Cedarhurst is a village in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York. Cedarhurst is located in the Town of Hempstead. The village is named after a grove of trees that once stood at the post office. Cedarhurst’s early name was Ocean Point. Rail service arrived in 1869 which led people to the area, especially to the Rockaway Hunting Club, built in Cedarhurst in 1878. A post office was established in 1884, and Ocean Point was renamed Cedarhurst, partly at the request of the Hunt Club. Cedarhurst is a part of the “Five Towns”, together with the village of Lawrence and the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and “The Hewletts”, which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck and the hamlet of Hewlett, along with Woodsburgh.
Population: 6,592
Zip Code: 11516
Area Code: 516
Elevation: 26′
Cedarhurst Patch (Five Towns Patch)
Cedarhurst Chamber of Commerce
