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  "name": "Massapequa, New York",
  "url": "https://longislandtraffic.com/towns/nassau/massapequa/",
  "updated": "2026-09-17",
  "publisher": "Long Island Traffic (https://longislandtraffic.com)",
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  "reuse": "Quote with credit and a link to the page URL above. Underlying federal and state datasets are public records.",
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    "researchedAt": "2026-09-17",
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      "officialName": "Massapequa",
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          "name": "Fort Neck",
          "note": "Long Island Press history articles describe the 300-acre tract given to Thomas Jones in 1696 as land \"near Massapequa known as 'Fort Neck,'\" the name later used for the Jones family estate on the site.",
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            2
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      "founded": {
        "text": "Long Island Press history articles date the area's first substantial house, Thomas Jones' \"Old Brick House,\" to shortly after Jones received the 300-acre Fort Neck tract in 1696.",
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          3
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        "value": "Unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, distinct from the neighboring Incorporated Village of Massapequa Park",
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      {
        "label": "Fort Neck grant",
        "value": "1696, 300 acres given to Thomas Jones by Capt. Thomas Townsend",
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        "label": "Tryon Hall / Fort Neck House",
        "value": "Built 1770 by David Jones; renamed Fort Neck House after the Revolution; destroyed by fire in 1940",
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      {
        "label": "Police",
        "value": "Nassau County Police Department, Seventh Precinct (3636 Merrick Road, Seaford)",
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        "label": "Prior written notice law",
        "value": "Town of Oyster Bay Code Ch. 160, \"Notification of Defects\" (adopted 1982, amended in its entirety 2003)",
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      {
        "date": "1653",
        "label": "Town of Oyster Bay founding",
        "text": "The Town of Oyster Bay's own history dates its founding to a 1653 land sale by the Native American leader it names as Mohannes to English colonists, followed by an English patent from Governor Sir Edmund Andros in 1667.",
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      {
        "date": "1696",
        "label": "Fort Neck grant to Thomas Jones",
        "text": "Capt. Thomas Townsend gave Thomas Jones, an Irish-born former privateer, 300 acres of south Oyster Bay land near Massapequa known as \"Fort Neck.\"",
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      {
        "date": "1700",
        "label": "Whaling station",
        "text": "Jones built a whaling station on the property.",
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      {
        "date": "1713",
        "label": "Death of Thomas Jones",
        "text": "Thomas Jones died after living about 20 years on the Fort Neck homestead; he had by then amassed roughly 6,000 acres stretching between the North and South Shores, land that later gave its name to Jones Beach.",
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          2
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      {
        "date": "1770",
        "label": "Tryon Hall built",
        "text": "David Jones, Thomas Jones' son, a colonial judge and Speaker of the Assembly, built Tryon Hall, a 90-foot mansion overlooking South Oyster Bay, for his own son, also named Thomas Jones.",
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          3
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      {
        "date": "1908",
        "label": "Post office and general store",
        "text": "A Town of Oyster Bay archival photo caption dates the Massapequa Post Office and general store to around 1908, at the junction of Central Avenue and Broadway.",
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      },
      {
        "date": "1920",
        "label": "Fort Neck House leaves Jones family",
        "text": "The Fort Neck House mansion remained in the Floyd-Jones family, descendants of the original Jones line, until 1920.",
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      {
        "date": "1940",
        "label": "Fort Neck House destroyed",
        "text": "The mansion was destroyed by fire.",
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      {
        "date": "1992",
        "label": "Historical marker",
        "text": "The Historical Society of the Massapequas erected a marker commemorating the Fort Neck House site at Beverly Road and Cartwright Boulevard.",
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      },
      {
        "date": "2007-03-21",
        "label": "Caruso v. Massapequa UFSD",
        "text": "A federal court let a teacher's First Amendment retaliation claim against the Massapequa Union Free School District proceed to trial while dismissing a related state-law claim.",
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          7
