East Williston, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11596. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle. 2,645 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in East Williston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
East Williston Village Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresEast Williston grew from 2,556 to 2,645 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,556 | |
| 2020 | 2,645 | +89 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,107 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,107 fires within 5 miles of East Williston between 2000 and 2020, burning about 450 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 82 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 688 |
| Smoking | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Natural | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Williston: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccormack Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Washington Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Williston in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Hail | East Williston | $100,000 | A spotter measured hail 3 inches in diameter, along with other reports of tennis ball size hail. This hail damaged around 150 cars in New Hyde Park, including the shattering of multiple windshields. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Williston | $10,000 | Numerous trees reported down around town. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Williston | $7,500 | A tree was reported down on a house at 1st Street and Marcellus Road in Mineola. |
| June 2017 | Lightning | East Williston | $2,500 | A lightning strike split two trees in Mineola at 356 Mineola Boulevard. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Williston | $2,000 | Numerous large tree limbs and power lines were reported down near East Williston, which led to numerous power outages. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | East Williston | - | Shelter Rock Road at Searingtown Road is closedu in both directions due to flooding. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | East Williston | - | The westbound Long Island Expressway was closed near Willis Ave. in Roslyn Heights due to flooding. Additionally, the basement of a house in Hillside Manor at the intersection of Brussel Dr. and Herbert Dr. was flooded. |
| August 2012 | Hail | East Williston | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williston Park | 0.5 miles | 34 | |
| Mineola | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Albertson | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Carle Place | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Searingtown | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Herricks | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Garden City Park | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Hillside Manor | 2.1 miles | 34 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on East Williston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3451936 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949275. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












