Restaurants, shops small to big: Hicksville 'has everything'
Homes along Indiana Street. Commuters can get to Penn Station in 40 minutes on an express train. Credit: Danielle Silverman
“Hicksville has everything, from restaurants to the mom-and-pop shops to big retail,” Singh said. “And everything is within maybe 10 minutes away from each other. Even if you want to go out East, Hicksville is the center of pretty much everything, with access to the highways.”
Cantiague Park. Credit: Danielle Silverman
The hamlet is the go-to place on Long Island to dine at Indian and other South Asian restaurants and shop at markets such as Patel Brothers, Apna Bazar and Maharaja Farmers Market.
The hamlet is located on the Hempstead Plains, which were largely undeveloped until Jericho business owner Valentine Hicks had the idea of creating a town in 1834. There was no easy way to get there until, as a board member of the Long Island Rail Road, he got the Hicksville station built in 1837. By 1849 it had become a convenient depot for produce, and a community grew around the station. By 1959 Hicksville had been transformed into a bustling area.
Maharaja Farmers Market is one of many South Asian food shops in Hicksville. Credit: Danielle Silverman
In 2017, the state awarded the hamlet a $10 million grant that included the cost of designing a plan to revitalize the downtown around the train station as a walkable community. It has been delayed as the LIRR and the Town of Oyster Bay work out an agreement about a pedestrian walkway and expanded John F. Kennedy Memorial Park. There’s also a proposed $69.8 million mixed-use apartment building for the area in discussion.
House hunters will find entry-point Capes and ranches at around $500,000. Expanded Capes list from $600,000 to $750,000. There are luxury homes in the Field Estates and Hillside Terrace, which have larger split levels and Colonials from $700,000 to $850,000. Rebuilt older homes range from $900,000 to $1.2 million.
The Hicksville Gregory Museum offers educational programs in the earth sciences. Credit: Danielle Silverman
Hicksville had a main street until the 1930s, when Routes 106 and 107 were built. Today, the Broadway Commons is the main shopping area. There are many shops and restaurants on Route 107 South and South Oyster Bay Road.
The Hicksville Gregory Museum on Heitz Place, the former site of the Old Hicksville Courthouse, offers educational programs in the earth sciences for all ages. For recreation, residents enjoy Cantiague Park and access to two town beaches: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park to the north, in Oyster Bay, and Tobay Beach on the ocean to the south.
Homes along Cliff Drive. Credit: Danielle Silverman
Priced at $830,000, this 1928 Tudor on Walter Avenue has been restored and updated. Credit: Long Island Virtual Tours
Priced at $699,000, this Cape on Scooter Lane is on a 1/4-acre lot with an inground pool. Credit: Patrick Kwong
Built in 1956 on a 0.23-acre lot, this four-bedroom, two-bath, 2,000-square-foot Cape features a front porch, eat-in-kitchen and living/dining room with four skylights, a wall of windows and a sliding-glass door to a covered patio. A first-floor bedroom has a full bath. The property is fenced-in and includes a saltwater inground pool. The attached garage and driveway holds four cars. Taxes are $12,018. Margie Horowitz, Berkshire Hathaway, 516-741-3070.
Priced at $615,000, this expanded Cape on Ferndale Drive features an open-concept first floor. Credit: Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty
This four-bedroom, one-bath expanded Cape, built in 1953 on a corner 0.13-acre property, has a covered front porch, hardwood floors throughout, an open-concept first floor with updated kitchen and bath, and a formal dining room. There’s a full finished basement and a one-car attached garage. Taxes are $10,172. Kari Caulfield, Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty, 516-313-9792.
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