Lake Success is a village and a part of Great Neck in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 2,934 at the 2010 census. Lake Success is in the Town of North Hempstead on northwest Long Island. Lake Success was the temporary home of the United Nations from 1946 to 1951, occupying the headquarters of the Sperry Gyroscope Company on Marcus Avenue. It is also the home of Canon U.S.A., Inc., though Canon U.S.A. is due to move its corporate headquarters to Melville, NY . Lake Success derives its name from a kettle lake of the same name which according to village lore had a... Native American name of "Sucut." William K. Vanderbilt II bought land around the lake in the early 19th Century for a home. The village was incorporated in 1926. In 1939 the United States government bought a large tract between Marcus Avenue, Lakeville Road and Union Turnpike, to be the home to the Sperry Gyroscope Company which built a variety of maritime, military, aerospace and navigation products. During World War II the plant had 22,000 employees.
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| County: | Nassau County |
| State: | New York |
| Population: | 2,893 |
| Area: | 1.9 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Lake Success, New York, Nassau County / Lake Success village |