About Plainview
Set in the southeastern part of New York, Plainview is a small unincorporated community.
Officially, Plainview is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.72 square miles.
📰 Plainview News Today
- Fire investigation: 67-year-old woman dies after Plainview, New York house scorched by intense fire ABC7 New York · Feb 7
- Plainview Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
- Plainview industrial property trades for $5.2M Long Island Business News · Mar 17
- Plainview-Old Bethpage School Budget Results Are In: Incumbents Re-Elected Patch · May 19
- Helene Luszczyk Obituary - Plainview, NY Dignity Memorial · Jun 20
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Plainview Unique
- One of 8 places in the US named Plainview — but the New York one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Plainview
📍 Clearview Village📍 Country Pointe at Plainview📍 The Hamlet on Olde Oyster Bay📍 Woodbury Oaks at Woodbury
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Plainview
- Ayhan's Shish kebab — kebab
- Ficarra Ristorante — italian
- Main Event — american
- Morrison's — american
- New Hama Fusion
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- 5th Ave Halal Food
- Blue Angel Diner
- Center Coffee Shop — coffee shop (café)
- China View — chinese
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Main Event
- Museum of American Armor · Museum
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Plainview
- 9/11 Memorial Park reviews ★
- Acorn Lane Park P-34 reviews ★
- Beatrice Lane Park reviews ★
- Beaumont Park P-32 reviews ★
- Borella Field reviews ★
- Brook Path Park P-15 reviews ★
- Captain Omer Neutra Memorial Park reviews ★
- Cynthia Lane Park P-9 reviews ★
- Devonshire Park P-13 reviews ★
- Fresno Drive Park P-14 reviews ★
- Gordon Ave Park P-2 reviews ★
- Hollywood Park P-5 reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Plainview
- BAYLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- H B MATTLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
- JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- KRAMER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
- PLAINVIEW-OLD BETHPAGE/JFK HIGH SCHOOL
- STRATFORD ROAD SCHOOL
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Plainview Hospital ★★★★ (4/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNew York
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.72 sq mi
Coordinates40.7818, -73.4731