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A city of 34,756 people in New York
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Conserved land4.9%121 of 2,477 acres
Trails1.4 mi0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves03 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Long Beach

City in New York, United States
1623Established
35,029Population
3.9 sq miArea

Long 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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ZIP code11561
Area code516
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Housing in Long Beach

$815K▲ 5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

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

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market52
Sale-to-list98.7%
Sold in May38
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Safety in Long Beach

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Safety Grade A+

Long Beach reports less crime per resident than 95% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Long Beach 0.7
New York 3.7
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Long Beach 0.9
New York 15.7
U.S. 15.5
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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.

#56Best public schoolsof 484 in NY
DistrictLONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTSchools6

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