page_title: Wantagh, New York
section_title: Museums
hierarchical_section_title: Wantagh, New York / Public services / Museums
caption_attribution_description: English: The former Wantagh (LIRR station), parlor car, and post office(not shown) within the historic Wantagh Railroad Complex, which was moved from its previous location when the Babylon Branch was elevated during the mid-20th Century. The site is currently on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, United States. The population of Wantagh was 18,871 at the time of the 2010 census. It is serviced by the Wantagh Station on the Long Island Rail Road.
  Wantagh is known as "The Gateway to Jones Beach".
context_section_description: The Wantagh Museum of the Wantagh Preservation Society displays Wantagh's original Long Island Rail Road Stationhouse, the "Jamaica" (an original 1912 LIRR car), and the original Wantagh Post Office building.
caption: Old Wantagh Station with a 1912 LIRR car
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