Get an ADT-Monitored Home Security System in Oceanside, New York

Oceanside is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the southern share of the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census.

Originally known as South Bay, the English government received a township there in 1674 called Christian Hook, basing the name on the predominant religious affiliation of colonists in the area. Land expand proceeded rapidly, and oyster sales took their place as a dominant force, with the local business “Mott’s Landing” becoming a favorite place to buy oysters.

In the nineteenth century, the town residents approved that “Oceanville” sounded bigger than “Christian Hook”: it was “Oceanville Oysters” that sold, and in 1864, the extra name became official. However, there was already an Oceanville in New York, so “Ocean Side”, as two words, was adopted as the town’s state in 1890 (this despite it not actually fronting the Atlantic Ocean, which is located a few miles to the south. It is estranged from the ocean by Reynolds Channel and further marsh islands, as competently as the Long Beach Barrier Island).