Medford, New York Medford, New York Northbound NY 112 approaching Medford Station Northbound NY 112 approaching Medford Station Medford, New York is positioned in New York Medford, New York - Medford, New York Medford is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
It is served by the Patchogue-Medford School District, except for extreme southeastern Medford, which is served by the South Country Central School District, and extreme northeastern Medford, which is served by the Longwood Central School District.
The Long Island Rail Road established the Medford Station in 1843 in a flat wilderness in the Long Island Central Pine Barrens.
In 1907 the LIRR established the Medford Prosperity Farm (officially called Experimental Station #2) on 80 acres (320,000 m2) to show that crops could be raised in the Pine Barrens.
By the mid-to-late-20th century, developers were building new neighborhoods inside Medford.
The evolution encompassed a King Kullen shopping center on Horse Block Road west of Eagle Avenue, and a youth baseball and athletic field east of Sipp Avenue between Wave and Race avenues.
The Long Island Expressway was assembled through Medford in 1970, with interchanges at NY 112 and Horse Block Road, the latter of which is close to an older interchange with Horse Block Road and Long Island Avenue, and was not instead of until 1999.
The Pines was established in the 1970s east of Buffalo Avenue, south of Jamaica Avenue, north of Woodside Avenue and far west of Patchogue-Yaphank Road.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 10.8 square miles (28.0 km2), all land. Medford is crossed by a several busy roadways, including Horseblock Road (Suffolk CR 16), NY 112, Patchogue-Yaphank Road/Sills Road (Suffolk CR 101) and the Long Island Expressway.
Public transit in Medford has been provided by the Long Island Rail Road since the town was created.
The ethnic makeup of the CDP was 89.18% White, 3.98% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.11% from other competitions, and 2.07% from two or more competitions.
The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $67,153, and the median income for a family was $70,493 (these figures had risen to $81,400 and $90,323 in the order given as of a 2007 estimate).
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