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West Hills, New York

West Hills is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Suffolk County, part of New York's Long Island region, with about 5,400 residents at the 2020 census.

Ocean beaches, the Hamptons, lighthouses, and North Fork vineyards east of the city. West Hills sits in that part of the state.

Type
Hamlet (CDP)
County
Suffolk
Region
Long Island
Population (2020)
5,385
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Local Almanac

Notes in and around West Hills

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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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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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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Nearby · The Outdoors

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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Nearby · The Outdoors

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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Nearby · The Outdoors

Cold Spring Harbor State Park turns the North Shore into a ridge walk

Cold Spring Harbor State Park gives Suffolk a steep North Shore trail landscape near harbor villages, woods, and Sound-side terrain.

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Nearby · Home & Property

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.

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Nearby · The Outdoors

Muttontown Preserve trips should start with county preserve rules

Before hiking Muttontown Preserve, check county preserve sources for access, trail expectations, and whether facilities or rules have changed.

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Property tax snapshot

About $3–$27 per $1,000 in Suffolk 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 $800–$8,201 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.

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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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