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      },
      {
        "date": "2013-06-21",
        "label": "AVR-Massapequa tax refund",
        "text": "Nassau County Supreme Court ordered the County to pay a Massapequa commercial property owner a tax refund of $46,459.70; the Appellate Division affirmed in 2014.",
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        "id": "history",
        "heading": "History",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Massapequa lies within the Town of Oyster Bay, whose own history dates the Town's founding to 1653, when it says the Native American leader it names as Mohannes sold land in the Town's northern portion to English colonists, followed by an English patent from Governor Sir Edmund Andros in 1667.[1]",
          "The area's colonial history centers on the Jones family. A Long Island Press history article recounts that Thomas Jones, \"a sailor born in Northern Ireland in 1665\" who had served in King James II's army and as a privateer, befriended Capt. Thomas Townsend, who in 1696 \"gave the Irish adventurer 300 acres of south Oyster Bay land near Massapequa known as 'Fort Neck.'\"[2] Jones married Townsend's daughter, built a whaling station on the property in 1700, and by his death in 1713 had amassed roughly 6,000 acres stretching between Long Island's North and South Shores — land that later gave its name to Jones Beach.[2]",
          "Jones' son David, described by a second Long Island Press article as a colonial judge and Speaker of the Assembly, built the area's first large mansion, Tryon Hall, in 1770 for his own son, also named Thomas Jones; the house was \"a spacious building, 90 feet in length, overlooking South Oyster Bay.\"[3] During the Revolutionary War the mansion sheltered British sympathizers and was nicknamed the \"Refugee House\"; a Town of Oyster Bay history caption confirms it \"was renamed Fort Neck House at the close of the Revolutionary War\" and calls it \"the first manor house along Merrick Road in Massapequa.\"[1] The house remained in the Floyd-Jones family until 1920 and was destroyed by fire in 1940; the Historical Society of the Massapequas erected a marker at the site, Beverly Road and Cartwright Boulevard, in 1992.[3]",
          "A Town of Oyster Bay archival photograph dates the Massapequa Post Office and general store to about 1908, at the junction of Central Avenue and Broadway — a corner still associated with the hamlet's commercial center.[1]"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "roads",
        "heading": "How the roads got here",
        "paragraphs": [
          "The New York State Department of Transportation's official touring-route description places the start of NY 107 (Hicksville Road) at \"(Merrick Road) Massapequa,\" running north through Hicksville, Jericho and Brookville to Glen Cove — confirming that both NY 107 and Merrick Road (part of NY 27A) pass through Massapequa.[6]"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "law",
        "heading": "Law and legal history",
        "paragraphs": [
          "A First Amendment dispute involving a Massapequa public-school teacher reached federal court in Caruso v. Massapequa Union Free School District, 478 F. Supp. 2d 377 (E.D.N.Y. 2007).[7] The plaintiff, an elementary school teacher, alleged she was constructively discharged after her principal — married, the opinion notes, to a New York State Assemblyman — learned of her support for President George W. Bush, including a White House photograph she hung in her classroom.[7] The court denied the school district's motion for summary judgment on the teacher's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment retaliation claim, allowing it to proceed, while granting summary judgment against her related New York Labor Law claim because she had not filed a timely notice of claim.[7]",
          "In Matter of AVR-Massapequa, LLC v. Jefferson, 116 A.D.3d 851 (2d Dep't 2014), the Appellate Division affirmed a judgment directing Nassau County's Acting Treasurer to refund a Massapequa commercial property owner $46,459.70 in overpaid taxes, arising from an earlier tax-certiorari proceeding under RPTL Article 7.[10]"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "government",
        "heading": "Government, courts and policing",
        "paragraphs": [
          "As an unincorporated hamlet, Massapequa is governed as part of the Town of Oyster Bay, distinct from the adjoining Incorporated Village of Massapequa Park, which has its own municipal government.[1] Town of Oyster Bay Code Ch. 160, \"Notification of Defects,\" adopted November 9, 1982 by Local Law No. 5-1982 and amended in its entirety on July 22, 2003 by Local Law No. 5-2003, bars suits against the Town over defective streets, sidewalks or crosswalks \"unless written notice of such condition was actually served upon the Town Clerk.\"[11]",
          "The Nassau County Police Department's Seventh Precinct, headquartered at 3636 Merrick Road in Seaford, states on its own \"About Precinct\" page that it \"serves the communities of Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh, North Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park and East Massapequa\" — naming Massapequa specifically, separately from Massapequa Park.[9]",
