Hempstead

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(See also Hempstead, Town of) A small suburban town in Nassau County, with a population of about 15,000.

The village of Hempstead is identified in SYWTBAW as the home of Nita, Kit, Tom Swale and Carl Romeo. However, the zip code cited for it in the books (11575) is actually the Zip code for the hamlet of Roosevelt. (SYWTBAW et seq.)