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Kings Park is very appropriate name considering all of the Long Island Towns .  Outside of TJ Max, Chase bank and a main street its mostly…  well, like a park. Before I go into further detail about Kings Park , take note the town is a total of 6,000 acres.  Out of all the towns within the Township of Smithtown Kings Park is by far the least commercialized.  Kings Park is most famous for Kings Park Psychiatric Center or “KPPC”.  In the year 1900 was KPPC had almost 3,000 patients and employed nearly 500 employees.  By 1954 Kings Park Psychiatric Center peaked over 9,000 patients!  In 1967 Ronald Reagan signed the Lanterman Petris Short Act which began a massive domino effect closing down psychiatric center’s nationwide.  In 1996 KPPC was shut down.  A lot of locals lost their jobs and many mental patients went back into society.  To this day you can drive through Kings Park to see mentally ill pe...

Farmingdale is a prominent on Long Island.  It is one of the few towns that are in both Suffolk and Nassau county.  Home to Farmingdale University one the most successful colleges on Long Island.  During the spring and fall you can visit Adventure Land a classic amusement park with your family and friends.  Farmingdale also has a phenomenal main street with some of the islands favorite Long Island Restaurants and bars.  Like the Library, Nutty Irish Men and Stuff a Bagel.  Hicksville , NY is within the same township as Farmingdale. Walking distance from main street is the LIRR making it easy to commute back and forth from NYC.  This a great town for young adults and families. - Lawrence E. Orient

Commack is a middle to middle/wealthy class town on Long Island. Like all of the other towns within Suffolk County the Commack Weather is outstanding in comparison to upstate New York. Commack NY is located on the North Shore within Suffolk County sitting in the middle of the island. Commack is one of the more populated towns in its county. They are filled with big franchise stores like Costco, Walmart, Target and Home Depot. In addition to the many stores you shop at the service industry is abundant in Commack. For example if you are looking for New York Computer Help , located right in Commack is CPR Networks . You will find many Commack Restaurants that you will love from Outback Steakhouse, Applebee’s Grill + Bar and IHOP. Let me ask you this, are do you own Restaurants in Commack? Let us know if you do in the comments! Across from the Bowling Alley on Jericho Turnpike you can find Boston Market, Wendy’s and Taco Bell right next to one another. With all of these busine...