Great Neck Communities Among Best Places To Raise A Family

Multiple Great Neck communities are among 50 Long Island towns that made Niche.com’s list of the 2017 best places to raise a family in New York.

Kensington took the top spot in the state rankings, and ranked No. 44 nationally. Great Neck Estates, No. 3 in New York, was also ranked nationally at No. 77.

Great Neck, University Gardens, Lake Success, Great Neck Gardens, Thomaston, Great Neck Plaza and Kings Point also made the statewide rankings. (See full rankings below)

This seems to be a reoccurring theme. Niche also named these communities as some of the best places to live on Long Island in 2017.

These rankings were created using information about public schools, crime rates, cost of living and family friendly amenities. Data was pulled from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, CDC, and other sources, according to Niche.

Here are the Long Island towns that are among the 100 best places to raise a family in New York, according to Niche.com’s rankings. (Be sure to let us know if you agree by commenting below!)

• Kensington— No. 1
• Syosset— No. 2
• Great Neck Estates— No. 3
• Jericho— No. 4
• Lloyd Harbor— No. 10
• Laurel Hollow— No. 11
• Great Neck Gardens— No. 12
• Thomaston— No. 13
• University Gardens— No. 16
• Garden City— No. 17
• Plandome— No. 20
• Sands Point— No. 22
• Kings Point— No. 25
• Stony Brook— No. 27
• Lake Success— No. 29
• Munsey Park— No. 30
• Cold Spring Harbor— No. 32
• Muttontown— No. 33
• Bellerose— No. 34
• Roslyn Estates— No. 35
• Searingtown— No. 36
• Oyster Bay Cove— No. 37
• Brookville— No. 39
• Woodbury— No. 40
• East Williston— No. 42
• Great Neck— No. 43
• Plainview— No. 46
• East Hills— No. 48
• Port Washington— No. 49
• Hewlett Harbor— No. 50
• Old Bethpage— No. 51
• Herricks— No. 52
• Old Brookville— No. 53
• Manhasset Hills— No. 54
• Huntington Bay— No. 56
• Glenwood Landing— No. 59
• Village of the Branch— No. 61
• Manhasset— No. 63
• Port Washington North— No. 64
• Sea Cliff— No. 65
• Great Neck Plaza— No. 69
• Merrick— No. 71
• Lattingtown— No. 73
• Northport— No. 80
• Woodmere— No. 85
• East Norwich— No. 87
• Commack— No. 90
• Roslyn Heights— No. 92
• Centerport— No. 96
• Dix Hills— No. 98

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