The Village of Lawrence is in the southwestern corner of the Town of Hempstead, adjoining the border with the New York City borough of Queens to the west and near the Atlantic Ocean to the south.

[4] Beginning in 1869, a railroad line was completed which originated in New York City and ran through the part of Long Island now called The Five Towns.

Part of the land in that area was acquired by three brothers with the surname "Lawrence," which is who the Village was eventually named after.

A series of hurricanes and nor'easters altered the coastline considerably and destroyed a large beachfront hotel.

At the same time, Lawrence began to become a suburb, a village with schools, public facilities, better roads and a large town area that expanded into what it is now today.

The Orthodox Jewish communities are close to the more Haredi nearby center of Far Rockaway which has more yeshivas for the children and younger members as well as a variety of kosher restaurants and communal organizations.

Central Avenue in Lawrence (and its continuation in Cedarhurst) has a large and growing number of kosher restaurants and other business catering to the Orthodox community.

[9] The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, is a K-12 Modern Orthodox school where students study Jewish and secular subjects in a dual curriculum.

The Pre-School, Kindergarten and Elementary schools are located on one campus on Frost Lane and Washington Avenue.

Rambam Mesivta, located on Frost Lane, is for grades 9-12 where students learn a dual curriculum of Jewish and secular studies.

The n31, n31x, n32 buses of Nassau Inter-County Express run down Central Avenue extending southwest into Far Rockaway (with a connection to the S train of the New York City Subway at Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue) and northeast to the Hempstead Transit Center in central Nassau County with connections to other parts of Long Island.

The LCFD also responds to alarms such as car accidents and aided cases on the Atlantic Beach Bridge.