Floral Park, NY — Crash Data, Roads, History & Law
Floral Park is an incorporated village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, with 16,172 residents at the 2020 Census. Federal crash records show 3 fatal crashes that killed 3 people within its boundaries from 2010 through 2024. Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) accounted for more of those deaths (2) than any other road. Residents who commute travel an average of 32.9 minutes each way.
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Floral Park at a glance
- Status
- Incorporated village
- Towns
- Hempstead (87% of area), North Hempstead (13% of area)
- County
- Nassau County
- Population (2020 Census)
- 16,172[C]
- Housing units (2020)
- 5,961
- Land area
- 1.42 sq mi
- Density
- 11,381 people per sq mi
- Average commute
- 32.9 minutes[B]
- Traffic deaths, 2010–2024
- 3[A]
- ZIP Codes
- 11001, 11002
- Founded / settled
- 1874 (John Lewis Childs's arrival in the area then known as East Hinsdale)[2]
- Former names
- East Hinsdale[2]
- Legal status
- Incorporated village, mostly in the Town of Hempstead with a northern section in the Town of North Hempstead[15][17]
- Incorporated
- October 15, 1908[1]
- First village president
- John Lewis Childs, elected by about 175 voters[4]
- School districts
- Floral Park-Bellerose (elementary) and Sewanhaka Central High School District (secondary)[12][13]
- Police
- Floral Park Police Department, the village's own department (not the Nassau County Police Department)[6][8]
- Fire protection
- Floral Park Fire Department, organized as a village department rather than an independent fire district[11]
- Census geography
- Floral Park village · GEOID 3626264 · GNIS 2390839
- Coordinates
- 40.7219°N, 73.7028°W
Name:The village's name is tied to John Lewis Childs's seed, bulb and floral business, which grew from a small operation into large gardens covering hundreds of acres with catalogues distributed worldwide.[2][3]
Fatal crashes in Floral Park, 2010–2024
From January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2024, 3 people died in 3 crashes on public roads inside Floral Park, according to the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System.[A] The deadliest year was 2020, with 2 deaths.
- Fatal crashes
- 3
- People killed
- 3
- Pedestrians
- 0
- Bicyclists
- 1
- Motorcyclists
- 0
- Vehicle occupants
- 2
2024 figures come from NHTSA's Annual Report File and may be revised.
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| Year | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Roads where people died
| Road | Crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 2 | 2 |
| Plainfield Ave | 1 | 1 |
Road names as recorded by police and normalised to common Long Island names.
When and where
- Of the 3 crashes with a recorded time, 0 happened between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., 1 between 4 and 8 p.m., 1 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 1 between 6 and 10 a.m.
- 0% happened in darkness.
- 0 of the 3 deaths were on expressways or parkways; 3 were on arterials and local streets.
Who owns the roads where they happened (2015–2024)
FARS has recorded the owner of the roadway since 2015. Of the 2 fatal crashes in Floral Park since then:
- State highways 2 (100%)
Ownership matters in New York because claims against a county, town, city or village generally require a notice of claim within 90 days (General Municipal Law § 50-e), while claims against the State are brought in the Court of Claims under Court of Claims Act § 10. This is general information, not legal advice.
Rate: 1.2 traffic deaths per 100,000 residents per year, against 5.8 for Nassau County. This is a resident-based rate, not a measure of how risky the roads are to drive: crashes are counted where they happen, not where the people involved live, so a small community crossed by a major highway shows a high rate.
Every fatal crash on record
| Date | Time | Road | Deaths | Who died | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 a.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 1 | Vehicle occupant | daylight | |
| 10 a.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) at Emerson Ave | 1 | Vehicle occupant | daylight | |
| 6 p.m. | Plainfield Ave at Martha Ter | 1 | Bicyclist | daylight |
FARS contains no names or personal identifiers. * 2024 records are preliminary. Download all 3 records (CSV) · How this was compiled
Recent Floral Park Incident Reports
Floral Park Scammer Posed as Direction-Asker to Steal Necklace, Police Say
Floral Park Scammer Posed as Direction-Asker to Steal Necklace, Police Say. August 10, 2026.
Water Main Break Closes Right Lane on NY-25 Westbound in Nassau County
Water Main Break Closes Right Lane on NY-25 Westbound in Nassau County. on NY 25. in floral park. May 22, 2026.
