Carle Place, NY — Crash Data, Roads, History & Law
Carle Place is an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, with 5,005 residents at the 2020 Census. Federal crash records show 12 fatal crashes that killed 13 people within its boundaries from 2010 through 2024 — 6 of them on foot. Glen Cove Rd (CR 1) accounted for more of those deaths (4) than any other road. Residents who commute travel an average of 28.8 minutes each way.
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Carle Place at a glance
- Status
- Hamlet (unincorporated; census-designated place)
- Town
- North Hempstead
- County
- Nassau County
- Population (2020 Census)
- 5,005[C]
- Housing units (2020)
- 1,908
- Land area
- 0.96 sq mi
- Density
- 5,223 people per sq mi
- Average commute
- 28.8 minutes[B]
- Traffic deaths, 2010–2024
- 13[A]
- ZIP Code
- 11514
- Legal status
- Unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County[1]
- Police
- Nassau County Police Department, Third Precinct (no village government or separate police department; hamlet is entirely NCPD-patrolled)[2][3]
- Prior written notice law
- Town of North Hempstead Code Chapter 26, "Highways: Notice of Defect," adopted January 10, 1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978, since Carle Place has no village government of its own[4]
- State parkway
- Meadowbrook Parkway (NY 908E), a state parkway reaching Carle Place at its northern end[5]
- Census geography
- Carle Place CDP · GEOID 3612419 · GNIS 2389277
- Coordinates
- 40.7499°N, 73.6124°W
Hamlets in New York have no legal boundary or government of their own. Figures here use the Census Bureau's census-designated place, the standard statistical outline for the community; local usage of the name can be wider or narrower.
Fatal crashes in Carle Place, 2010–2024
From January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2024, 13 people died in 12 crashes on public roads inside Carle Place, according to the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System.[A] Pedestrians account for 6 of those deaths (46%). The deadliest year was 2017, with 3 deaths.
- Fatal crashes
- 12
- People killed
- 13
- Pedestrians
- 6
- Bicyclists
- 1
- Motorcyclists
- 2
- Vehicle occupants
- 4
2024 figures come from NHTSA's Annual Report File and may be revised.
View the chart as a table
| Year | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Roads where people died
| Road | Crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Cove Rd (CR 1) | 4 | 4 |
| Meadowbrook State Parkway | 2 | 3 |
| Old Country Road | 2 | 2 |
| Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 1 | 1 |
| Cr-E57 | 1 | 1 |
| Park Ave | 1 | 1 |
| E Gate Blvd | 1 | 1 |
Road names as recorded by police and normalised to common Long Island names.
When and where
- Of the 12 crashes with a recorded time, 3 happened between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., 2 between 4 and 8 p.m., 6 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 1 between 6 and 10 a.m.
- 25% happened in darkness.
- 3 of the 13 deaths were on expressways or parkways; 10 were on arterials and local streets.
- 1 crash killed more than one person.
Who owns the roads where they happened (2015–2024)
FARS has recorded the owner of the roadway since 2015. Of the 9 fatal crashes in Carle Place since then:
- Town roads 4 (44%)
- State highways 3 (33%)
- County roads 2 (22%)
Ownership matters in New York because claims against a county, town, city or village generally require a notice of claim within 90 days (General Municipal Law § 50-e), while claims against the State are brought in the Court of Claims under Court of Claims Act § 10. This is general information, not legal advice.
Rate: 17.3 traffic deaths per 100,000 residents per year, against 5.8 for Nassau County. This is a resident-based rate, not a measure of how risky the roads are to drive: crashes are counted where they happen, not where the people involved live, so a small community crossed by a major highway shows a high rate. With 5,005 residents, a single crash moves Carle Place's rate substantially.
