Brentwood is a hamlet in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 62,387 at the 2020 Census, making it the most populous CDP in Suffolk County and on all of Long Island outside of New York City.

History

Early history

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In 1844, the area was established as Thompson Station and Suffolk Station, two new stations on the expansion of the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road.

On March 21, 1851, it became the utopian community named Modern Times. The colony was established on of land by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews. In 1864, it was renamed Brentwood after the town of Brentwood, Essex, in England.

Modern-day Brentwood

During the first half of the 20th century, Brentwood was home to the Ross Health Resort Onehtah, managed by Dr. William H. Ross. Onehtah was a place where a person could escape the pollution of the city. It was thought that the smell of pine needles brought a person good health.

Brentwood is the site of Pilgrim State Hospital (once one of the world's largest hospitals and psychiatric institutions), now known as Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. A portion of the psychiatric center was converted into the Brentwood State Park athletic field complex, which officially opened in 2009.

Brentwood's Centennial Celebration was on June 16–17, 1950. The 150th anniversary of the community was commemorated on May 9–11, 2007.

Brentwood High School has a nationally-recognized boys soccer team that won national championship in 2019.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Brentwood had a population of 62,387. The median age was 33.6 years. 25.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 10.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.8 males age 18 and over.

There were 13,658 households in Brentwood, of which 49.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.4% were married-couple households, 16.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 11,910 || 19.1%

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| Black or African American || 7,507 || 12.0%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1,189 || 1.9%

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| Asian || 1,194 || 1.9%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 13 || 0.0%

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| Some other race || 28,446 || 45.6%

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| Two or more races || 12,128 || 19.4%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 47,072 || 75.5%

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2020 American Community Survey

At the 2020 American Community Survey, the Latino population was: 27.7% Salvadoran, 11.1% Puerto Rican, 7.3% Dominican, 4.2% Ecuadorian, 3.3% Peruvian, and 2.9% Mexican.

Education

School district

Brentwood is located entirely within the boundaries of the Brentwood Union Free School District.

Library district

thumb|The Brentwood Public Library on November 18, 2017.

Brentwood is located entirely within the boundaries of the Brentwood Library District.

The district is governed by an elected five-member Board of Fire Commissioners (Board). The Board is responsible for the overall financial management of the district, including establishing policies and procedures to ensure that assets are properly safeguarded. Additionally, the Board is responsible for approving an annual budget to ensure the district's resources are efficiently used. The District Treasurer is the district's chief fiscal officer, appointed by the Board, and is responsible for the receipt, custody, disbursement, and accounting of District funds. The district's total expenditures for 2010 were approximately $5.8 million.

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Firehouses within the district include Quanahasset Engine Company #1, Pines Engine Company #2, Ames & Elliott R.A.C. Company #3, Sagtikos Engine Company #4, Central Engine Company #5 and Edgewood Engine Company #6. There is also a Hook and Ladder Company #1 and the Fire Prevention Company #9.

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Command/Chief Vehicles:

  • 3-2-30
  • 3-2-31
  • 3-2-32
  • 3-2-33

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Engines:

  • 3-2-1 & 3-2-11
  • 3-2-2 & 3-2-12
  • 3-2-4 & 3-2-14
  • 3-2-5 & 3-2-15
  • 3-2-6 & 3-2-16
  • 3-2-25 (Spare engine)

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Aerial Apparatus:

  • 3-2-8 (95' Tower Ladder)
  • 3-2-28 (100' Aerial Ladder)

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Heavy Rescue:

  • 3-2-18

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Special Vehicles:

  • 3-2-00 (Antique 1946 Mack Fire Engine)
  • 3-2-3 & 3-2-13 & 3-2-23 (District Utility Vehicle)
  • 3-2-19 (Brush Truck)
  • 3-2-43 & 3-2-45 (Vans)
  • 3-2-44 (Refreshment and Cooling Truck)
  • 3-2-46 (District Fire Marshal)
  • 3-2-73 (Fire Prevention)
  • 3-2-95 (Department Mechanic)
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Brentwood Legion Ambulance

Brentwood Legion Ambulance was founded and established by William J.A. Seymour in 1959. That year he was seriously injured after being involved in an automobile collision in Brentwood. It took almost two hours for an ambulance to arrive from a neighboring town, as Brentwood lacked any ambulance services. As a result, Mr. Seymour ended up being driven to the hospital in a private vehicle despite having sustained serious injury. Mr. Seymour recognized that this was a problem affecting his neighborhood, so he decided that changes needed to be made.

Transportation

Road

The Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) passes through the northernmost portion of the hamlet, while the Long Island Motor Parkway forms part of its northern border.

  • 4: Amityville LIRR station – Smith Haven Mall
  • 5: Babylon LIRR station – Smith Haven Mall
  • 7: Bay Shore – Northport
  • 11: Bay Shore – Hauppauge
  • 58: Brentwood LIRR station – Riverhead LIRR station

Notable people

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  • EPMD, hip-hop pioneers, both members raised in Brentwood
  • Robert Gallucci (1946–), former US Ambassador at Large (1994–96), currently Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (graduated Brentwood HS in 1962) He is currently the President of the John D & Catherine MacArthur Foundation
  • Andrew Jean-Baptiste (1992–), player for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer
  • Mitch Kupchak (1954–), athlete and general manager of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers
  • Hector LaSalle an American lawyer and jurist. He is the current presiding judge of the New York State Supreme Court.
  • Frank Lopardo, opera singer
  • James Kyrle MacCurdy (1875 - 1923) was a theater actor and playwright
  • Craig Mack (1971–2018), hip-hop musician
  • Biz Markie (1964–2021), hip-hop pioneer, raised in Brentwood
  • Dave Martinez (1964-), manager of Washington Nationals and former outfielder for Chicago Cubs
  • Buddy McGirt (1964–), boxing champion and trainer
  • Lester Quiñones (2000-), NBA player for New Orleans Pelicans
  • Jef Raskin (Jeffrey Frank Raskin, 1943–2005), widely acknowledged as the "Father of the Macintosh", computer scientist and expert on the human/computer interface, inventor, conductor, artist, writer and businessman (graduated Brentwood HS 1960)
  • Ray Reid (1960-), former UConn and Southern Connecticut State University's men's soccer head coach, led UConn to 1 NCAA division 1 national title and SCSU to 3 division 2 titles
  • Neil Raymond Ricco (1953–), poet and writer
  • Jai Rodriguez (1979–), actor and musician, born in Brentwood

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See also

  • Academy of Saint Joseph
  • Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York)
  • Maslow-Toffler School of Futuristic Education

References

Bibliography

  • Brentwood History Collection Photo and Brentwood History Collection Photo
  • Brentwood History Collection Photo
  • Freeman, Christian. 1852. Letter from Rev. B. F. Bowles. Brentwood History Collection Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
  • Martin, James Joseph. Men Against the State: The Expositors of Individualist Anarchism in America, 1827-1908. Colorado Springs, Colo., Ralph Myles, 1970.
  • Spurlock, John Calvin. “Anarchy and Community at Modern Times, 1851–1863,” Communal Societies 3 (1983), 29–47.
  • Wunderlich, Roger. Low Living and High Thinking at Modern Times, N.Y. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992.
  • Brentwood Chamber of Commerce
  • Brentwood Historical Society
  • Long Island History: Brentwood