To live in Mill Neck, NY., is to live in one of the most expensive addresses in the United States. It is probably where most of the wealthy homeowners are concentrated according to some of the exclusive magazine for the rich and famous. Although I have my doubt to some extent.
I live in Oyster Bay for 38 years now and know the town and the surrounding areas very well. Mill Neck is right next to Oyster Bay and I know some friends who live in the area. Some are very wealthy and some are just ordinary folks.
The area that is called Mill Neck is a whole mix of areas. There are few streets very close to Oyster Bay which have a Mill Neck zip code and comparatively speaking have smaller houses on small property. Then there is the area called Mill Neck Estate which also have smaller lots and close to Bayville Bridge but mid-priced homes. The Mill Neck properties which get the most headlines as most expensive homes in the United States have big mansions on huge properties. Mill Neck is a lovely community with rolling hills and big properties. It overlooks Oyster Bay Harbor to the east, Mill Neck Bay to the north and Beaver Lake flows right in the middle toward the Mill Neck Bay. There is an ice skating rink near Beaver Lake. Shu Swamp Nature Preserve is close by near Francis Pond. Part of Mill Neck borders the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park - a 400 acres state park. There is also a horse farm in the area.
The Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf is located on a big property with a 35-room Tudor Gothic manor house completed in 1927 for Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dodge. The whole manor house was imported from England and reassembled in Mill Neck brick by brick. It was purchased by the Lutheran Friends of the Deaf in 1947. It is the place where the annual Apple Festival is held every first weekend in October. The Village Hall is located on Frost Mill Rd. near the Mill Neck Manor.
The John P Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is located in Mill Neck. It is probably the best kept secret in town. Very few people know it is there. It is now open to the public. It used to be owned by John P. Humes, a former Ambassador to Japan who brought the idea of Japanese Garden to his Mill Neck home. Now the garden is a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy.
A four-acre gem of landscape design, the garden provides a retreat for passive recreation and contemplation. The views, textures, and balance of elements in the garden follow Japanese aesthetic principles, encouraging a contemplative experience. The garden suggests a mountain setting beside a sea, where gravel paths represent streams forming pools and cascades, eventually flowing into the ocean, represented by a pond. There are private and garden tours and tea ceremony demonstrations at designated days and time.
There will be a garden's sale of native and Asian planats on May 16 & 17, 2009.
There used to be a railroad station in Mill Neck which catered to the wealthy residents of Mill Neck during the Gold Coast era. From what I heard, Long Island Railroad closed the Mill Neck train station recently due to the fact that only one passenger takes the train there now. Most residents either take the train from nearby stations in Oyster Bay or Locust Valley which are so close by.
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