Sea Cliff, New York

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The **Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff** is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. According to the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 4,995. The village is part of the North Shore School District.

Notable residents have included poet, journalist and editor William Cullen Bryant, inventor and entrepreneur LaMarcus Adna Thompson (who established Sea Cliff's Thompson Park residential development), poet and journalist Alfred Lansing, author of *Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage*, Pulitzer Prize–winning short story writer Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Dan Fagin, actress Natalie Portman, Emmy-award-winning comedian Kate McKinnon, John Rzeznik, frontman of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls, cartoonist Arnold Levin, Robert Ehrlich, founder of Pirate's Booty and Vegan Robs snack brands, Tim "The Tan Man" Ayers, R&B musician Mac Ayres, and Rose Elizabeth Bird, first female Chief Justice of California.

## Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (44.67%) is water.

### 2010 census

As of the 2010 census the population was 92.8% White, 88% Non-Hispanic white, 2.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.8% of the population.

### 2000 census

At the 2000 census there were 5,066 people, 2,013 households, and 1,356 families in the village. The population density was 4,655.1 people per square mile (1,794.5/km2). There were 2,082 housing units at an average density of 1,913.1 per square mile (737.5/km2). The racial makup of the village was 94.83% White, 1.68% African American, 0.10% Native American, 1.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.76%.

Of the 2,013 households 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 26.6% of households were one person and 9.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.06.

The age distribution was 24.1% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.

The median household income was $78,501 and the median family income was $100,576. Males had a median income of $65,469 versus $41,146 for females. The per capita income for the village was $41,707. About 2.1% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.7% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

## History

Several buildings in Sea Cliff, mostly Victorian houses, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many of them were built as summer homes as part of Sea Cliff's late nineteenth century role as a resort town, and they have been collectively called "one of the best collections of late Victorian era architecture in Nassau County."

Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library and Museum ComplexSea Cliff FirehouseSt. Luke's Protestant Episcopal ChurchCentral HallChrist BuildingCrowell HouseStephen Harding HouseHouse at 173 Sixteenth AvenueHouse at 18 Seventeenth AvenueHouse at 52 Eighteenth AvenueHouse at 58 Eighteenth AvenueHouse at 65 Twentieth AvenueHouse at 207 Carpenter Avenue"The Woodshed".jpgHouse at 115 Central AvenueHouse at 332 Franklin AvenueHouse at 378 Glen AvenueHouse at 9 Locust PlaceHouse at 19 Locust PlaceHouse at 137 Prospect AvenueHouse at 176 Prospect AvenueHouse at 195 Prospect AvenueHouse at 199 Prospect AvenueHouse at 103 Roslyn AvenueHouse at 112 Sea Cliff AvenueHouse at 240 Sea Cliff AvenueHouse at 285 Sea Cliff AvenueHouse at 362 Sea Cliff Avenue

## External links

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* seacliff-ny.gov—official website of the village

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1. ↑ Goo Goo Dolls frontman selling Sea Cliff home. *Newsday* (2012-03-07).
2. ↑ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2011-02-12).
3. ↑ U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau.
4. ↑ U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau.
5. ↑ Template:NRISref
6. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Listings. *Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/22/11 through 8/26/11*. National Park Service (2011-09-02).
7. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Listings. *Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/03/12 through 1/06/12*. National Park Service (2012-01-13).
8. ↑ Sea Cliff Summer Resort Thematic Group 2, 4. National Park Service (1986-10-08).