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Manhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080. Manhasset is a Native American term that translates to "the island neighborhood." In 2005, a Wall Street Journal article ranked... Manhasset as the best town for raising a family in the New York metropolitan area . As with other unincorporated communities in New York, its local affairs are administered by the town in which it is located, the Town of North Hempstead, New York. The Manhasset neighborhood is served by the Long Island Rail Road, which provides direct and convenient access to New York City at the Manhasset and Plandome stations. In addition to the unincorporated areas of Manhasset proper -- North and South Strathmore, Strathmore Village, Strathmore Vanderbilt, Shorehaven, Terrace Manor and Norgate, those with a Manhasset address also include three incorporated villages – Munsey Park, Plandome and Plandome Heights – and parts of three others – Flower Hill, Plandome Manor and North Hills. The three Plandomes: Plandome, Plandome Manor and Plandome Heights are in the north.
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