Updated continuously from 511NY, NYSP, NCPD, and SCPD feeds — all Long Island reports.
All reported crashes, 2021–2024
These are the crashes police coded to the Village of Floral Park. Police reported 1,031 crashes there from 2021 through 2024 — about 0.7 a day. 253 (24.5%) injured someone and 0 were fatal. [D]
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 256 | 260 | 273 | 1,031 |
- Injury crashes
- 253
- Fatal crashes
- 0
- Struck a pedestrian
- 35
- Struck a bicyclist
- 41
- Struck a deer
- 0
Counts are crashes, not people. The municipality is entered by the reporting police agency, and coding is less consistent for small villages, so compare places with care.
How Floral Park gets to work
Floral Park commuters travel an average of 32.9 minutes each way, 3.1 minutes shorter than the Nassau County average (the national average is 26.4 minutes). About 59.8% of workers drive alone, and 5.9% ride the railroad. [B]
| Measure | Floral Park | Nassau County | New York State | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average one-way commute | 32.9 min ±3.3 | 36 min | 32.6 min | 26.4 min |
| Commute 60 minutes or longer | 18.2% ±2.5 | 22.3% | 16.8% | 8.6% |
| Commute under 15 minutes | 19% ±3.6 | 17.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Drive alone | 59.8% ±4.4 | 60.7% | 48.8% | 68.8% |
| Carpool | 7.2% ±2.4 | 7.3% | 6.3% | 8.5% |
| Commuter rail (LIRR) | 5.9% ±2 | 7.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Bus | 1.3% ±0.6 † | 2.2% | 5.1% | 1.5% |
| Walk | 3.3% ±1.3 | 2% | 5.6% | 2.4% |
| Work from home | 17.2% ±3.3 | 15.6% | 14.9% | 15.1% |
| Leave home before 6 a.m. | 10.7% ±4.5 | 10.8% | 10.6% | 14.4% |
| Households with no vehicle | 6% ±2 | 6.8% | 29.2% | 8.4% |
| Households with three or more vehicles | 19% ±4 | 23.3% | 11.8% | 21.9% |
Survey estimates for 8,271 workers aged 16 and over; ± values are 90% margins of error. † Small sample — the margin of error is large relative to the estimate, so treat the figure as indicative only. Travel-time rows exclude people who work from home.
Notable facts about Floral Park
- John Lewis Childs was 17 years old when he arrived in 1874 in the area then called East Hinsdale, working for the seed grower C. L. Allen.[2]
- Childs's seed and bulb business grew to hundreds of acres of gardens with catalogues sent throughout the world.[3]
- About 175 voters elected Childs the first president of the newly incorporated Village of Floral Park on October 15, 1908.[1][4]
- Floral Park had no uniformed police officers until 1918; before then, two deputy sheriffs handled law enforcement in the new village.[6]
- A public-library fund started by the Village Board of Trade in 1916 did not produce an actual library until 1923.[7]
- The Town of North Hempstead was created when the state legislature granted its request to separate from the Town of Hempstead on April 6, 1784 — and today lists Floral Park among its own incorporated villages.[16][17]
- A tree branch that injured a child on a Floral Park sidewalk in 1984 produced an Appellate Division ruling, Monteleone v. Incorporated Village of Floral Park, on whether the Village or Nassau County bore responsibility for it.[24]
- Floral Park's junior and senior high students attend Sewanhaka High School (opened 1930) and Floral Park Memorial High School (built 1957).[12]
History
Floral Park lies mostly within the Town of Hempstead, whose founding deed English emissaries negotiated with local Native representatives on December 13, 1643.[14] For more than a century Hempstead and its northern section were a single township until the New York State Legislature granted the northern area's petition to separate on April 6, 1784, creating the Town of North Hempstead.[16] The Town of North Hempstead's current directory of its own incorporated villages lists Floral Park among them, confirming that the village's northern section lies in North Hempstead while the rest remains in the Town of Hempstead.[17]
John Lewis Childs, then 17 years old, arrived in the area known as East Hinsdale in 1874 to work for the seed grower C. L. Allen.[2] About 175 voters elected Childs the village's first president, alongside trustees George F. Downing and John F. Klein, when the Village of Floral Park was formally incorporated on October 15, 1908; the first village clerk, David W. Syme, and tax collector, Andrew Wright, were named at the same time.[1][4][5]
Elementary students have long attended the Floral Park-Bellerose district, whose current schools include the Floral Park-Bellerose School and the John Lewis Childs School, while junior and senior high students are served by the Sewanhaka Central High School District through Sewanhaka High School, opened in 1930, and Floral Park Memorial High School, built in 1957.[12][13] A public-library fund the Village Board of Trade started in 1916 did not produce an actual library until 1923.[7]
