University Gardens, 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 11020. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle. 4,358 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 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 University Gardens
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
US Post Office-Great Necklisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Grace and Thomaston Buildingslisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresUniversity Gardens grew from 4,226 to 4,358 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 | 4,226 | |
| 2020 | 4,358 | +132 (+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
1,092 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,092 fires within 5 miles of University Gardens between 2000 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 68 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 | 707 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Smoking | 76 |
| Natural | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 56 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of University Gardens: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Shore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mccormack Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Washington Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Gardens | 0.3 miles | 34 | |
| Lake Success | 0.5 miles | 34 | |
| Great Neck Plaza | 0.7 miles | 34 | |
| Thomaston | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Great Neck Estates | 1.0 miles | 34 | |
| Kensington | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Great Neck Gardens | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Saddle Rock Estates | 1.5 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 University Gardens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452193 | 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 968249. 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.












