Long Island
Plainview, New York
Plainview 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 27,000 residents at the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Nassau
- Region
- Long Island
- Population (2020)
- 27,100
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Plainview
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · 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.
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Planting Fields gives Oyster Bay a public estate landscape
Planting Fields gives Oyster Bay a state historic park and arboretum where mansion, greenhouse, garden, and tree collections share one public landscape.
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Oyster Bay's Raynham Hall Carries a Spy-Ring Story
Oyster Bay's local identity includes Raynham Hall, British occupation, Robert Townsend, and a house interpreted through Revolution-era and Victorian layers.
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Old Bethpage keeps Nassau's village past in working view
Old Bethpage has a county restoration where historic buildings and demonstrations make older Long Island settlement easier to picture.
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Planting Fields makes Oyster Bay’s Gold Coast readable
Planting Fields State Historic Park gives Oyster Bay estate grounds, gardens, and the public afterlife of Gold Coast landscapes.
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Farmingdale went from Hardscrabble to farms, planes, and a bike stunt
Farmingdale's village story runs from Hardscrabble and Ambrose George to farms, pickle factories, aviation work, college roots, and a famous bicycle ride.
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Muttontown Preserve keeps Nassau’s estate ruins in the woods
Muttontown Preserve gives the Oyster Bay area county preserve land, trails, open fields, wooded edges, and estate traces.
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Bethpage State Park keeps public golf inside Nassau’s open-space story
Bethpage State Park gives Nassau public golf, picnic space, trails, and a large inland state-park landscape.
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Oyster Bay building permits start with the town portal
Oyster Bay property work should start with the town building page and portal before a contractor treats the job as simple.
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.
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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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