The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The glacial action that formed much of Long Island deposited Shelter Rock in what is now North Hills approximately 11,000 years ago. The Matinecock had a village in the area. Farming developed in North Hills in the middle part of the 17th century. Around this time a long fence was built along the road later known as Northern Boulevard, to the north of North Hills. The lands of the Cow Neck Peninsula enclosed by the fence (present day Manhasset and Port Washington) were used for grazing.
During the 19th century, one of the largest farms in the area was owned by Isaac Underhill Willets.
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Start North Hills’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Hills’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10North Hills, decade by decade
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.