Rockville Centre, New York
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Rockville Centre is a village located in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 24,023. The town is made up of middle to upper middle class residents, most of the wealthier residents residing on the north side of town near the Rockville Centre Links. In general, Rockville Centre is widely considered one of the more affluent Nassau County
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

 villages.

Rockville Centre is in the southwestern section of the Town of Hempstead
Town of Hempstead, New York
Hempstead is one of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, United States, occupying the southwest part of the county. There are twenty-two incorporated villages completely or partially in the town. Hempstead's combined population was 759,757 at the 2010 Census, the majority of the population...

.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there are 24,568 people residing in the village, organized into 9,201 households and 6,468 families. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 is 7,496.5 people per square mile (2,892.0/km2). There are 9,419 housing units at an average density of 2,874.0 per square mile (1,108.7/km2); , the average home
value is more than $500,000. The racial makeup of the village is 84.3% White, 9.8% African American, 1.5% Asian, 0.08% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.0% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. 7.8% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 9,201 households, out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% are non-families. 26.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.25.

In the village the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 women there are 87.9 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 81.9 men.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the village is $99,299, and the median income for a family is $128,579. Males have a median income of $70,149 versus $43,800 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the village is $40,739. 5.0% of the population and 2.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.0% of those under the age of 18 and 5.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Education

Rockville Centre houses five public elementary schools:
The Watson School, The Covert School, The Wilson School, The Hewitt School, and The Riverside School. In addition to the elementary schools, Rockville Centre also consists of South Side Middle School and South Side High School
South Side High School (Rockville Centre, New York)
South Side High School is the only public high school in the town of Rockville Centre, New York. South Side serves grades 9 through 12 and boasts a variety of academic, extra-curricular and athletic programs, including the International Baccalaureate Curriculum in junior and senior years. School...

.

In addition, The Saint Agnes School's campus is located in central Rockville Centre. The Saint Agnes School houses Kindergarten to Eighth Grade academic programs. The Saint Agnes School's Upper School (9-12) has since been closed, but did share the complex at one point. Students of the private school come from all parts of Nassau County.

The district extends farther than Rockville Centres borders, including half of South Hempstead
South Hempstead, New York
South Hempstead is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 3,243 at the 2010 census.South Hempstead is in the town of Hempstead...

, and some of Hempstead
Hempstead (village), New York
Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census.Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale.-Foundation:...

. One of the schools, Covert, is located in South Hempstead.

In 2008, South Side High School was again ranked in Newsweek's The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. schools, this year at #42. Year after year, RVC has maintained this distinction, at #44 in 2007, #32 in 2006, #45 in 2005 and #65 in 2003.

Geography

Rockville Centre is located at 40°39'48" North, 73°38'13" West (40.663390, −73.636831).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the village has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²), of which, 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it is water. The total area is 2.38% water.

Government

Village Board of Trustees
  • Mayor – Francis X. Murray (RVC United) (2011–)
  • Deputy Mayor – Nancy Howard (RVC United) (2011–)
  • Trustee – Kevin R. Glynn (Common Sense) (2009–)
  • Trustee – Edward J. Oppenheimer (Concerned Citizens) (2009–)
  • Trustee – Michael Sepe (RVC United) (2011–)


Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Rockville Centre include:
  • Dave Attell
    Dave Attell
    Dave Attell is an American stand-up comedian and the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell and The Gong Show with Dave Attell.-Stand-up beginning:...

     (1965–), comedian.
  • Pete Axthelm
    Pete Axthelm
    Pete Axthelm worked as a sportswriter and columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, Sports Illustrated and Newsweek. During the 1980s, his knowledge of sports and journalistic skill aided him in becoming a sports commentator for The NFL on NBC and NFL Primetime and horse racing on ESPN...

     (1943–91), sportswriter, columnist, journalist, and TV sports commentator.
  • Tommy Bianco
    Tommy Bianco
    Thomas Anthony Bianco is a former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was born in Rockville Centre, New York. He was a switch hitter and threw right handed....

    , MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers
    The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

    .
  • John Byner
    John Byner
    John Byner is an American actor, comedian, and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and movie career. His voice work includes the cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced by Byner's impressions of Dean Martin and Jackie Mason,...

     (1938–), impersonator, comedian, actor.
  • Kevin Connors
    Kevin Connors
    Kevin Connors is a sports television journalist for ESPN. He is a host of ESPN SportsCenter. For the 2010-11 NBA Season, he served as the network's primary host for NBA Coast to Coast and NBA Fastbreak in addition to other NBA programming duties. He is also a fill-in host, for NFL Live and...

    , ESPNNEWS sports anchor.
  • Ted Demme
    Ted Demme
    Edward K. "Ted" Demme was an American film director and producer.- Early life and career :Born in New York City, Demme grew up in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York and attended South Side Senior High School. He graduated from SUNY-Cortland in 1985. His media career likely began with a...

     (1963–2002), film director and producer.
  • Billy Donovan
    Billy Donovan
    William John "Billy" Donovan, Jr. is an American college basketball coach and a former college and professional basketball player. Donovan is the current head coach of the Florida Gators men's basketball team of the University of Florida...

     (1965–), University of Florida men's basketball coach; NCAA champion 2006, 2007.
  • Joseph Fins
    Joseph Fins
    Joseph Jack Fins is an American physician and medical ethicist. He is Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College where he serves as The E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics, and Professor of Medicine, Professor of...

     (1959–), physician and medical ethicist.
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer and historian, and an oft-seen political commentator. She is the author of biographies of several U.S...

    , award winning author, historian, TV news analyst, and 1995 Pulitzer Prize winner for history.
  • Seth Grahame-Smith
    Seth Grahame-Smith
    Seth Grahame-Smith is an American best-selling author, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is best known as the author of The New York Times best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, both of which are being adapted as feature films...

    , writer and film producer.
  • Mel Gussow
    Mel Gussow
    Melvyn H. Gussow was an American theater critic, movie critic, and author who wrote for The New York Times for 35 years.-Biography:...

     (1933–2005), theater critic for The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

    .
  • Jimmy Hayes
    Jimmy Hayes
    James Allison "Jimmy" Hayes is a Republican politician from the state of Louisiana.Born in Lafayette, Hayes graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . He served in the Louisiana Air National Guard from 1968 to 1974...

    , all-time Boston University basketball scoring average leader.
  • Joey Heatherton
    Joey Heatherton
    Joey Heatherton is an American actress, dancer, and singer.-Early life:Christened Davenie Johanna Heatherton and nicknamed "Joey," she was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a suburb of New York City. There she attended St. Agnes Cathedral School, a Catholic grade and high school...

     (1944–), actor.
  • Ray Heatherton
    Ray Heatherton
    Ray Heatherton was an American singer, Broadway musical theatre performer, and a popular New York television personality in the early days of the medium.-Early career:...

     (1909–97), actor.
  • Art Heyman
    Art Heyman
    Arthur Bruce "Art" Heyman is an American former professional basketball player.-Early years:Heyman, who was Jewish, was born in New York City, New York. A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman was heavily recruited by many schools, and originally signed a...

    , All-American at Duke University.
  • Henry Hill (1943–), mob informant.
  • Billy Idol
    Billy Idol
    William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...

    , rock singer.
  • Joan Jett
    Joan Jett
    Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...

     (1958–), rock musician.
  • Dean Kamen
    Dean Kamen
    Dean L. Kamen is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire.Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe...

     (1951–), Segway Human Transporter inventor.
  • Kerry Keating
    Kerry Keating
    Kerry Keating is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University.Keating was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts and grew up in Rockville Centre, on New York's Long Island...

    , Head Coach, Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...

     Broncos and former UCLA Bruins' assistant coach.
  • Sandy Koufax
    Sandy Koufax
    Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...

