Plainedge Public Library

The Plainedge Public Library is the learning center of our community, a place where our residents can turn to for the discovery of ideas, the joy of reading and the power of information. It is a place where residents can connect with the past and plan the future. Community needs drive our services and we take a personal interest in ensuring that th... ey are delivered in a welcoming, convenient and responsive manner. Plainedge is not a political entity except to the extent that it is the name given to an area comprising the Plainedge School District. It consists of parts of unincorporated areas of North Massapequa, Bethpage, Seaford and Farmingdale all within the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. Bounded on the south by Massapequa, on the east by Farmingdale, on the west by Levittown and Island Trees, and on the north by Bethpage, Plainedge is approximately three square miles. It contains a total of 1,836 acres, 58% of which is residential and has a population of 22,019. When the last invasion of the Labrador glacier withdrew from the eastern section of the North American continent (about 28,000 years ago) It paused before it leisurely retreated to the polar regions. During this time, swift currents that were saturated with sand and gravel traveled in countless tunnels beneath the milehigh sheets of ice. Several of these hidden rivers reached the ice front in our area, and thus joined with the wild, muddy streams that were flowing from the sunlit surfaces, sand and gravel were slowly deposited until soon there was enough to force back the sea and build the south shore of Long Island. Plainedge is situated in the central section of this outwash plain. Once the climate changed and the ice was gone, grasses grew five and six feet tall on the broad, level area of 60,000 acres in the western half of Long Island which came to be known as the Hempstead Plains. It was not long before these tall grasses were inhabited by wildcat, deer, wolves, bison, turkeys and a variety of lesser game. The American Indian, ...Read More