Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
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- Baldwin is also a Town in Chemung County, New York.
Baldwin is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York. The population was 23,455 at the 2000 census.
Baldwin is also a station on the Long Island Rail Road.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 23,455 people, 7,868 households, and 6,081 families residing in the village. The population density was 3,069.8/km² (7,954.4/mi²). There were 7,999 housing units at an average density of 1,046.9/km² (2,712.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 71% White, 20% African American, 0.32% Native American, 7.30% Asian, 03% Pacific Islander, 4.60% from other races, and 3.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were .60% of the population.
There were 7,868 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.40.
In the community the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.
The median income for a household in the community was $71,456, and the median income for a family was $78,400. Males had a median income of $51,069 versus $40,496 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,114. About 3.3% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] School System
Baldwin, together with Baldwin Harbor, has its own school district, officially named the Baldwin Union Free School District (formerly Union Free School District No. 10, Town of Hempstead). The Baldwin Public Schools consist of nine schools with a total enrollment of 5,441 students in the 2005-2006 school year.[1] There is one high school, Baldwin Senior High School, and one middle school, Baldwin Middle School. There are seven elementary schools spaced throughout the town, Brookside, Lenox, Meadow, Milburn, Plaza, Shubert, and Steele. The high school is near the north end of town, and the middle school near the south end. Buses are run to both of these schools. Most students are able to walk to their elementary schools. The elementary schools contain grades K-5. The middle school contains grades 6-8, but the sixth graders spend most of their time in a separate wing except for music, gym, lunch, arts, computers, technology, and language. The high school contains grades 9-12. The District is governed by a five-member elected board of education. As of July 1, 2005, the Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Robert Britto. The boundaries of the Baldwin School District are not identical with those of Baldwin itself, also containing a significant portion of Freeport and a few blocks from other neighboring villages.
[edit] Famous residents
Famed Yankee public address announcer Bob Sheppard has been a long-time resident of Baldwin.
ESPN's sports guru, Howie Schwab grew up in Baldwin and attended Baldwin High School (Class of 1978.)
Pop singer Taylor Dayne (Leslie Wunderman) was born in Baldwin, and attended Baldwin High School (Class of 1980).
Movie director Jonathan Demme was born in Baldwin.
Actors Brandon De Wilde and Margaret Colin were born in Brooklyn but grew up in Baldwin.
Musicians John Nolan and Michelle Nolan of the band Straylight Run were born in nearby Rockville Centre, but grew up in Baldwin. Band-mate Shaun Cooper also attended Baldwin Schools (Lenox) as did his father and grandfather.
Musician Matt Rubano of Taking Back Sunday grew up in Baldwin.
Filmmaker Nathan Schiff grew up in Baldwin and made his first feature film there while a student at Baldwin High School.
The lead singer of the rock group Twisted Sister, Dee Snider, graduated from [1] Baldwin Senior High School 1972 and Shubert Elementary School.
Russ Nelson was born and raised in Baldwin, BSHS class of 1975.
The ska-punk band The Arrogant Sons of Bitches is from Baldwin.
Bass player Michael Fleischmann of the hardcore group Vision of Disorder is from Baldwin, and graduated from Baldwin High School (Class of 1994).
Fitness expert and actor Jake Steinfeld of Body By Jake and Big Brother Jake was raised in Baldwin and attended Meadow School (elementary school) and Baldwin High School. He also provided the Middle School with new equipment for their workout/fitness room.
The 80's hardcore band the Crumbsuckers are from Baldwin and celebrated the 20th annivesary of their first release with a show at BB Kings in Times Square in the Summer of 2006. They were a main act during the famous Sunday Matinees at CBGB. Baldwin High School graduate/Crumbsuckers bassist Gary Meskill later formed Pro-Pain. Craig Meekins also grew up in Baldwin. You may know him from Variety Magazine when he was named the popular college social network "Facebook's" number one most active members.
Movie Producer Scott Rudin is a native of Baldwin, N.Y., on Long Island, Mr. Rudin didn't attend college, instead learning the industry under his own set of taskmasters. He worked for the late movie and TV producer Edgar Scherick, who Mr. Rudin says often complained he was "surrounded by mediocrity." As a teen in the 1970s, Mr. Rudin worked for Broadway producers, including the late Kermit Bloomgarden, producer of "Death of a Salesman," who instructed him to pick tomato bugs off plants on his apartment terrace. Mr. Rudin says he was sometimes required to haul Mr. Bloomgarden's false leg to Harlem for repairs -- on the bus, since the producer wouldn't spring for cab fare.
Musician Peppi Marchello of the Good Rats is from Baldwin.
John Basedow BSHS '85 created the Fitness Made Simple System, a workout and nutrition program that introduced the world to the Six Pack Abs video. FMS sells about 40,000 copies of its videos per year.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Brandon Moore played football for Baldwin Senior High School
Chris Mueller World Drinking Champion. Rumor has it his blood is 200 proof!!!!
[edit] Congressional Medal of Honor
Baldwin is the hometown of two soldiers who were awarded the CMOH posthumously.
First Lieutenant Bernard J. Ray deliberately gave his life to spare his men of Company F, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division on November 17, 1945 in the Hurtgen Forest.
Specialist Fifth Class John J. Kedenberg (BHS '64) was serving with a long range reconnaissance team of South Vietnamese irregular troops while a member of the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). When his group came under attack and was encircled by a battalion-size North Vietnamese Army force, Sp5c Kedenberg conducted a rear-guard action which allowed his group to break out of their encirclement and move to a landing zone. While in the landing zone, Sp5c Kedenberg directed the defense of the L-Z and ultimately gave up the last chance of evacuation to one of his Vietnamese comrades.
[edit] Grumman
Baldwin was also the initial home of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Company.
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- [2] Baldwin Union Free School District
- [3] Baldwin Community Website
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