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ABOUT LONG ISLAND
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Long Island is located just east of Manhattan on the southeastern tip of New York State. Geographically, it is comprised of 4 counties; Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk. Locals consider Brooklyn and Queens as part of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk counties as Long Island. |
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Long Island Facts and Figures
| NASSAU | SUFFOLK | |
| Population | 1.3 million | 1.4 million |
| Area | 287 sq.mile | 911 sq. miles |
| County Seat | Mineola | Riverhead |
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A Bit of History |
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| 1524 | Italian Explorer Verrazano spots the South Shore |
| 1609 | Henry Hudson lands on Long Island and claims it for the Dutch |
| 1639 | Lion Gardiner is sold Gardiner's Island which is still owned by the family today |
| 1640 | Southold and Southampton are the first settlements |
| 1664 | Colonel Richard Nicolls sails his fleet to New York Bay and claims Long Island for England |
| 1668 | The first race track is established on Long Island |
| 1776 | The Battle of Long Island, the first import engagement of the American Revolution is won, in one day, by the British. |
| 1796 | Lighthouse at Montauk is NY's first coastal beacon |
| 1909 | July 17, Glenn Curtiss arrives on LI and LI becomes the "Cradle of American Aviation." |
| 1922 | First trans-Atlantic radio telephone transmitter at Rocky Point |
| 1926 | Lindbergh takes off at Roosevelt Field on first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris |
| 1939 | Pan American commercial air service to Europe from Port Washington |
| 1940 | LI becomes major center for war production |
| 1947 | Brookhaven National Laboratory is opened to study peaceful uses of atomic energy |
| 1969 | July 20, The Lunar Module, designed by Grumman Corporation, lands on the moon. |
| 2004 | New York Product Testing & Services Inc moves into their new, modern, air-conditioned facility. |
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