     (1935–), former major league Hall of Fame pitcher
  • Frank Layden
    Frank Layden
    Frank Layden is a retired American basketball coach and executive of the NBA's Utah Jazz.-Coaching career:In additional to his coaching at the professional level, Layden is also a former head coach and player of his alma mater Niagara University's basketball team...

    , former Niagara University coach, Atlanta Hawks assistant coach, and president and head coach of the Utah Jazz
    Utah Jazz
    The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

    .
  • Brian Mahoney
    Brian Mahoney
    Brian Mahoney was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Barnsley.-References:*99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History...

    , Haggerty award winner; N.Y. Net player [ABA]; and head basketball coach at Manhattan College and St. John's University.
  • Brendan Malone
    Brendan Malone
    Brendan Malone is an American professional basketball coach in the NBA. He was named as the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors, one of two 1995 NBA expansion teams in Canada. An alumnus of Iona College, Malone was appointed the job by the Raptors' general manager of the time, Isiah Thomas...

    , assistant coach for the Orlando Magic [NBA], and former head coach of the Toronto Raptors
    Toronto Raptors
    The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...

     and Cleveland Cavaliers
    Cleveland Cavaliers
    The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...

    .
  • Terry McDermott
    Terry McDermott
    Terence "Terry" McDermott is a former football midfielder and current coach. He is currently the assistant manager at League One side Huddersfield Town.He is the father of Newcastle United player Greg McDermott and Marsaxlokk player Neale McDermott-Early career:McDermott joined Bury as a youngster...

    , LA Dodgers, TV sports reporter/director.
  • Anne Meara
    Anne Meara
    Anne Meara is an American actress and comedian. She and Jerry Stiller were a prominent 1960s comedy team, appearing as Stiller and Meara, and are the parents of actor/comedian Ben and actress Amy Stiller.- Personal life :...

     (1929–), actress and comedienne.
  • John Nolan and Michelle Nolan
    Michelle Nolan
    Michelle DaRosa is an American musician, formerly of the band Straylight Run, for whom she was a vocalist, guitarist, and pianist.- Biography :...

     of the band Straylight Run
    Straylight Run
    Straylight Run was an indie rock band based in Baldwin, New York. Two of the members, Nolan and Cooper, had been members of Taking Back Sunday and have now rejoined that band. Their final releases are the EPs About Time and Un Mas Dos, preceded by the full-length album entitled The Needles The...

     were born there.
  • Mark O'Connell, drummer of the band Taking Back Sunday
    Taking Back Sunday
    Taking Back Sunday is a rock band from Long Island, NY, formed in 1999 by guitarist Eddie Reyes. Current members of the band are Adam Lazzara , John Nolan , Eddie Reyes , Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell ....

    , grew up in Rockville Centre and attended South Side High School.
  • Daryl Palumbo
    Daryl Palumbo
    Daryl Palumbo is an Italian American musician, , grew up in Bellmore, New York. He is the frontman of the bands Glassjaw and Head Automatica. As a youth he was a member of the Long Island straight edge band XbustedX, however he has since rejected that philosophy...

     (1979–), of the bands GlassJaw and Head Automatica
    Head Automatica
    Head Automatica is a Dance Rock band, formed by Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo with Jarvis Holden, formerly of Give Up the Ghost or American Nightmare, Jim Greer, and Brandon Arnovick.-History:...

    .
  • Floyd Patterson
    Floyd Patterson
    Floyd Patterson was an American heavyweight boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by...

     (1935–2006), Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • Frank Pellegrino
    Frank Pellegrino
    Frank Pellegrino is an American actor and restaurateur.Born in East Harlem, Pellegrino has often acted in law and gangster-themed film and television productions. He was a member of an early sixties singing group called The Holidaes. There is a rare recording of a song called "Never" that appears...

    , actor and restaurateur.
  • Tommy Rainone
    Tommy Rainone
    Tommy Rainone is an American welterweight boxer nicknamed 'The Razor'. His current record is won 14 + lost 4...

