East Garden City (also known as the Nassau Hub) is a hamlet and former census-designated place (CDP) under Uniondale in the northeast part of the Town of Hempstead, in the central part of Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States, along the Hempstead/North Hempstead town line.
The hamlet is mostly a commercial and industrial area, and it also includes Nassau Community College – along with a portion of Hofstra University's north campus.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), all land.
According to the Long Island Press,[3] "They [civic leaders from Uniondale] argue that planners and developers concocted the name to distance prime real estate north of Hempstead Turnpike from the racially diverse neighborhood on the south side.
Lawmakers back Uniondale’s cause, but wiping East Garden City off the map is easier said than done.