Every fatal crash on record
| Date | Time | Road | Deaths | Who died | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 a.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 1 | Vehicle occupant | dark | |
| 5 p.m. | Meadowbrook State Parkway | 1 | Motorcyclist | daylight | |
| 12 p.m. | Glen Cove Rd (CR 1) at Westbury Ave | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 1 p.m. | Meadowbrook State Parkway | 2 | 2 vehicle occupants | daylight | |
| 5 p.m. | Cr-E57 | 1 | Vehicle occupant | daylight | |
| 5 a.m. | Glen Cove Rd at Westbury Ave | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 10 a.m. | Glen Cove Rd at Dow Ave | 1 | Bicyclist | daylight | |
| 12 p.m. | Glen Cove Rd at Fairfield Ave | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 3 p.m. | Old Country Road at Cherry Lane | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 11 a.m. | Park Ave at Raff Ave | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 9 a.m. | E Gate Blvd at North Ave | 1 | Motorcyclist | daylight | |
| 8 p.m. | Old Country Road | 1 | Pedestrian | dark |
FARS contains no names or personal identifiers. * 2024 records are preliminary. Download all 12 records (CSV) · How this was compiled
Recent Carle Place Incident Reports
Vehicular Accident Reported in Carle Place, Nassau County — Monday Evening, August 10
A vehicular accident was reported in Carle Place, Nassau County, on Monday, August 10, 2026, at 7:59 p.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Criminal Weapon Possession in Carle Place
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Criminal Weapon Possession in Carle Place.
Routine Traffic Stop on Northern State Parkway Ends With Loaded Handgun, Switchblades Found — Massachusetts Man Faces Felony Charges
A 25-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested after Nassau County Police found a loaded handgun and two switchblade knives during a traffic stop on the Northern State Parkway in Carle Place. Steven Raymond was charged with felony weapons possession.
Updated continuously from 511NY, NYSP, NCPD, and SCPD feeds — all Long Island reports.
All reported crashes in the Town of North Hempstead, 2021–2024
New York's crash file codes each crash to a town, city or village — never to a hamlet — so the finest official count that covers Carle Place is for the Town of North Hempstead, which contains it. Police reported 16,765 crashes there from 2021 through 2024 — about 11.5 a day. 3,822 (22.8%) injured someone and 26 were fatal. [D]
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,239 | 4,165 | 4,783 | 4,578 | 16,765 |
- Injury crashes
- 3,822
- Fatal crashes
- 26
- Struck a pedestrian
- 292
- Struck a bicyclist
- 129
- Struck a deer
- 10
Counts are crashes, not people. The municipality is entered by the reporting police agency, and coding is less consistent for small villages, so compare places with care.
How Carle Place gets to work
Carle Place commuters travel an average of 28.8 minutes each way, 7.2 minutes shorter than the Nassau County average (the national average is 26.4 minutes). About 70.1% of workers drive alone, and 8.5% ride the railroad. [B]
| Measure | Carle Place | Nassau County | New York State | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average one-way commute | 28.8 min ±8 | 36 min | 32.6 min | 26.4 min |
| Commute 60 minutes or longer | 16% ±5.4 | 22.3% | 16.8% | 8.6% |
| Commute under 15 minutes | 24% ±5.1 | 17.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Drive alone | 70.1% ±8.9 | 60.7% | 48.8% | 68.8% |
| Carpool | 6% ±2.1 | 7.3% | 6.3% | 8.5% |
| Commuter rail (LIRR) | 8.5% ±3.5 | 7.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Bus | 0.1% ±0.6 † | 2.2% | 5.1% | 1.5% |
| Walk | 0.6% ±0.7 † | 2% | 5.6% | 2.4% |
| Work from home | 14.7% ±4 | 15.6% | 14.9% | 15.1% |
| Leave home before 6 a.m. | 5.3% ±2.9 † | 10.8% | 10.6% | 14.4% |
| Households with no vehicle | 4.9% ±4 † | 6.8% | 29.2% | 8.4% |
| Households with three or more vehicles | 19.7% ±6.8 | 23.3% | 11.8% | 21.9% |
Survey estimates for 2,817 workers aged 16 and over; ± values are 90% margins of error. † Small sample — the margin of error is large relative to the estimate, so treat the figure as indicative only. Travel-time rows exclude people who work from home.