How the roads got here
New York State Route 25, known locally as Jericho Turnpike, is the touring route the state Department of Transportation's official route description directs through Floral Park, describing the road running "on Queens Boulevard, Hillside Avenue, Braddock Avenue and Jericho Turnpike to New York City[-]Nassau County line, Floral Park, Mineola, South Huntington, Smithtown." That same NYSDOT description shows the "Hillside Avenue" segment of NY 25 lies in Queens, west of Braddock Avenue, before the route becomes Jericho Turnpike at the county line; a separate route, NY 25B, begins at that same Braddock/Hillside junction and continues east along Hillside Avenue itself toward East Williston and Westbury, with no documented segment inside Floral Park.[19]
Law and legal history
A dispute over responsibility for a Floral Park sidewalk reached the Appellate Division in Monteleone v. Incorporated Village of Floral Park, 123 A.D.2d 312 (2d Dep't 1986), after an infant pedestrian was injured by a falling tree branch on a village sidewalk on March 30, 1984; Nassau County argued it owed no duty because the Village owned and maintained the sidewalk.[24]
Government, courts and policing
Floral Park is one of the 22 incorporated villages the Town of Hempstead's own history page counts within its borders alongside 34 unincorporated areas, though the village's northern section instead sits in the Town of North Hempstead, whose own directory of incorporated villages likewise lists Floral Park.[15][17]
The village maintains its own Police Department rather than relying on the Nassau County Police Department. A uniformed force was not organized until 1918, replacing two deputy sheriffs who had handled law enforcement since incorporation, with an original headquarters booth at Jericho Turnpike and Tyson Avenue.[6] The department states its mission as working "in partnership with the people of the Village of Floral Park in preventing crime, reducing fear and preserving the peace and order of the Village."[8] Village Hall, which houses village departments including the police department, is at One Floral Boulevard, Floral Park, NY 11001.[9]
Fire protection is likewise organized as a village department rather than an independent fire district; its chiefs are sworn in by the Village's Board of Trustees, as occurred at the board's April 21, 2026 meeting.[11]
The Village's own Justice Court hears Vehicle and Traffic Law violations, parking tickets, and zoning and local-code matters arising in Floral Park, sitting in the "Village Court Room - 2nd floor of Village Hall." Larger criminal and civil matters from the village go to the Nassau County District Court at 99 Main Street, Hempstead, which decides civil suits up to $15,000, handles misdemeanors and lesser offenses, and arraigns felony defendants; bigger civil matters, including personal-injury actions, go to the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola.[20][21]
Floral Park timeline
- Hempstead deed. English emissaries negotiated the land deed that founded the Town of Hempstead, of which most of Floral Park is part.[14]
- Childs arrives. John Lewis Childs, then 17, came to the area known as East Hinsdale to work for the seed grower C. L. Allen.[2]
- Library fund started. The Village Board of Trade started a fund toward a public library.[7]
- Uniformed police established. Floral Park organized a uniformed police force, replacing two deputy sheriffs, with a headquarters booth at Jericho Turnpike and Tyson Avenue.[6]
- Public library opens. The public library funded in 1916 finally opened.[7]
- Sewanhaka High School opens. Sewanhaka High School, serving Floral Park's secondary students, opened.[12]
- Floral Park Memorial High School built. Floral Park Memorial High School was constructed.[12]
- Monteleone v. Incorporated Village of Floral Park (Appellate Division). The Appellate Division reinstated summary judgment for Nassau County in a suit over a sidewalk tree-branch injury.[24]
- Monteleone (Court of Appeals). The Court of Appeals disposed of a further appeal in the Monteleone litigation.[23]
Major roads in and around Floral Park
- Jericho Turnpike
- Cross Island Parkway
- Hillside Avenue
- Tulip Avenue
Emergency Resources
Hospitals
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center — 270-05 76th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 | (718) 470-7000
Police
- Floral Park Police Department — One Floral Boulevard, Floral Park, NY 11001 (Village Hall) — (516) 326-6400 (The village's own police department, not the Nassau County Police Department. Emergencies: 911.)
