Long Island
Oyster Bay, New York
Oyster Bay is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Nassau County, part of New York's Long Island region, with about 7,000 residents at the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Nassau
- Region
- Long Island
- Population (2020)
- 7,049
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Oyster Bay
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nassau County · Cars & Driving
Long Beach Resident Parking Permits Need Proof Early
Long Beach residents should gather vehicle registration, residency proof, and fee information before trying to buy a city parking permit.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Hempstead Village Still Carries Long Island's Early Civic Weight
Hempstead's village story runs from a 1643 settlement to early self-government, trading-center growth, and a very urban Nassau County feel.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Great Neck Village Still Has an Old Middle Neck Road Center
Great Neck village's old center along Middle Neck Road explains why this small village still feels like a civic heart within a larger Great Neck.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Floral Park Keeps Its Village Story Close to the Railroad and Flowers
Floral Park's local story is easy to miss until the village history ties the name, railroad-era growth, and civic identity together.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Massapequa Park Reads Like a Village Built Around Green Space
Massapequa Park gets its village identity from parks, recreation, and local-scale government close to the name on the map.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Freeport's Waterfront Identity Runs Through the Marina and Blueway
Freeport's public marina, canal-edge parks, and South Shore Blueway links make its village identity more working-waterfront than generic beach town.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
North Hempstead's Story Runs Through Harbors and a Revolutionary Split
North Hempstead's history links Long Island Sound shore life, Revolutionary-era politics, maritime work, and later Gold Coast layers.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Oyster Bay Mixes Harbor History and Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay's story connects its north shore harbor name, long town history, and Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill.
Read this note ->Nassau County · History & Culture
Lynbrook Keeps Its Memory in Library Shelves and Village Links
Lynbrook's village links and library collections make older names, civic habits, clubs, maps, and neighborhood memory easier to trace.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$32 per $1,000 in Nassau County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,163–$9,469 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
Nearby
Nearby places
Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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