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Outdoors in Long Beach
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1910
Long Beach, N.Y, 1910
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About Long Beach
City in New York, United StatesLong Beach is an oceanfront city in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. The city rests on a central section of the Long Beach Barrier Island, which is the westernmost of the outer barrier islands off the South Shore of Long Island. The city's population was 35,029 at the 2020 United States census. The City of Long Beach was incorporated in 1922, and is nicknamed "The City by the Sea" (the Latin form, Civitas ad mare, is the city's motto). Long Beach is bordered by East Atlantic Beach to the west, and Lido Beach to the east, on the Long Beach Barrier Island—which in turn is surrounded by the Reynolds Channel to the north, east and west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. In 2022, Long…
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How Long Beach ranks
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Housing in Long Beach
The typical Long Beach home is worth about $815,000, up 5% in a year, 55% above the New York typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Long Beach
Safety Grade A+
Long Beach reports less crime per resident than 95% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Long Beach
Full picture →Most working residents leave Long Beach for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New York (43%), Hempstead (24%) and North Hempstead (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
Health in Long Beach
Health Grade A
Healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with New York
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Long Beach
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 45% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Long Beach
Full climate →Long Beach has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 27°, and about 26 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Long Beach
All Long Beach schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Long Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NY. Ratings are from neighbors.
Long Beach’s library
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