Question: West Hempstead is a station serving a hamlet in New York with a population of how many in 2010?

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Lakeview (LIRR station): Lakeview is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.  It is located on the southeast corner of Eagle Avenue & Woodfield Road in Lakeview, New York, and exists as little more than a high-level sheltered platform.  Hempstead Lake State Park is nearby.  The former Southern Hempstead Branch crossed the line north of this station.

West Hempstead, New York: West Hempstead is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States.  The population was 18,862 at the 2010 census.  West Hempstead is an unincorporated area in the Town of Hempstead and is represented by Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Hempstead Gardens (LIRR station): Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.  It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York.  It is also one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside of New York City, with no parking facilities.  The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.

West Hempstead Branch: The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York.  It runs between Valley Stream, New York, and West Hempstead, New York.

Hempstead Lake State Park: Hempstead Lake State Park is a 737 acre state park located in Nassau County, New York in the United States.  The park is located in West Hempstead and is one of three state parks within the Town of Hempstead.  There is a quick-access entrance at exit 18 from the Southern State Parkway.  The park contains the largest freshwater lake in Nassau County.

Atlantic Terminal: Atlantic Terminal, formerly called Flatbush Avenue, is the westernmost stop on the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City.  It is the primary terminal for the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, and West Hempstead Branches.  The terminal is located in the City Terminal Zone, the LIRR's Zone 1, and thus part of the CityTicket program.  The LIRR announced that extra service from Babylon and Hicksville will go directly to Atlantic Terminal during New York Islanders games at Barclays Center.  Passengers would normally have to transfer at Jamaica to go to Babylon or Hicksville.

West Hempstead (LIRR station): West Hempstead is the terminal station at the east end of the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving West Hempstead, New York, United States.  It is located at Hempstead Avenue and Hempstead Gardens Drive.

Westwood (LIRR station): Westwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving the villages of Malverne, Lynbrook, and Valley Stream, New York.  The station platform is located on Foster Avenue in Malverne, New York, with parking facilities on both the Malverne (Foster Avenue at Motley Street) and Lynbrook (Whitehall Street at Whittier Street) sides of the tracks.  It has no station building other than a pair of open shelters, the larger one on the Malverne side of the tracks.  It also features a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing, one of only two such stations on the Long Island Rail Road to exclusively feature such crossings, the other being Stony Brook.

West Hempstead High School: West Hempstead High School is a public high school located in West Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, U.S.A., and is the only high school operated by the West Hempstead Union Free School District.

Malverne (LIRR station): Malverne is a historic railroad station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.  It is officially located at Hempstead Avenue and Utterby Road, in Malverne, New York, and is also parallel to Church Street near Malverne Village Hall.  Parking is primarily for those with residential and non-residential permits, but metered parking is available.

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Answer: 18,862