          "Criminal charges and smaller civil claims from Massapequa go to the Nassau County District Court in Hempstead, which the state court system describes as deciding \"civil suits involving claims up to $15,000,\" handling \"misdemeanors and lesser offenses,\" and arraigning \"defendants accused of felonies.\"[12] Nassau County's Traffic & Parking Violations Agency, in Garden City, states its mission as \"the timely adjudication of all traffic, parking and photo enforcement related offenses.\"[14] Larger civil matters, including tax certiorari and personal-injury actions, go to Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola.[13]"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "legalCases": [
      {
        "name": "Caruso v. Massapequa Union Free School District",
        "citation": "478 F. Supp. 2d 377 (E.D.N.Y. 2007)",
        "court": "U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York",
        "year": 2007,
        "connection": "First Amendment retaliation suit by a probationary teacher against the school district serving Massapequa.",
        "holding": "The court denied summary judgment on the plaintiff's Section 1983 First Amendment retaliation claim, allowing it to proceed to trial, but granted summary judgment dismissing her state-law claim for failure to file a timely notice of claim.",
        "src": [
          7
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Matter of AVR-Massapequa, LLC v. Jefferson",
        "citation": "116 A.D.3d 851 (2d Dep't 2014)",
        "court": "Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department",
        "year": 2014,
        "connection": "Article 78 proceeding to compel Nassau County to refund overpaid property taxes on a Massapequa commercial property following a tax-certiorari judgment.",
        "holding": "The Appellate Division affirmed a judgment directing Nassau County's Acting Treasurer to pay the petitioner $46,459.70 in tax refunds.",
        "src": [
          10
        ]
      }
    ],
    "landmarks": [
      {
        "name": "Floyd Jones Library",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark, dedicated December 14, 1999",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Grace Church (Floyd Jones Servant Cottage), 4750 Merrick Rd.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark, dedicated February 23, 1988",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Old Grace Church, 4750 Merrick Rd.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark, dedicated May 11, 1976",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "St. Gregory Nyssa Church, 1100 Hicksville Rd.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark, dedicated May 5, 1987",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Will Rogers House, 425 Clocks Blvd.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark (private residence), dedicated February 6, 1990",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Serpe House, 69 Cedar Shore Dr.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark (private residence), dedicated October 9, 1979",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "107 Eden Ave.",
        "designation": "Town of Oyster Bay-designated landmark, dedicated April 26, 1983",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      }
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      {
        "text": "Thomas Jones, an Irish-born former privateer, received 300 acres of Massapequa-area land called \"Fort Neck\" from Capt. Thomas Townsend in 1696; by his death in 1713 he had amassed roughly 6,000 acres stretching to Jones Beach, later named for him.",
        "src": [
          2
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Tryon Hall, a 90-foot mansion built in Massapequa in 1770 by David Jones, sheltered British sympathizers during the Revolutionary War and was nicknamed the \"Refugee House\" before being renamed Fort Neck House.",
        "src": [
          1,
          3
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "The Fort Neck House mansion stayed in the Floyd-Jones family until 1920 and burned down in 1940; a marker was placed at its site, Beverly Road and Cartwright Boulevard, in 1992.",
        "src": [
          3
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "New York State Route 107 (Hicksville Road) begins in Massapequa at its junction with Merrick Road, according to the state's own touring-route description.",
        "src": [
          6
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "A federal judge in 2007 let a Massapequa teacher's First Amendment retaliation lawsuit over her support for President George W. Bush proceed against her school district.",
        "src": [
          7
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "The Town of Oyster Bay has designated seven landmarks inside Massapequa, including the Floyd Jones Library and the Floyd Jones Servant Cottage at Grace Church.",
        "src": [
          1
        ]
      }
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        "id": 1,
        "title": "Town History",
        "publisher": "Town of Oyster Bay",
        "url": "https://oysterbaytown.com/town-history/",
        "year": "n.d.",
        "type": "government"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "title": "The Haunted History of Maj. Thomas Jones' 'Old Brick House' at Massapequa Manor",
        "publisher": "Long Island Press (Schneps Media)",
        "url": "https://www.longislandpress.com/2022/10/17/jones-old-brick-house-massapequa/",
