Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census. The area is served by the Hicksville Post Office and the Hicksville School District.
Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of nationally famous abolitionist and Quaker preacher Elias Hicks, and eventual president of the Long Island Railroad bought land in the village in 1834 and turned it into a station stop on the LIRR in 1837. The station became a depot for produce, particularly cucumbers for a Heinz Company plant. After a blight destroyed the cucumber crops, the farmers grew potatoes. It turned into a bustling New York suburb in the building boom following World War II.
The hamlet is named for Valentine Hicks.
These vintage black and white photos from Michael Dolan that captured street scenes of Hicksville in 1966 and 1967.
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| Broadway looking south from Marie St. Henry Huettner’s Dept. store, built in 1918, is on the right corner, Hicksville, New York, 1966 |
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| Most of west side of block between W Nicholai St. and W Marie St. on Broadway, Hicksville, New York, 1966 |
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| New Bridge Rd. at corner of Duffy Ave. Top- left is Kasten Store. To the right is the John Kasten house, Hicksville, New York, 1966 |
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| NW corner of Broadway and W Cherry St. Dwyer’s Inn was the Windsor Hotel in 1902, Hicksville, New York, 1966 |
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| SE corner of E Carl St. and Broadway, Hicksville, New York, 1966 |
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| Broadway between W Marie St. and the RR overpass. The stores were Englert’s Bakery, the Sweet Shop, Roger’s Variety Store, Cut Rate Drugs, Italian Grocery, Luncheonette, Delicatessen, Sausmer’s Hardware, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Broadway looking north from Marie St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Broadway looking north from Nicholai St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Broadway looking south from middle of block between Nicholai St. and Cherry St. St. Ignatius to the left. Dwyer’s tavern on the right, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| End of Newbridge Rd., now Nelson Ave., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Kasten Family Store, south side of W Marie St., between Division Ave. and Newbridge Rd. The store was built by Frederick William Johan Kasten, and opened in 1895, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Looking east toward Broadway from middle of block of W Marie St. 1/2 way to Jerusalem Ave., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Looking north from the RR overpass, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Looking north on Broadway. Scheiner’s Drug store to the left, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Looking south from the middle of the block between Marie St. and Nicholai St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Looking toward Broadway on W Marie St. Firehouse to the right in the background, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Mary’s Luncheonette in center, a private house( recessed to the right ) and the left side of the old Goldman Bros. store to the right, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| NE corner of Broadway and E Marie St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| NE corner of E Marie St. and Broadway, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| North east corner of Broadway and Old Country Rd., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| North side of W Marie St. at Jerusalem Ave. Johanna Taliaferro’s home to the right, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| NW corner of Broadway and W Marie St. NE corner to the right. Walter’s Liquor store to the left, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| NW corner of W Marie St. and Jerusalem Ave., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| Partial building to the left was on the corner of W Carl St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| South side of W Marie St. between Jerusalem Ave. and Division Ave., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| SW corner of Jerusalem Ave.( with cars ) and W Marie St. The apartment house was formerly the house lot of William Simonson, in 1907, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| The center building was the Hardware store of Bob and Irv Botto, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| West side of Broadway between W Nicholai St. and W Marie St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| West side of Broadway, looking north from middle of block down from Marie St., Hicksville, New York, 1967 |
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| West side of Broadway, to the right is Dwyer’s Inn, Hicksville, New York, 1967 |