Uniondale....good/bad areas???

I don't know the area at all and was wondering if anybody could point out areas that we might want/might not want to look at homes in.

did I make sense???

I use to live in Uniondale for about 12 years, and I still have a number of friends who live there, so I am there pretty often.

To be honest, growing up there was great. I loved it. However, Uniondale is definitely not what it use to be.

Since I lived there, I stay current whenever I hear Uniondale in the news, and unfortunately, I often hear about crime. Aside from news stories, I know of personal accounts. A very good friend of mine was robbed in his car at gunpoint earlier this year when he was parked outside waiting for a friend to come out. He wasn't even alone, it was him and two other people, but a group of 5 guys came and robbed them. My best friend's car has been broken into 3 times in the past two years. It was parked right in front of his house (Southern Uniondale).

My best friend, his brother, and sister, all spent their whole lives in Uniondale public school, but now his niece was just pulled from there this year and started Catholic School because of problems.

Growing up, it seemed as if the whole elementary school was out for Halloween trick or treating. It was great, we would travel in packs and have so much fun. Last year, my best friend told me only one kid came to his house!

If you do choose to live in Uniondale, stay as North as possible, north of Front St. closer to Hempstead Tpke, and Hofstra. I would avoid southern Uniondale (near Nassau Rd.).

Just my opinion and experiences.


ETA: I lived there up until 1992.

It is really not a great area at all. I grew up there from 1974 until 1986. We moved out when I was in 6th grade and my brother was in 10th.

There is currently a lot of crime as the person above me posted. There is also a lot of gang activity in the schools. I know someone who wors in the HS and she said it is out of control there now.

It really is a shame b/c I have the best memories growing up there and had friends of all different races and religions and eveyrone seemed to get along then.

Crime started to rise and house prices dropped so my parents got us out of there fast. My poor parents home was broken into THE NIGHT BEFORE we moved and they made away with all my parents jewerly as well.

It is a shame b.c I see what appeear to be nice houses posted all the time in the paper but the area is just not good.

I went to Hofstra, which is near Uniondale. I wasn't crazy about the area. Im not TOO familiar with it, I just drove through some parts. But even driving through the parts near the University, it didn't seem like a 'nice' area to me and I wouldnt have felt safe walking around on my own. JMO though, maybe there are better parts to it?!

HTH