    , welterweight boxer.
  • Joan Roberts, created the role of Laurey in the original production of Oklahoma! on Broadway.
  • Ted Robinson
    Ted Robinson (sportscaster)
    Theodore "Ted" Robinson is an American sportscaster. He is currently the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco 49ers, having taken over for longtime 49ers announcer, Joe Starkey, following Starkey's retirement in 2009.-Early life:Ted Robinson grew up in Rockville Centre, New York and...

    , Emmy Award winning and veteran radio and TV sports announcer for NBC, USA, and other networks.
  • Amy Schumer
    Amy Schumer
    Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian. She placed fourth on NBC's Last Comic Standing Season 5, and she placed second on Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back.-Life and career:...

    , comedienne.
  • Robert B. Silvers
    Robert B. Silvers
    Robert Benjamin Silvers is an American editor who has served as editor of The New York Review of Books since 1963. According to a 2007 Vanity Fair article, "Jason Epstein's assessment of Silvers as 'The most brilliant editor of a magazine ever to have worked in this country' has been 'shared by...

     (1929–), editor of The New York Review of Books
    The New York Review of Books
    The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...

  • Dean Skelos
    Dean Skelos
    Dean G. Skelos is an American politician and the Republican Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate. Skelos represents District 9 in the State Senate, which comprises the southwest region of Nassau County. He is the second Long Islander to hold the position of Majority...

    , State Senator
    State Senator
    A state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one house State Legislature.There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house...

    , New York State Senate's Republican Majority Leader.
  • Howard Stern
    Howard Stern
    Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...

     (1954–), radio personality.
  • Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio
    Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio
    Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is a priest, theologian, a certified life coach and spinning instructor, and the author of God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom. She was the instructor of the "Christian Theology and Harry Potter" seminar at Yale...

    , author, theologian, and religious leader.
  • Marc Turnesa
    Marc Turnesa
    Marc Turnesa is an American professional golfer who has played on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He is the grandson of Mike Turnesa, one of seven well-known golfing brothers of the early 20th century....

    , golfer on the PGA Tour.
  • Jay Wright
    Jay Wright (coach)
    Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright, Jr. is an American basketball coach. He is currently the men's coach at Villanova University. He was born in Churchville, Pennsylvania, U.S., and is married to a former Villanova cheerleader...

     (1961–), head coach of the Villanova Wildcats
    Villanova Wildcats
    The Villanova Wildcats is the name of the athletic teams of Villanova University. They compete in the Big East for every sport except football, where they compete in the Colonial Athletic Association .-Men's basketball:The Villanova Wildcats compete in the Big EAST and are currently coached by Jay...

     basketball team.
  • AJ Wynder, member of the 1990–91 NBA Boston Celtics.
  • Bethenny Frankel
    Bethenny Frankel
    Bethenny Frankel is an American reality show personality, author, entrepreneur and natural foods chef. She was a contestant in the 2005 series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart and one of the original five housewives featured on the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City...

    , Entrepreneur and Real Housewife of New York City.
  • Kenny Laguna, Producer, songwriter and musician.
  • June Diane Raphael
    June Diane Raphael
    June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter known for appearing in films such as Year One and Going the Distance...

    , Actress, comedienne, writer.
  • Harvey Sorgen, Former drummer for Hot Tuna

Films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science fiction film about an estranged couple who have each other erased from their memories, scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by the French director, Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, psychological...

    (2004), starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. Rockville Centre is mentioned as the home-destination of both Joel Barish (Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet) when the two play hooky from work to visit Montauk, Long Island.

  • WinWin (2011) Staring Burt Young and Paul Giamatti Filmed a few scenes in Rockville Centre.

  • Edward Burns
    Edward Burns
    Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor, film producer, writer and director.-Early life:Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, the son of Molly , a federal agency manager, and Edward J. Burns, a public relations spokesman and police officer. He was raised a Roman Catholic...

     has filmed scenes of several of his films in Rockville Centre. Burns has relatives that live on the north side of Rockville Centre.

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