If you want to buy in Huntington Station
A team of women from the nearby Sacks 5th Avenue celebrate over dinner at Legal Seafoods in Huntington Station. (Feb 24, 2011) Credit: Photo by Nancy Borowick
THE SCOOP From affordable apartments to roomy single-family homes, Huntington Station offers something for everyone, says Mary Trester of Charles Rutenberg Realty in Plainview. "There are many lovely neighborhoods," says Barbara Lynch of the Huntington office of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty, noting the community's closeness to the train station, parkways and shops.
Revitalization efforts have been ongoing. Soon streetscaping will begin along New York Avenue between Olive Street and Pulaski Road, with new curbs, sidewalks and lights. Breezy Park, a state-of-the-art facility with three playing fields, is to open this spring. A couple of years ago, Manor Field Park underwent about $2 million in improvements.
Last July, the Jack Abrams Intermediate School closed because of area shootings. Efforts to reduce violence include a pilot program that will bring the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System there.
But the real big news, says Joan Cergol, special assistant for business and economic development to Huntington Town Supervisor Frank Petrone, is that early this month a vacant building at 1000 New York Ave. will be demolished. Developers will soon be solicited, she says, noting that the town has a $1 million grant for the site.
TOWN HOUSES Huntington Country Farms from the $300,000s to $400,000s, says Lynch.
RENTALS 17 listings from $1,100 a month to $2,300 a month.
SALES PRICE Since last January, there were 197 sales with a median price of $305,000 in the 11746 ZIP code, according to Multiple Listing Service of Long Island data. The low price was $107,000 and the high was $700,000. From January 2009 to December 2009, there were 147 sales. The median price was $316,000, with a low of $100,000 and a high of $634,000.
ATTRACTIONS Nearby Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum; Walt Whitman Mall; downtown Huntington
OTHER STATS
Town: Huntington
Area: 5.4 square miles
ZIP code: 11746*
Population: 31,084
Median age: 36.4
Median household income: $76,935
Median home value: $290,000**
LIRR time to NYC: 55 to 70 minutes at peak
Monthly ticket: $299
School district: Most attend South Huntington, while others go to Huntington and Harborfields.
SOURCES: Census estimates; mlsli.com; Long Island Rail Road
*Includes Dix Hills
**Based on sales in the past six months, according to MLSLI
