within Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, which covers a peninsula on the North Shore and includes nine incorporated villages, among them Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincorporated areas, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success, North New Hyde Park, and the border territory of Queens. The incorporated village of Great Neck had a population of 9,989 at the 2010 census, while the larger Great Neck area comprises a residential community of some 40,000 people in nine villages and hamlets in the town of North Hempstead, of which Great Neck is the northwestern quadrant. Great Neck has five ZIP Codes (11020–11024), which are united by a park district, a library district, and a school district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Current forecast

Forecast for Great Neck, NY from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Robert Mapplethorpe

American photographer (1946–1989)

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Shannon Tavarez

American child actress (1999-2010)

G. Arthur Cooper

American paleobiologist (1902–2000)

Alex Cord

American actor (1933-2021)

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Charles Ludlam

American actor, writer and director (1943-1987)

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Donny Deutsch

advertising executive; television personality, motivational writer

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Edward Mapplethorpe

American photographer

Edward Villella

American ballet dancer (born 1936)

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James Van Praagh

American psychic

Kevin Joyce

American basketball player

Vincent Van Patten

American actor and tennis player

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Billy Schaeffer

former American Basketball Association player

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Robert Montano

American actor

Zendon Hamilton

American basketball player

Adam Leitman Bailey

Attorney

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Andreas Chronis

American soccer player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Great Neck

The history, development, and organization of the record collection of the Great Neck (New York) Library

Lenore Anhalt · 1971

Emerging curriculum design of the Hebrew high school

Temple Israel of Great Neck, New York · 1970

Kit

Temple Israel of Great Neck, New York · 1962

Seven great moments of Jewish history

Walter H. Plaut · 1959

The church on the hill

Marie B. Hecht · 1987

A comparison of two teaching methods, individual and group, in the teaching of comprehension in beginning reading to selected first grade children in the public schools of Great Neck, New York

Margaret Braidford · 1960

Horse's neck

Pete Townshend · 1985

A comparison of two teaching methods, individual and group, in the teaching of word identification in beginning reading to selected first grade children in the public schools of Great Neck, New York

Ruth Kelley Izzo · 1960

Search results from Open Library.

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-06-21 18:00 UTC.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Great Neck, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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