1869Military
== History ==
=== 19th century ===
In 1869, Irish-born millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart bought a portion of the lightly populated Hempstead Plains.
1873Architecture
It opened in 1873, with a branch to Hempstead.
1885Architecture
This elaborate memorial was completed in 1885.
1895History
It was replaced by a new hotel in 1895, designed by the acclaimed firm of McKim, Mead & White.
1896History
The Village is home to three golf courses, the first having been laid out under Devereux Emmet's direction in 1896 and now called the Garden City Golf Club.
1898Government
Voters selected Mineola (in the town of North Hempstead) as the county seat of the new county of Nassau in November 1898 (before Mineola incorporated as a village in 1906 and se...
1899Disaster
This hotel was destroyed by fire in 1899 and then rebuilt and expanded, before being replaced again in 1983.
1907Government
The area west of Garden City, named Garden City Estates, was established in 1907.
1910Infrastructure
=== 20th century ===
In 1910, Doubleday, Page, and Co., one of the world's most important publishers, moved its operations to the east side of Franklin Avenue and had its own tr...
1911History
The Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome, west of the Estates section, hosted the Second International Aviation Meet in 1911, which featured the first official airmail service.
1916Economy
In 1916, company co-founder and Garden City resident Walter Hines Page was named Ambassador to Great Britain.
1919Government
The land and the buildings have a Mineola postal address but are within the present-day village of Garden City, which did not incorporate or set its boundaries until 1919.
1929Architecture
Housing construction slowed after the 1929 stock market crash.
1947Government
The Waldorf School of Garden City was founded in 1947 (one of the first Waldorf schools in the United States), originally as part of Adelphi University.
1952Government
The Garden City Public Library, first established in 1952 as a volunteer service, now serves its residents from a building erected in 1973.
1956Education
The village's new public high school was constructed in 1956, supplementing the original Cherry Valley school, which opened in 1925.
1957Military
Louis (1957), starring James Stewart, features Charles Lindbergh's historical flight to Paris from Roosevelt Field in East Garden City in 1927.
1962Military
Camp Mills was decommissioned after the war, but the airbase Mitchel Field, established at the same time just east of the Village, existed until 1962.
1973History
It was demolished in 1973.
1978History
In 1978, fifty of the original structures known as the A.
1990History
The village lost some territory between the 1990 census and the 2000 census.
1993History
In 1993, it was purchased by the Village of Garden City, eventually designating St.
1995Economy
The record company he created in 1995 and currently owns is Garden City Records.
2001History
=== 21st century ===
In 2001, Garden City lost 23 residents during the September 11 attacks.
2002History
Paul's, was demolished in 2002.
2008Architecture
In 2008, the Cathedral of the Incarnation underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation and rehabilitation project, which was completed in 2012.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2020, 23,272 people lived in Garden City.
2021Military
Additionally, scenes for The Many Saints of Newark (2021) were filmed at a funeral home within the village.
2024Military
As of April 2024, the Mayor of Garden City is Edward T.
2025Infrastructure
Meanwhile, the small portion within the Town of North Hempstead is located in the Town of North Hempstead's 3rd council district, which as of August 2025 is represented on the N...