East Meadow: Eisenhower Park, close to highways, longtime businesses draw buyers
Hockey players practice at Northwell Health Ice Rink at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Credit: Rick Kopstein
THE SCOOP Smack in the center of Nassau County, East Meadow is best known as the home of the 930-acre Eisenhower Park, nearly a hundred acres larger than Manhattan's storied Central Park. But, said one lifelong resident, there is much more to this Town of Hempstead hamlet.
"You could never go a weekend in East Meadow without something going on," said native Richie Krug Jr., a real estate broker and a past president of the local Chamber of Commerce, among other community positions. "Whether it be a civic group, the Chamber, the Kiwanis Club doing something or various youth activity sports, from soccer to baseball to lacrosse to flag football, there's always something going on in East Meadow."
While not served by a Long Island Rail Road station — the nearest is in neighboring Westbury — East Meadow is bordered by major thoroughfares to the west (Meadowbrook State Parkway) and east (Wantagh State Parkway) and bisected by Hempstead Turnpike, making car access easy. The 6.3-square-mile hamlet is home to a Stew Leonard's supermarket, a Walmart big box store and a 48-lane Bowlero bowling alley.
Pickleball players enjoy Senator Speno Memorial Park, which a town councilman called "a neighborhood favorite." Credit: Rick Kopstein
In terms of longstanding local businesses, East Meadow Upholsterers turns 75 next year, and "A&C Pest Management is a 50-year, third-generation business," Krug said. "And you have the Grand Stage Diner, by the same people who owned the famous Grand Stage in Manhattan, and the Colony Diner, both on Hempstead Turnpike, and the Apollo Diner," on Merrick Avenue North. A beautification nonprofit, Friends for a Beautiful East Meadow, formed in 2024.
East Meadow's 530-bed Nassau University Medical Center teaching hospital, a Level I trauma center, has been a Long Island mainstay since 1935.
The jewel of the community, of course, is Eisenhower Park, where its Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater amphitheater hosts a series of free concerts each summer. Among other amenities are 14 lighted tennis courts, 14 ballfields, a pair each of football fields, cricket fields and pickleball courts, one outdoor and two indoor skating rinks, a basketball court, a bocce court, a fitness trail, an Olympic-sized pool and three 18-hole public golf courses, plus mini-golf.
There is also Senator Speno Memorial Park, "a neighborhood favorite with wide fields, playground space and room for kids to run," said Dennis Dunne Sr., the Town of Hempstead councilmember whose district includes East Meadow, in a statement supplied by the town's press office. "Just steps away is Veterans Memorial Park Pool, where families swim, relax and celebrate summer together." Little League plays at the multifield East Meadow Baseball Softball Complex.
The overall feel, said Krug, "is friendly. It is a town where people are gracious to one another and always looking out for each other. It is a town that works side by side with our elected officials to constantly better living standards for those of the hamlet."
Homes along Bly Road, top, and Benton Road in East Meadow. Credit: Rick Kopstein
SALE PRICES Between Oct. 30, 2024, and Oct. 29, 2025, there were 264 home sales with a median sale price of $775,000, according to OneKey MLS. During that period a year earlier, there were 278 home sales with a median sale price of $730,000.
CONDOS AND CO-OPS There are seven condos, priced between $575,000 and $889,000, and one co-op, priced at $349,999, on the market.
OTHER STATS
Population 35,805
Median age 43.8
Median home value $760,000
Monthly LIRR ticket from Westbury $287
School district, graduation rate East Meadow (95%)
Library East Meadow
Transit NICE Bus Route 48, 49, 70
ON THE MARKET
$940,000
This $940,000 East Meadow home is nearly 2,100 square feet. Credit: EXP Realty
This 1961 split-level offers four bedrooms and 2½ baths, two fireplaces, a formal dining room and a two-car attached garage. The 2,092-square-foot home has an eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, plus a downstairs kitchenette. The backyard features five zones of in-ground sprinklers, plus a cabana with a hot tub. Taxes are $15,484. JoniRose Jankie, EXP Realty, 917-992-7332.
$699,000
This $699,000 East Meadow home has four bedrooms. Credit: Richie Krug Jr. of the RTK Team @ Coldwell Banker American Homes
A mid-century Cape with four bedrooms and two full baths, this 1,698-square-foot home on a 0.09-acre lot features a finished basement with laundry room and exterior entrance. An open-plan kitchen/dining/living area leads to an outdoor deck. Taxes are $12,984. Richard R. Krug Jr., 516-588-8675, and Taleen N. Krug, 516-581-4659, Coldwell Banker American Homes.
RECENTLY SOLD
$1.7 million
Kingston Avenue
Style Modern
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 5½
Built 2025
Lot size 0.2 acre
Taxes $11,325
+/- List price -$128,888
Days on market 87
$960,000
Cadillac Drive
Style Split level
Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 2
Built 1954
Lot size 0.14 acre
Taxes $12,455
+/- List price +$20,010
Days on market 107
$575,000
Balsam Avenue
Style Ranch
Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 1
Built 1950
Lot size 0.15 acre
Taxes $6,575
+/- List price -$54,999
Days on market 359
ON ONEKEY MLS
Number of listings 37
Price range $349,999 to $2.2 million
Tax range $9,934 to $14,691
