Neighborhood Essay
The village that I live in is called MerricK . Merrick is a hamlet in Nassau County, Long Island on the South Shore. This village is 35 miles from New York and one expressway exit from Jones Beach. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name (meaning peaceful) of the Algonquian tribe . The first people that lived here are the Merokee Indians that farmed and fished in the area. In 1650, a Reverend Denton moved his congregation to the area from Stamford, Conn., and founded the Town of Merrick. They were drawn by the fertile soil and the Meadow Brook - then a wide rushing stream, now a small trickle paralleling the parkway that took its name. Merrick has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13 km2), of which 4.2 square miles (11 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), or 19.27%, is water.
There are about 30 000 residents that lives in this quiet, small, friendly village.
Because of the nice setting and it’s close proximity to everything: shops, restaurants, beauty parlors, hospitals but in the same time being away from everything makes this small village to be called “Paris on Long Island” by some residents.
Today, different things draw people to the town – mostly the schools. The town is actually part of two different school systems: the Merrick Union Free School District - Lakeside, Birch and Chatterton Elementary Schools - and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, consisting of Brookside, Merrick Avenue, Grand Avenue and Jerusalem Avenue Junior High Schools and J. F. Kennedy, John J. Calhoun and W. C. Mepham High Schools.
The standards in the schools are very high, the teachers very committed to children’s education and a very important factor, the families are very involved with the schools.
Merrick pays a price for the very good schools. The property-tax runs for an average of $ 10 000, 00/year that can go up to $20 000, 00/year in Merrick South which consists in water front properties. The symbol of Merrick is the
There are about 30 000 residents that lives in this quiet, small, friendly village.
Because of the nice setting and it’s close proximity to everything: shops, restaurants, beauty parlors, hospitals but in the same time being away from everything makes this small village to be called “Paris on Long Island” by some residents.
Today, different things draw people to the town – mostly the schools. The town is actually part of two different school systems: the Merrick Union Free School District - Lakeside, Birch and Chatterton Elementary Schools - and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, consisting of Brookside, Merrick Avenue, Grand Avenue and Jerusalem Avenue Junior High Schools and J. F. Kennedy, John J. Calhoun and W. C. Mepham High Schools.
The standards in the schools are very high, the teachers very committed to children’s education and a very important factor, the families are very involved with the schools.
Merrick pays a price for the very good schools. The property-tax runs for an average of $ 10 000, 00/year that can go up to $20 000, 00/year in Merrick South which consists in water front properties. The symbol of Merrick is the
References: United States Census Bureau