Courts
- Nassau County District Court — 99 Main Street, Hempstead, NY 11550 — (516) 493-4200 (Civil claims up to $15,000, misdemeanors and lesser offenses, felony arraignments.)
- Nassau County Supreme Court — 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 — (516) 493-3400 (Larger civil matters, including personal-injury actions.)
Local Driver Services in Floral Park
Practical resources for Floral Park drivers — tire shops, gas prices, and live traffic conditions.
Safety Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do after a car accident in Floral Park, NY?
Call 911 immediately. Within the Village of Floral Park, the Floral Park Police Department will respond. Document the scene with photos, exchange insurance and contact information with all involved parties, and file a formal police report. New York's no-fault insurance law requires timely notification to your own insurer.
Which roads are most dangerous in Floral Park?
Jericho Turnpike through Floral Park carries high volumes of through traffic between Queens and Nassau County, with the commercial stretch near Covert Avenue being a frequent collision location. Hillside Avenue near the Queens-Nassau border and Tulip Avenue near the LIRR station also see elevated crash rates due to pedestrian activity.
Is there a hospital near Floral Park?
Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park is the closest major emergency facility, located approximately five minutes from central Floral Park. This is a major teaching hospital with a comprehensive emergency department and trauma services.
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References
Datasets
- [A] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2010–2024 national files. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Crashes on public trafficways in which a person died within 30 days. No personal identifiers. Placed by reported coordinates into 2020 Census boundaries.
- [B] U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates, tables B08303, B08013, B08301, B08302, B08201, B19013, B01002. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Survey estimates with 90% margins of error. lowReliability = coefficient of variation above 30%.
- [C] U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb — 2020 Census tabulation geography (POP100, HU100, AREALAND). Retrieved September 17, 2026.
- [D] New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Crashes — Case Information: Four Year Window. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Police-reported crashes coded to a town, city or village by the reporting agency. Hamlets are not coded; hamlet pages show the parent town.
Sources for history, roads and law
- [1] Village of Floral Park. Village History (incorporation date) (n.d.). Government record.
- [2] Village of Floral Park. Village History (Childs arrival / East Hinsdale) (n.d.). Government record.
- [3] Village of Floral Park. Village History (business growth) (n.d.). Government record.
- [4] Village of Floral Park. Village History (first officials elected) (n.d.). Government record.
- [5] Village of Floral Park. Village History (clerk and tax collector) (n.d.). Government record.
- [6] Village of Floral Park. Village History (1918 uniformed police force) (n.d.). Government record.
- [7] Village of Floral Park. Village History (public library, 1916-1923) (n.d.). Government record.
- [8] Village of Floral Park. Police Department (mission statement) (n.d.). Government record.
- [9] Village of Floral Park. Village of Floral Park (homepage) (2026). Government record.
- [11] Village of Floral Park. Fire Department (2026). Government record.
- [12] Village of Floral Park. Schools (Sewanhaka Central High School District) (n.d.). Government record.
- [13] Village of Floral Park. Schools (Floral Park-Bellerose district) (n.d.). Government record.
- [14] Town of Hempstead. History of the Town (founding deed) (n.d.). Government record.
- [15] Town of Hempstead. History of the Town (incorporated villages count) (n.d.). Government record.
- [16] Town of North Hempstead. About the Town: History (n.d.). Government record.
- [17] Town of North Hempstead. Incorporated Villages (2026). Government record.
- [19] New York State Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Safety & Mobility. Official Description of Highway Touring Routes ... (NY 25B) (2017). Government record.
- [20] New York State Unified Court System. Nassau County District Court (2026). Court decision.
- [21] New York State Unified Court System. Nassau County Supreme Court (2026). Court decision.
- [23] CourtListener (Free Law Project). CourtListener case-law search: "Incorporated Village of Floral Park" (2026). Reference work.
- [24] Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library. Monteleone v. Incorporated Village of Floral Park, 123 A.D.2d 312 (2d Dep't 1986) (1986). Court decision.
Sources opened and checked September 17, 2026.