Notable facts about Carle Place
- Carle Place has no village government of its own; it is one of the unincorporated hamlets of the Town of North Hempstead, which itself separated from the Town of Hempstead on April 6, 1784.[1]
- The Nassau County Police Department's own Third Precinct webpage lists Carle Place first among the twenty communities it serves.[2]
- The Town of North Hempstead's prior-written-notice law, in force in Carle Place since 1978, requires that notice of a defective road or sidewalk be "manually subscribed by the complainant" -- that is, personally signed, not just reported by phone or online.[4]
- New York State's own touring-route documentation places the Meadowbrook Parkway's course as running from Jones Beach State Park through Merrick to Carle Place.[5]
History
Carle Place lies in the Town of North Hempstead, which the Town's own history traces to April 6, 1784, when the New York State Legislature granted North Hempstead's petition to separate from the Town of Hempstead; the "act to divide the township of Hempstead" was signed by Governor George Clinton, and the first town board met on April 14, 1784 in Samuel Searing's home in Searingtown, with Adrian Onderdonck as the first town supervisor.[1] More than a century later, a citizens' meeting on January 22, 1898 set in motion the separation of North Hempstead, Hempstead and Oyster Bay from Queens County; Governor Frank S. Black signed the law creating Nassau County on April 27, 1898.[1]
How the roads got here
The Meadowbrook Parkway, a state parkway numbered NY 908E in the New York State Department of Transportation's reference route system and maintained and signed by NYSDOT under the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, reaches Carle Place at its northern end; NYSDOT's own touring-route description lists the parkway's course as "Jones Beach State Park, Merrick, Carle Place."[5]
Government, courts and policing
Carle Place has no village government of its own and is governed directly by the Town of North Hempstead. Policing is provided entirely by the Nassau County Police Department; the Department's Third Precinct, based at 214 Hillside Avenue in Williston Park, lists Carle Place first among the twenty communities its own webpage says it serves.[2][3]
Because Carle Place has no local village code, the applicable prior-written-notice law is the Town of North Hempstead's own Code Chapter 26, "Highways: Notice of Defect," adopted January 10, 1978 by Local Law No. 1-1978 and amended in 1984 and 2005. It bars any civil action against the Town or its Superintendent of Highways over a defective, unsafe or obstructed "highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk," or over snow or ice on one, "unless written notice, manually subscribed by the complainant," was actually given to the Town Superintendent of Highways or Town Clerk and the Town failed to act on it within a reasonable time.[4] The chapter requires the Highway Superintendent to forward any such notice to the Town Clerk within 10 days, requires the Clerk to keep an indexed record of notices under Town Law § 65-a(4), and states that the chapter "supersede[s] Subdivision I of § 65-a of the Town Law" for the Town of North Hempstead.[4] A separate Town Code chapter, Chapter 59A, applies the same kind of notice requirement to defects on other Town-owned property.[4]
Civil claims up to $15,000, misdemeanors and lesser offenses, and felony arraignments for matters arising in Carle Place go to Nassau County District Court in Hempstead.[6] Larger civil matters, including personal-injury actions, go to Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, which the state court system says hears civil matters while County Court hears criminal matters outside New York City.[7]
Carle Place timeline
- Town of North Hempstead created. The New York State Legislature granted the request of the residents of the northern part of the Town of Hempstead, including the area later known as Carle Place, to become the separate Town of North Hempstead; Governor George Clinton signed the "act to divide the township of Hempstead."[1]
- Nassau County law signed. Governor Frank S. Black signed the law creating Nassau County out of the New York State towns of North Hempstead, Hempstead and Oyster Bay, which had been part of Queens County.[1]
Major roads in Carle Place
| Road | Route | Maintained by | In Carle Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook Parkway [5] | NY 908E | New York State (NYSDOT / Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation) | reaches the hamlet at its northern end |
Emergency Resources
Hospitals
- NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island — 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501 — 516-663-0333 (Nearest major hospital; current official name of the hospital long known as Winthrop-University Hospital / NYU Winthrop Hospital.)