        "year": "2022",
        "type": "newspaper"
      },
      {
        "id": 3,
        "title": "Massapequa's First Mansion",
        "publisher": "Long Island Press (Schneps Media)",
        "url": "https://www.longislandpress.com/2015/02/09/massapequas-first-mansion/",
        "year": "2015",
        "type": "newspaper"
      },
      {
        "id": 6,
        "title": "Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycle Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State",
        "publisher": "New York State Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Safety & Mobility",
        "url": "https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/2017%20tour-bk.pdf",
        "year": "2017",
        "type": "government"
      },
      {
        "id": 7,
        "title": "Caruso v. Massapequa Union Free School District, 478 F. Supp. 2d 377 (E.D.N.Y. 2007)",
        "publisher": "Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library",
        "url": "https://static.case.law/f-supp-2d/478/html/0377-01.html",
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      },
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        "id": 10,
        "title": "Matter of AVR-Massapequa, LLC v. Jefferson, 116 A.D.3d 851 (2d Dep't 2014)",
        "publisher": "Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library",
        "url": "https://static.case.law/ad3d/116/html/0851-01.html",
        "year": "2014",
        "type": "court"
      },
      {
        "id": 11,
        "title": "Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, Chapter 160, Notification of Defects",
        "publisher": "Town of Oyster Bay, via eCode360",
        "url": "https://ecode360.com/26876188",
        "year": "2003",
        "type": "government"
      },
      {
        "id": 12,
        "title": "Nassau County District Court",
        "publisher": "New York State Unified Court System",
        "url": "https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/10th-jd-nassau/nassau-county-district-court",
        "year": "2026",
        "type": "court"
      },
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        "id": 13,
        "title": "Nassau County Supreme Court",
        "publisher": "New York State Unified Court System",
        "url": "https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/10th-jd-nassau/nassau-county-supreme-court",
        "year": "2026",
        "type": "court"
      },
      {
        "id": 14,
        "title": "Traffic & Parking Violations Agency",
        "publisher": "Nassau County",
        "url": "https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1928/Traffic-Parking-Violations-Agency",
        "year": "2026",
        "type": "government"
      },
      {
        "id": 16,
        "title": "Mount Sinai South Nassau (location page)",
        "publisher": "Mount Sinai Health System",
        "url": "https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/south-nassau",
        "year": "n.d.",
        "type": "institution"
      },
      {
        "id": 17,
        "title": "Good Samaritan University Hospital",
        "publisher": "Catholic Health",
        "url": "https://www.catholichealthli.org/good-samaritan-university-hospital",
        "year": "n.d.",
        "type": "reference"
      },
      {
        "id": 18,
        "title": "New York State Trauma Centers",
        "publisher": "New York State Department of Health",
        "url": "https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/state_trauma/trauma2.htm",
        "year": "n.d.",
        "type": "government"
      }
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      "name": "U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb — 2020 Census tabulation geography (POP100, HU100, AREALAND)",
      "url": "https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Census2020/MapServer",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-17"
    },
    "acs": {
      "name": "U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates, tables B08303, B08013, B08301, B08302, B08201, B19013, B01002",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/",
      "period": "2020–2024",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-17",
      "note": "Survey estimates with 90% margins of error. lowReliability = coefficient of variation above 30%."
    },
    "fars": {
      "name": "National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2010–2024 national files",
      "url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/file-downloads?p=nhtsa/downloads/FARS/",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-17",
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      "note": "Crashes on public trafficways in which a person died within 30 days. No personal identifiers. Placed by reported coordinates into 2020 Census boundaries."
    },
    "nys": {
      "name": "New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Crashes — Case Information: Four Year Window",
      "url": "https://data.ny.gov/Transportation/Motor-Vehicle-Crashes-Case-Information-Four-Year-W/e8ky-4vqe",
      "period": "2021–2024",
      "retrieved": "2026-09-17",
      "note": "Police-reported crashes coded to a town, city or village by the reporting agency. Hamlets are not coded; hamlet pages show the parent town."
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