Stewart Manor (formerly known as Sunrise Gardens) is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Garden City area, which is anchored by the Village of Garden City. The population was 1,992 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

In 1925, a Brooklyn-based real estate development firm, Realty Associates, began developing a roughly area of land – including the majority of what is now the Village of Stewart Manor – as a suburban neighborhood near Garden City, naming this new community Sunrise Gardens. This large development – running east to the vicinity of Adams Street from Covert Avenue, and south to Cambridge Avenue from the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road – would bear this name until 1926, when residents changed the name to Stewart Manor, after the nearby LIRR station; the Sunrise Gardens name had proven unpopular among residents, spurring the change.

Stewart Manor incorporated as a village on August 19, 1927, after the adjacent village, New Hyde Park, wished to annex the community into its boundaries – a move that was met with stiff opposition by residents of Stewart Manor and by Realty Associates, which in turn supported the residents to incorporate, so to gain home rule and allow the community to be able to better control the local infrastructure.

In 1943, due to World War II making it difficult to recruit new police officers, the Stewart Manor Police Department – the village's law enforcement agency – was dissolved and absorbed by the Nassau County Police Department, which as of 2026 continues to serve as the police agency responsible for law enforcement within the village.

The village is east of the Village of Floral Park, south of the Village of New Hyde Park, and west of both Franklin Square and the Village of Garden City.

Climate

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Plant zone

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Stewart Manor is located within hardiness zone 7b.

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Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Stewart Manor village, New York – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|1,765

|1,646

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,480

|91.21%

|86.81%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |74.30%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|34

|45

|style='background: #ffffe6; |39

|1.76%

|2.37%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.96%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|37

|91

|style='background: #ffffe6; |149

|1.91%

|4.80%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.48%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|5

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |9

|0.26%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|16

|20

|style='background: #ffffe6; |56

|0.83%

|1.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.81%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|78

|94

|style='background: #ffffe6; |256

|4.03%

|4.96%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.85%

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|Total

|1,935

|1,896

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,992

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

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2020 census

At the 2020 census, there were 1,992 people residing in the village of Stewart Manor, with a population density of approximately . The racial makeup of the village was 77.1% White, 2.1% African American, 7.5% Asian, 4.1% from other races, and 8.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino individuals of any race made up 12.9% of the population.

Of the 718 households 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 19.4% of households were one person and 10.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.10.

The age distribution was 23.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males.

The median household income was $84,913 and the median family income was $97,922. Males had a median income of $67,031 versus $41,042 for females. The per capita income for the village was $35,371. About 1.9% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The Village of Stewart Manor is governed by the Village of Stewart Manor Board of Trustees. This governing body consists of a mayor and four village trustees – all of whom are elected to serve four-year terms, during village elections held each March.

As of August 2025, the Mayor of Stewart Manor is Michael Onorato, and the Village Trustees are Barbara Arciere, William Grogan, Peter Healy, and M. Carole Schafenberg.

Education

School districts

Stewart Manor is located primarily within the boundaries of the Elmont Union Free School District (K-6) and the Sewanhaka Central High School District (7–12), although one street in the village – Fernwood Terrace – is split between Garden City Union Free School District, as well as the Franklin Square UFSD (the latter of which feeds into the Sewanhaka CHSD). Accordingly, children who reside within the village and attend public schools go to school in one of these districts.

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See also

  • List of municipalities in New York
  • Floral Park, New York

References

  • Official website