East Farmingdale is a hamlet in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, and is a fire district. The hamlet of East Farmingdale shares its name, school district, library and post office with the village of Farmingdale. The name “East” was convenient to identify the area east of Farmingdale. Use of the name East Farmingdale distinguishes that the community is part of the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County.
The hamlet of East Farmingdale has two school districts. North of the railroad is the Half Hollow Hills School District, and south of the railroad is the Farmingdale School District.
The hamlet of East Farmingdale uses the 11735 base zip-code, which is also used by the Village of Farmingdale. Because mail delivery depends on zip-codes instead of community name, it really doesn’t matter whether letters are addressed to “Farmingdale, NY 11735” or “East Farmingdale, NY 11735.”
The hamlet of East Farmingdale is part of the East Farmingdale Fire District (the fire district is actually a bit larger than the hamlet). When a fire is reported or an ambulance is needed, it is important for a 911 operator to know the address or location where the help is needed. The caller doesn’t need to know whether they are in the Farmingdale Fire District or the East Farmingdale Fire District, the caller just needs to give the address or nearest street, and then the operator can dispatch the services.
Being within the Town of Babylon, the hamlet of East Farmingdale is served by the Town of Babylon Highway Department. Confusion can happen when people think that they need to call the Village of Farmingdale for a road repair, and are then told that they need to call the Town of Babylon, and vice-versa. Don’t worry, it happens a lot, in every municipality.
The hamlet of East Farmingdale has experienced many changes to its borders. Up until 1899, East Farmingdale bordered Queens County, before the eastern part of the old Queens County became Nassau County. Up until 1872, there wasn’t a defined boundary for what is now East Farmingdale, but the creation of a line between the Towns of Huntington and Babylon established the boundary, one mile north of the railroad line.
Source:
Cascone, Mary. A Brief History of the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, NY. 2025.
NK 3/31/2025