Port Washington, New York | |
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![]() Main Street in Port Washington, looking east on September 1, 2022. | |
Nicknames: "Port"; "PW" | |
![]() Location in Nassau County and the state of New York | |
Coordinates: 40°49′44″N 73°41′12″W / 40.82889°N 73.68667°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Nassau |
Town | North Hempstead |
First settled | 1644 |
Named for | George Washington |
Area | |
• Total | 5.65 sq mi (14.64 km2) |
• Land | 4.20 sq mi (10.88 km2) |
• Water | 1.45 sq mi (3.76 km2) |
Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,753 |
• Density | 3,987.86/sq mi (1,539.71/km2) |
Demonym | Port Washingtonian |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 11050–11055 |
Area codes | 516, 363 |
FIPS code | 36-59520 |
GNIS feature ID | 0960979 |
Website | www |
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The hamlet is the anchor community of the Greater Port Washington area. The population was 16,753 at the time of the 2020 census.