:Carle Place, New York

In 1946, developer William J. Levitt bought 19 acres of land near the Carle Place train station for an experiment.{{Cite book|last=Winsche|first=Richard|title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names|date=October 1, 1999|publisher=Empire State Books|isbn=978-1557871541|location=Interlaken, New York|pages=23}} His crews brought pre-cut lumber to the site and rapidly assembled 600 low-cost houses, offering affordable suburban living with an easy commute into offices in New York City. Within five years, returning veterans and their families swelled the population by 500 percent. It transformed Carle Place, and served as the prototype for Levittown, the larger development which Levitt began the following year only a few miles away.[http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist0025,0,3050766.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation Carle Place - New York, Turning Point - Newsday.com]

The hamlet is named for the Carle House – a 32-room house built by Silas Carle in Westbury in the 1800s. It was commonly known as the "Carle Place", and the surrounding area later took the name. The house still stands today, near the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Carle Road.

The area was also known as Mineola Park between circa 1895 and 1915, after an unsuccessful real estate development of the same name within the hamlet. The name was reverted to Carle Place in 1915, and there was only one further attempt to change it, which took place in 1951 after Levitt & Sons purchased and developed much of the area consisting of the unsuccessful development. The proposal failed, as the majority of residents preferred keeping the name, and no attempts to change it have taken place since.

Another historic name for the area is Frog Hollow, which is still used colloquially and is the source of the Carle Place School District's mascot.{{Cite web|last=Liotti|first=Village Justice Tom|date=2014-10-15|title=Frog Hollow|url=https://thewestburytimes.com/2014/10/frog-hollow/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The Westbury Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Carle Place School District District {{!}} History of the Frog|url=http://www.cps.k12.ny.us/district/history_of_the_frog|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.cps.k12.ny.us}}

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.935|sqmi|2}}, all land.

The villages bordering Carle Place are Mineola, Garden City, and Westbury.{{Cite web|title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map|url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/?zoom=0&x=1313564&y=266122.5&code=53264&tab=tabServiceProviders&satellite=false&landuse=true&landuseopacity=0.8&mainlayers=Fire_boundary,LIE,ParkwayMainRd,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities&labellayers=Fire_boundary,VillageBoundaryUninc,VillageBoundaryInc,TownsCities,LIE&serviceproviderlayers=|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}} Carle Place also borders the part of Uniondale formerly known as East Garden City, an unincorporated area of the Town of Hempstead.

Carle Place's southern border runs along Old Country Road, while its eastern border runs along Carle Road.

The southern border also makes up part of the border between North Hempstead and Hempstead.

Most of the western border runs along the path of the former Long Island Motor Parkway.

Carle Place is considered a bedroom community of the City of New York. As such, many residents commute to/from New York for work.{{Cite web|title=Carle Place CDP, New York Profile|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3612419|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825211451/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3612419 |archive-date=2021-08-25 }} The hamlet also consists of areas of varying sizes zoned for commercial, retail, and industrial uses.

Additionally, Carle Place was formerly home to the headquarters of 1-800 Flowers.{{Cite web|title=Contact Us|url=https://www.1800flowers.com/contact-us|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.1800flowers.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220173308/http://www.1800flowers.com:80/contact-us |archive-date=2008-12-20 }}

{{US Census population

| 2000 = 5247

| 2010 = 4981

| 2020 = 5005

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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As of the 2010 census[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151023151502/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml United States Census] The make up of the population was 77.9% Non-Hispanic white, 2.1% Black or African American, 7.9% Asian, 3.8% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.1% of the population.

As of the 2000 census,{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }} there were 5,247 people, 1,900 households, and 1,371 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2,155.2|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}. The Town is known for being {{convert|1|sqmi|spell=in}}. There were 1,922 housing units at an average density of {{convert|789.5|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|units|units|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.88% White, 1.89% African American, 0.02% Native American, 5.45% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.47% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.78% of the population.

There were 1,900 households, out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,938, and the median income for a family was $85,240. Males had a median income of $51,744 versus $37,344 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $31,624. About 3.4% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

{{See also|Carle Place Union Free School District}}

Carle Place has its own school district, which, though it includes small portions of the villages of Westbury and Mineola, is one of the smallest in New York state. It consists of three schools which adjoin each other on one large campus:

• Cherry Lane School, a primary school serving grades K-2
• Rushmore Avenue School, an elementary school serving grades 3–6
• Carle Place Middle School/High School, a secondary school serving grades 7–12

The entirety of Carle Place is located within this district, thus meaning all children who reside within the hamlet and attend public schools go to Carle Place's schools.

The Long Island Rail Road's Carle Place station is located within the hamlet. It is located on the LIRR's Main Line.

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• St. Mary's Chapel – A historic church within the hamlet listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{Cite web|title=National Register Information System|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-08|website=npgallery.nps.gov|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525160439/http://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp |archive-date=2016-05-25 }}

• Richard Friesner – Scientist, entrepreneur, and professor at Columbia University, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and co-founder of Schrödinger, LLC., a drug discovery tech company.{{Cite news|date=1994-01-16|title=WEDDINGS; Aimee Telsey, Richard Friesner|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/16/style/weddings-aimee-telsey-richard-friesner.html|access-date=2021-08-25|issn=0362-4331}}
• Brendan Hay – Emmy-nominated TV writer and showrunner.{{Cite web|last=Cannini|first=Chuck|date=2015-12-12|title=Interview: Long Island Native Brendan Hay, Producer of Dawn of the Croods|url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2015/12/12/interview-long-island-native-brendan-hay-producer-of-dawn-of-the-croods/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=LI Press|language=en-US}}
• Matt Snell – Former player with the New York Jets.{{Cite news|last=Harvin|first=Al|date=1973-03-23|title=Injuries Force Snell to Quit Football|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/23/archives/injuries-force-snell-to-quit-football-snell-of-jets-quits-football.html|access-date=2021-08-25|issn=0362-4331}}
• Richard Staff – Baseball writer.{{Cite news|last=Schapiro|first=James|date=2021-05-07|title=The Jester-King of Mets Twitter|language=en-US|website=Shea Bridge Report|url=https://sheabridge.substack.com/p/the-jester-king-of-mets-twitter|access-date=2022-03-24}}
• Steve Vai – Guitarist.{{Cite web|last=December 2015|first=Joe Bosso15|date=2015-12-15|title=Steve Vai: the 10 Records That Changed My Life|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-vai-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life|access-date=2021-08-25|website=loudersound|language=en}}

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• [https://wcpchamber.org/ Westbury–Carle Place Chamber of Commerce website]
• [http://www.cps.k12.ny.us/ Carle Place Union Free School District]

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