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{{for|the similarly named town in [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]]|Deerpark, New York}}
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'''Deer Park''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[Babylon, New York|Town of Babylon]], in [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], on [[Long Island]], in [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was listed as 28,837 at the time of the 2020 census.

==History==
Deer Park is located in the [[pine barrens]] in the northeastern corner of the town of [[Babylon, New York|Babylon]]. The town originally grew out of Jacob Conklin's 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later known as [[Wheatley Heights, New York|Wheatley Heights]]. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the [[Long Island Rail Road]] arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the [[Deer Park School District (New York)|Deer Park School District]] took in Deer Park and [[Wyandanch, New York|Wyandanch]].<ref>
{{cite book
  |first=Verne|last=Dyson
  |title=Deer Park-Wyandanch History
  |publisher=Brentwood Village Press
  |year=1957
}}</ref>

Farming was a staple of this small town for most of its history. Known as the "fruit basket" of New York state, the area was also famed for its [[dahlia]] cultivation. It was not until the effects of the post–[[World War II]] boom reached Deer Park that its economy ceased to be agricultural.

Deer Park had two industries before 1940: the '''Walker and Conklin''' firm baked red bricks in West Deer Park (now Wheatley Heights), and the '''Golden Pickle Works''' (1902) prepared pickles in Deer Park. Deer Park was the locale of the [[Edgewood State Hospital]] (1938–1969)-originally a [[tuberculosis]] sanatorium, and later an Army hospital during [[World War II]]. The [[Fairchild Aircraft|Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation]] established a factory in Deer Park in 1956.<ref name=NysEncyc>{{cite book|chapter=Deer Park|title=The Encyclopedia of New York State|editor-first=Peter|editor-last=Eisenstadt|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=2005|page=442}}</ref>

In 1946, the former [[Deer Park Airport (New York)|Deer Park Airport]] opened. It operated until 1974; the land was subsequently redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: New York: Long Island, Western Suffolk County |url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Suffolk_W.htm#deerpark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221224733/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Suffolk_W.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=[[Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields]]}}</ref>

[[Image:TangerDeerPark.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Tanger Outlets at the Arches]]
Deer Park is reputed to have been the favorite summer spot of President [[John Quincy Adams]], as his preferred vacation destination from 1835 until his death. However, this myth was proven false. A Baptist minister, John Q. Adams, resided in Deer Park and shared the same name as President Adams, likely the start of the rumor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deer Park School District {{!}} Babylon, NY - Official Website |url=https://www.townofbabylonny.gov/615/Deer-Park-School-District |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.townofbabylonny.gov}}</ref><ref name=NysEncyc/><ref>{{Citation
| url = http://www.longislandexchange.com/towns/deerpark.html| title = Deer Park| publisher  = Long Island Exchange| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140106024609/http://longislandexchange.com/towns/deer-park/| archive-date = January 6, 2014}}</ref>

On October 22, 2008, the $300 million [[Tanger Outlets]] at the Arches shopping mall opened.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levere |first=Jane L. |title=Luxury Outlet Center to Open on Long Island |work=The New York Times |date=October 22, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/realestate/commercial/22outlet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|16.0|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all land.

Deer Park is located in the northeastern corner of the town of Babylon.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the west by the Babylon hamlets of [[Wyandanch, New York|Wyandanch]] and [[Wheatley Heights, New York|Wheatley Heights]], to the north by [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]] in the [[Huntington, New York|Town of Huntington]], to the east by [[Brentwood, New York|Brentwood]] and [[Baywood, New York|Baywood]] in the [[Islip, New York|Town of Islip]], and to the south by the hamlet of [[North Babylon, New York|North Babylon]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Deer Park CDP, New York |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3619972 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191109/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3619972 |archive-date=2020-02-12 |access-date=2012-12-26 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2010 = 27745
| 2020 = 28837
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Deer Park had a population of 28,837. The median age was 41.6 years. 20.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.7 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A19972&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 25, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL"/>

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A19972&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=March 25, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 9,510 households in Deer Park, of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.3% were married-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 9,839 housing units, of which 3.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.0%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A19972&in=state%3A36|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 25, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 16,173 || 56.1%
|-
| [[African Americans|Black or African American]] || 4,192 || 14.5%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]] || 143 || 0.5%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 3,336 || 11.6%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander|Other Pacific Islander]] || 11 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 2,470 || 8.6%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 2,512 || 8.7%
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)'' || 5,206 || 18.1%
|}
==Transportation==

Since 1842, Deer Park has been served by the [[Long Island Railroad]] at the [[Deer Park (LIRR station)|Deer Park station]] which, despite the name, has been mostly situated in the adjacent hamlets of [[Baywood, New York|Baywood]] and [[Brentwood, New York|Brentwood]] since 1987 after years of being near [[New York State Route 231|Deer Park Avenue]].

==Notable organizations==
*The [[Long Island Board of Rabbis]], an organization of [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], [[Reform Judaism|Reform]], and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] [[rabbi]]s on Long Island, had its headquarters in Deer Park. It has since relocated to Rockville Centre.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEEjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22long+island+board+of+rabbis%22|title=The Jewish Travel Guide|year= 1992|author=Stephen W. Massil|publisher=Sepher Hermon Pr|isbn=1-870216-10-5|access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref><ref name="pqarchiver1988">{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Stuart |date=1988-12-13 |title=Rabbi Urges No Change In 'Who Is a Jew?' Law |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-rabbi-urges-no/170264738/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=[[Newsday]] |page=20 |edition=Suffolk |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Amon |first=Rhoda |date=December 30, 2000 |title=People of Faith |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-people-of-fait/170264874/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |newspaper=Newsday |page=B2 |edition=Suffolk |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==

* [[Dan Barry (reporter)|Dan Barry]], reporter, ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Barry |url=https://www.nytco.com/person/dan-barry/ |access-date=5 March 2023 |publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref>
* [[Kathleen Herles]], voice actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsday.p2ionline.com/LIItHappened/popup/index.aspx?webstoryid=15716291|title=It Happened on Long Island|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211142909/http://newsday.p2ionline.com/LIItHappened/popup/index.aspx?webstoryid=15716291|archive-date=February 11, 2009|work=Newsday}}</ref>
* [[Linda Yaccarino]], media executive<ref>{{cite web|first=Marisa |last=Guthrie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tv-upfronts-nbcuniversal-ad-sales-451658/ |title=TV Upfronts: NBCUniversal Ad Sales Chief Talks TV's 'Measurement Crisis' (Q&A) |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2013-05-06 |accessdate=2023-05-12}}</ref>
* [[The Chiodo Brothers]], movie effects producers<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/03/nyregion/3-deer-park-brothers-make-mark-in-hollywood.html|title=3 Deer Park Brothers Make a Mark in Hollywood|work=The New York Times|date=3 October 1993|first=Thomas|last=Clavin}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.babylonbeacon.com ''Babylon Beacon''], local newspaper

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