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Sands Point is a village located at the northernmost tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula on the North Shore
North Shore (Long Island)

The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast, bordering Long Island Sound. Traditionally, the region has been the most affluent on Long Island and among the most affluent in the New York metropolitan area, which has earned it the nickname "the Gold Coast." Though some consider the North Shore to include parts...
 of Long Island
Long Island

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 in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York

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, New York
New York

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. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 2,786. The Incorporated Village of Sands Point is in the Town of North Hempstead.

Sands Point is made up of turn-of-the-century mansion
Mansion

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s and sprawling 1960's ranches. Many properties are on waterfront with beautiful views of the New York City skyline and Long Island Sound.






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Sands Point is a village located at the northernmost tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula on the North Shore
North Shore (Long Island)

The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast, bordering Long Island Sound. Traditionally, the region has been the most affluent on Long Island and among the most affluent in the New York metropolitan area, which has earned it the nickname "the Gold Coast." Though some consider the North Shore to include parts...
 of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 2,786. The Incorporated Village of Sands Point is in the Town of North Hempstead.

Sands Point is made up of turn-of-the-century mansion
Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansio In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed....
s and sprawling 1960's ranches. Many properties are on waterfront with beautiful views of the New York City skyline and Long Island Sound. Others have private beach rights. Sands Point currently has the most expensive suburban real estate and the highest income per capita in New York state. It contains no commercial establishments. The village uses Port Washington's
Port Washington, New York

Port Washington is a Hamlet and List of census-designated places in New York in Nassau County, New York, New York on the North Shore of Long Island....
 library, firehouse, water and schools, but maintains its own police force. It has no street lights, curbs
Curb (road)

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, or rainwater basins. Only 25 minutes from Manhattan, Sands Point's proximity to Manhattan is ideal for highly paid commuters. The Port Washington Branch
Port Washington Branch

The Port Washington Branch is an electrified two-track rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York....
 of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York that has been classified as a Class II railroad by the Surface Transportation Board....
 offers a quick commute to the city.

History

The village was incorporated in 1910. In 1917, the village absorbed the communities of Barkers Point and Motts Point. It was originally owned by three families, the Sands, Vanderbilts, and Cornwells. In 1910 Daniel Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim

Daniel Guggenheim was an American industrialist and philanthropist, and a son of Meyer Guggenheim....
  bought his Hempstead House, formerly Castle Gould. His son Harry Guggenheim, founder of Newsday
Newsday

Newsday is a daily tabloid-size, Pulitzer Prize-winning, United States newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the New York City metropolitan area....
, later erected his estate Falaise
Falaise

Falaise is the name of several commune in France in France:* Falaise, Ardennes,* Falaise, Calvados** The Falaise pocket was the site of a battle in World War II....
 nearby. Today, the estate is part of the Sands Point Preserve, notable for a medieval fair run by Medieval Scenarios and Recreations
Medieval Scenarios and Recreations

Medieval Scenarios and Recreations, known simply as MSR, is a non-profit Living History organization dedicated to the education, understanding and appreciation of the Middle Ages....
, Ltd., which is held every September. In the 1960s, under less strict building codes, some land was subdivided into parcels. Current zoning
Zoning

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 allows subdivision
Subdivision

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s of or more.

Geography

Sands Point is bordered almost entirely by water - Long Island Sound to the north, Manhasset Bay to the west and Hempstead Harbor on the east. It shares land borders with the villages of Port Washington, Port Washington North, Manorhaven, and Soundview. Sands Point has many hills and beautiful waterfront cliffs. Sands Point is located at (40.848595, -73.711724).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.6 kmē), of which, 4.2 square miles (11.0 kmē) of it is land and 1.4 square miles (3.6 kmē) of it (24.56%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2005, there were 2,845 people, 878 households, and 783 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density

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 was 657.5 people per square mile (253.7/kmē). There were 902 housing units at an average density of 212.9/sq mi (82.1/kmē). The racial makeup of the village was 90.89% White, 1.2% African American, 7.8% Asian, .3% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population.

There were 878 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.3% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.8% were non-families. 8.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the village the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was in excess of $200,000, as is the median income for a family. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $60,938 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the village was $95,647. About 2.1% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

The town and "The Great Gatsby"

In F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an United States writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself....
's The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a novel by the United States author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922....
, Sands Point was referred to as "East Egg". East Egg residents inherited their fortunes and is considered more respected than the nouveau riche
Nouveau riche

Nouveau riche , or new money, refers to a person who has acquired considerable wealth within his or her generation. This term is generally to emphasize that the individual was previously part of a lower socioeconomic rank, and that such wealth has provided the means for the acquisition of goods or luxuries that were previously unobt...
 in newer "West Egg" (Great Neck
Great Neck, New York

Great Neck is a village in Nassau County, New York, New York, in the United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 9,538....
/Kings Point) because Sands Point had "old money." The story's fictional Buchanans lived in the western part of Sands Point. Legend suggests that Fitzgerald who was often a guest at a mansion on Hoffstots Lane on Prospect Point in Sands Point used the site as his inspiration for the fictional Buchanan home in East Egg.

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