Living in East Hills, NY: Home Values, Schools, Taxes and Commute

East Hills is a village in Nassau County on the North Shore of Long Island. This page covers what the Census Bureau and state agencies publish: home values, schools, tax billing, transit and utilities. It sits among the other North Shore towns, and its closest neighbors in this guide are Roslyn and Greenvale.

Is East Hills expensive? Home values and housing

East Hills’ median owner-occupied home value is $1,461,500 in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, with a margin of error of $167,867. The village had 7,257 residents in the same survey and 7,284 at the 2020 census.

The housing stock is mid-century and owner-occupied. The median home was built in 1956. The survey counts 2,169 occupied housing units, and its estimate puts all 2,169 in owner hands, with 0 renter-occupied units and a margin of error of 19 on the renter count.

Schools: Roslyn, East Williston and Jericho school districts

East Hills is primarily within the boundaries of Roslyn Union Free School District. Some southeastern portions of the village belong to East Williston UFSD, and the small portion inside the Town of Oyster Bay belongs to Jericho UFSD. The boundary does not follow the village line. Library service is split too: most of the village is in the Roslyn library district (Bryant Library), some southeastern portions are in no library district, and the Oyster Bay portion is in the Jericho Library District.

The East Hills Elementary School, designed by Moore & Hutchins, opened in 1953 between the Canterbury Woods and Fairfield Park developments. The state’s report cards give the current district numbers.

For how these districts compare with the rest of the shore, see the North Shore school districts guide.

Property taxes and STAR in East Hills

Most of East Hills is in the Town of North Hempstead, so most tax bills come from that town’s Receiver of Taxes, which bills and collects all Town, County, School and Special District taxes. The Town of North Hempstead’s home page lists the first half of the 2026-2027 school tax as due November 10. A small portion lies in the Town of Oyster Bay, whose Receiver of Taxes bills more than 100,000 parcels and collects State, County, Town, special district and school district taxes.

New owners register for the STAR credit with the NYS Tax Department as soon as the home becomes their primary residence, and the Basic or Enhanced credit follows from what they qualify for. The STAR exemption is closed to new applicants: owners who have received it since 2015 keep it on the same primary residence. Basic STAR covers owner-occupied primary residences. Its credit has a $500,000 income limit, and the benefit is based on the first $30,000 of a home’s full value. Enhanced STAR gives seniors aged 65 and older a larger benefit, with an income limit of $110,750 for the 2026-2027 school year. The property must be the primary residence of an eligible owner. For county-wide mechanics, see Nassau County property taxes.

Getting around: LIRR and NICE buses

No Long Island Rail Road station sits within the village limits, although the Oyster Bay Branch forms portions of the Roslyn–East Hills village border. The nearest station is Roslyn station on the Oyster Bay Branch, in the adjacent unincorporated hamlet of Roslyn Heights. Branch details are in the LIRR Oyster Bay Branch guide.

East Hills is also served by the n20H and n27 bus routes, operated by Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE). The n20H runs along the northern border on Northern Boulevard, and the n27 runs through the middle of the village on Harbor Hill Road and along Glen Cove Road. The Long Island Expressway crosses the southern part of the village, and Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) runs along its whole northern boundary, where parts of the border meet Greenvale and Old Brookville.

Water, sewers and utilities

Sanitary sewers reach only a few East Hills properties. The connected properties feed the Nassau County Sewage District’s network through its East Hills Interceptor line.

The Roslyn Water District serves the portions of East Hills in the Town of North Hempstead. The Jericho Water District serves the portions in the Town of Oyster Bay. PSEG Long Island provides power to all homes and businesses, and National Grid provides gas to properties hooked up to gas lines. The village provides and operates trash collection.

Housing development

The post-war boom brought many new developments. Levitt & Sons built Strathmore in the late 1940s, and the Country Estates subdivision went up over Clarence Mackay’s former estate. The village gained its Town of Oyster Bay portion, 16 acres, from Brookville between the 1960 and 1970 censuses.

Climate and weather in East Hills

East Hills has a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers, cold winters and precipitation throughout the year. The portions on Harbor Hill, the former Mackay estate site, are among the highest areas in Nassau County and on Long Island as a whole.

Village government, history and parks

The Village of East Hills was incorporated on June 24, 1931. Reasons for incorporating included a wish by many locals to be excluded from paying for sanitary sewer systems and highways. In 1949 the village annexed all of its present territory south of the Long Island Expressway. The portions of East Hills inside the Town of North Hempstead lie in its 2nd council district. As of April 2026, the mayor is Michael R. Koblenz, who has held the post since 1995.

The Park at East Hills opened on Labor Day 2006 on land that the Roslyn Air National Guard Station had occupied. It has a pool, nature walks, senior and fitness facilities, and tennis, pickleball and basketball courts. Clarence and Katherine Mackay settled in East Hills in 1898 and later commissioned the Harbor Hill mansion. Three buildings left from the Harbor Hill estate were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The Park at East Hills was financed through the sale of bonds.

Are East Hills and Greenvale the same?

No. East Hills is an incorporated village, and Greenvale is a separate place to its north. Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) forms parts of East Hills’ northern border with Greenvale and Old Brookville.