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Syosset, New York
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Syosset is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States, in the northeastern section of the Town of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island. Syosset is served by the Syosset railroad station, the Syosset Post Office, the Syosset Central School District, the Syosset Public Library, the Syosset Fire Department, and the Jericho Water District. The population was 18,829 at the 2010 census. Syosset is located approximately... Show more 32 miles east of Midtown Manhattan, 14 miles east of eastern border with Queens, 23 miles southeast of the Throgs Neck Bridge, and 168 miles southeast of Albany, the state capital. It is also in close proximity to beaches, with Jones Beach only 19 miles south of the town. It borders Oyster Bay and Laurel Hollow to the north, Woodbury to the east, Plainview and Hicksville to the south, and Jericho and Muttontown to the west, Syosset is...
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