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Albertson is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 5,182 at the 2010 census.

Albertson CDP overview:
Name:	Albertson CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	New York
County:	Nassau County
Elevation:	128 ft (39 m)
Total Area:	0.68 sq mi (1.76 km²)
Land Area:	0.68 sq mi (1.76 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	5,220
Population Density:	7,687.78/sq mi (2,968.34/km²)
ZIP code:	11507
Area code:	516, 363
FIPS code:	3601011
GNISfeature ID:	0942241

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History

The first European settler was John Seren who came from Connecticut in 1644. Later Townsend Albertson started a farm and gristmill and the community became known as Albertson.

In 1850, a road was built through Albertson on the lands of Isaac Underhill Willets. The road is still known as I.U. Willets Road. (Willets complained that Long Island has more roads than it would ever need). The Long Island Rail Road opened an Albertson train station in 1864.

In 1908, the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was built on the southern border of Albertson. In 1938, it was closed, and in 1940, it was replaced by the Northern State Parkway, which runs along the northern border of Albertson.

In 1946, suburbanization began with a small development by William Levitt. The last farms were developed in the mid-1960s.

The Searingtown School (now in Albertson) was one of the schools involved in the landmark Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale (1962), which disallowed government-directed prayers in public schools.