Northport was established in 1656 and incorporated in 1894. Its nickname is Cow Harbor because of the cows that used to graze on the waterfront. The zip code is 11768. It shares that zip code with the Village of Asharoken, Eaton's Neck, Crab Meadow and Fort Salonga.
Northport sits in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, but has its own Board of Trustees made up of a mayor and four trustees; a police department; municipal court; highway and parks departments; and an administrative staff housed at Village Hall.
The village, with a population of approximately 7,500, sits on New York State Route 25A, also known as Fort Salonga Road in some parts of Northport, on Long Island's picturesque North Shore.
Northport is known for its secluded deep-water harbor, beautiful parks and beaches, wealth of quaint 19th-century architecture and pedestrian-friendly downtown with a wide variety of stores and restaurants.
Main Street ends at the village dock and village green, site of numerous arts events and concerts in the gazebo.
The children who live within the village borders and attend public school go to Ocean Avenue Elementary, Northport Middle School and Northport High School. The Northport-East Northport School District's administration building is located within the village, as well.
Within its borders are two public beaches: Scudder and Steers. There are also several public parks including Northport Village Park, which features the dock and gazebo. The village offers dinghy racks, awarded annually by lottery, at all three locations.
U.S. Coast Guard station at Eatons Neck is responsible for the center portion of Long Island Sound from the Port Jefferson line on the south side and the Bridgeport, Conn. line on the north to just east of the Queens border. It also provides assistance to local boaters. The station is an active military base and is home to military personnel.
The station is also home to the Eatons Neck Lighthouse built in 1798 and is only accessible via private property and is generally not open to the public. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Since June 2008 this station has been commanded by CWO2 Robert Craighead. The station's equipment consists of two 41-foot utility boats and two 25-foot rescue boats. It also has a radio station, which is manned 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
The unit mascot is a black mastiff golden retriever mix named Nate. Nate is named after DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal, son of Northport Village Police Chief Ric Bruckenthal, the first Coast Guard combat fatality since the Vietnam War who died in Iraq on April 24, 2004 at the Khawr Al Amay Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq.
For more than fifty years, members of the Eaton's Neck Fire Department have provided the best level of service, security & safety to the residents of Eaton's Neck. The fire department is made up of volunteers devoted to protecting the community through hours of training. Eaton's Neck Fire Department's first volunteer was Charles Shoreys, a former member of the New York City Fire Auxiliary Corps.
The Northport VA Medical Center provides medical services to veterans. The VA's services include social work, specialty health care, women's health care and the Homeless Veterans Treatment Program, which includes a drop-in center, residential treatment, case management and outreach.
Asharoken Village is an isthmus located between Northport Village and Eaton's Neck, and part of the Town of Huntington. Around the turn of the 20th century, William Codling, a Northport lawyer, began to market a development he called Asharoken Beach. By 1915, Asharoken Beach had developed into a summer resort for upperclass families. In 1925, in order to increase control over its roads and beaches, Asharoken property owners formed an incorporated village. Today, Asharoken has its own Board of Trustees comprised of a mayor and four other members, as well as a police department and a municipal court.
The Northport Fire Department was founded in 1889. After several locations, including the current home of Village Hall and the Northport Police Department, the fire department moved to its current location in 1955. The department includes a hook and ladder company, rescue squad, dive patrol squad, EMS and bike patrol.
The department's main fundraiser is an annual carnival held at its fairgrounds in Steers Pit each July. The department's members also hold a Santa run each year as well as an open house, a car show and march in the annual Cow Harbor Day Parade.
The department established a junior firefighter program for those aged 14 to 18 in 1931. In 1954, the juveniles were named the Smokeaters. In addition to headquarters on Main Street, the department's Station No. 1 is located at 22 Waterside Avenue in Northport.
Andrew Raia of East Northport is a republican serving his fourth term as an assemblyman for the 9th Assembly District on Long Island, which consists of parts of the towns of Huntington, Babylon and Islip. His local office is located in Northport Village above Copenhagen Bakery.
Raia, born and raised in Huntington, received his bachelor's degree in political science from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1991.
Prior to his election to the assembly, Raia served for 12 years as a staff member in the legislative offices of the state assembly and senate, as well as the Suffolk County legislature.
Raia's mother, Jo-Ann Raia, is the Huntington town clerk.
The Northport Veterans' Affairs Medical Center is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. It is part of the New York/New Jersey Veterans Integrated Service Network, number 3.
Affiliated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook's Medical School, the medical center offers medical, surgical, psychiatric, rehabilitative and skilled nursing care to Long Island veterans.
The center features a medical library and provides social services such as counseling. It also has a homeless veterans treatment program, which includes outreach, residential treatment, case management, a drop-in center, supported work therapy and both permanent and transitional housing.
A 9-hole golf course is on-site, as well.