Police
- Nassau County Police Department, Third Precinct — 214 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596 — (516) 573-6300 (Sole police agency; Carle Place has no village government or separate police department. Emergencies: 911.)
Courts
- Nassau County District Court — 99 Main Street, Hempstead, NY 11550 — (516) 493-4200 (Civil claims up to $15,000, misdemeanors and lesser offenses, felony arraignments.)
- Nassau County Supreme Court — 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 — (516) 493-3400 (Larger civil matters, including personal-injury actions.)
Local Driver Services in Carle Place
Practical resources for Carle Place drivers — tire shops, gas prices, and live traffic conditions.
Safety Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do after a car accident in Carle Place, NY?
Move to safety and call 911 immediately, then document the scene with photos and exchange insurance and contact information with everyone involved. File a police report with NCPD and notify your insurer promptly. New York is a no-fault state, so your own PIP coverage pays initial medical costs regardless of fault, and you have just 30 days to file the NF-2 application.
Which roads are most dangerous in Carle Place?
Old Country Road and Glen Cove Road carry the heaviest traffic through Carle Place and account for most of the reported crashes we track. Old Country Road at Glen Cove Road — a high-volume retail-corridor junction near Roosevelt Field. Commercial driveways, signalized intersections, and turning movements along these corridors drive the local crash mix.
How current are these Carle Place accident reports?
Long Island Traffic adds new reports every 2–4 hours from 511NY, NYS Police Troop L, NCPD, and verified local news. Scroll up for the latest Carle Place and Nassau County incidents, and check the "Dangerous Roads" section for corridor-level breakdowns.
Do I need a lawyer after a Carle Place accident?
If you suffered serious injuries, significant property damage, or the other driver was uninsured, consulting a Nassau County personal injury attorney is strongly recommended. Many firms offer free consultations and work on contingency. See our free guides at /know-your-rights/car-accidents/ and /know-your-rights/insurance-claims/.
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References
Datasets
- [A] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2010–2024 national files. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Crashes on public trafficways in which a person died within 30 days. No personal identifiers. Placed by reported coordinates into 2020 Census boundaries.
- [B] U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates, tables B08303, B08013, B08301, B08302, B08201, B19013, B01002. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Survey estimates with 90% margins of error. lowReliability = coefficient of variation above 30%.
- [C] U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb — 2020 Census tabulation geography (POP100, HU100, AREALAND). Retrieved September 17, 2026.
- [D] New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Crashes — Case Information: Four Year Window. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Police-reported crashes coded to a town, city or village by the reporting agency. Hamlets are not coded; hamlet pages show the parent town.
Sources for history, roads and law
- [1] Town of North Hempstead. History (Town of North Hempstead) (n.d.). Government record.
- [2] Nassau County Police Department. About Precinct (Third Precinct) (n.d.). Government record.
- [3] Nassau County Police Department. Third Precinct (address and phone) (n.d.). Government record.
- [4] Town of North Hempstead (eCode360, General Code). Chapter 26, Highways: Notice of Defect (2026). Government record.
- [5] New York State Department of Transportation. Official Description of Highway Touring Routes... (Meadowbrook Parkway entries) (2017). Government record.
- [6] New York State Unified Court System. Nassau County District Court (2026). Court decision.
- [7] New York State Unified Court System. Nassau County Supreme Court (2026). Court decision.
- [8] NYU Langone Health. NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island (n.d.). Institution.
Sources opened and checked September 17, 2026.