Hotels in Garden City, New York

A little about Garden City...

Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. The village is located 18.5 miles to the east of mid-town Manhattan, on Long Island. Garden City is on the border of the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead.

The Garden City name is also applied to unincorporated areas in the region such as Garden City South, Garden City Park and East Garden City. Roosevelt Field, the current shopping center and former airfield from which Charles Lindbergh took off on his landmark 1927 flight, is located in East Garden City. The Village of Stewart Manor and Cathedral Gardens, an area in the village of Hempstead have close ties to the village of Garden City, as they have similar socio-economic backgrounds. These areas are considered the "Greater Garden City" region.

In the 1970s, the old Garden City Hotel declared bankruptcy, and subsequently closed. The hotel was later demolished, and unfortunately Garden City lost one of its grandest and most historical landmarks. A new Garden City Hotel was constructed on the previous site of the old Garden City Hotel. It remains Long Island's most luxurious hotel, the epitome of class and hospitality.

Beautification:
In the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, the village's downtown areas (Seventh Street, New Hyde Park Road and Franklin Avenue) benefitted from a renewal campaign and new construction which has been nationally recognized. Franklin Avenue has long been known as the "Fifth Avenue of Long Island," although many upscale department stores (such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and A&S) moved from Franklin Avenue to the Roosevelt Field Mall. However, Lord and Taylor has a large freestanding location that opened in 1956 on Franklin Avenue, which is still there today and Sears now occupies the building that was once home to Bloomingdale's. Presently, Franklin Avenue is living up to its new nick-name as the "Wall Street of Long Island," being the home to many banks and investment firms. Several luxury restaurants have also opened in recent years along this majestic avenue, giving Franklin Avenue another moniker, "Restaurant Row."