Gold Coast: Explore the Gold Coast
This western-most North Shore neighborhood where mansions and millionaires once abounded is epitomized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. MORE INFORMATION »
American Dream: Explore the American Dream
America's suburban ideal is expressed in the western interior of the North Shore Heritage Area, near rail and road corridors. MORE INFORMATION »
Maritime Coast: Explore the Maritime Coast
Safe harbors and deep-water ports gave rise to working waterfront communities all along the coast. MORE INFORMATION »
Pine Barrens: Explore the Pine Barrens
Natural heritage is showcased in the Pine Barrens, one of the largest preserves in New York, which sits atop a freshwater aquifer formed by the retreat of the final glacial ice tide. MORE INFORMATION »
Harvest Coast: Explore the Harvest Coast
The North Fork of Long Island contains some of the most agriculturally productive land in New York State. MORE INFORMATION »

American Dream

America's suburban ideal is expressed in the western interior of the North Shore Heritage Area, near rail and road corridors. This "neighborhood" extends from the Nassau-Queens border well into Suffolk County. Its center is near the Walt Whitman Mall and the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site in Huntington. Post-war society provided opportunities in bedroom communities that became known as the American Dream, although some of the western communities have much earlier histories.

Events In American Dream

Poetry Reading, Oberon Magazine, Walt Whitman Birthplace, poem, arts, historic

Poetry Reading by Oberon Poetry Magazine at Walt Whitman Historic Birthplace

February 27, 2011