An affluent North Shore peninsula with one of the largest suburban eruvin in the country — Great Neck Synagogue and the Young Israel on Middle Neck Road, a large Persian and Sephardic community, and a quick LIRR ride into Manhattan.
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Median home value $662,000 · 30% of households rent
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Search homes in Great Neck ↗Great Neck Eiruv. Status line, coverage and the official map, checked 23 September 2026.
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Read the Great Neck moving guide →Great Neck is one of the North Shore’s oldest Jewish communities and one of its most distinctive: an affluent peninsula where Ashkenazi Modern Orthodox families and a large Persian Jewish community — including the Mashadi community — share the same streets. Great Neck Synagogue on Old Mill Road and the Young Israel of Great Neck on Middle Neck Road are the anchor Ashkenazi shuls, joined by the Beit Medrash of Great Neck on East Shore Road and the Kollel Ohr Ha’Emet on Steamboat Road; the UNJCA Synagogue of the Mashadi community and the North Shore Sephardic Synagogue serve the Sephardic side.
The community has three mikvaos listed on mikvah.org, day schools including North Shore Hebrew Academy, and kosher shopping and dining along Middle Neck Road. Housing is mostly single-family homes at the high end of the Long Island market, and the LIRR’s Port Washington Branch makes Manhattan a realistic daily commute.
Note: the Great Neck Eiruv is inspected weekly by Rabbi Eitan Rubin and posts its status for each Shabbos at greatneckeiruv.org. Its southern boundary is Northern Boulevard, and North Shore University Hospital and LIJ are outside it. Source: greatneckeiruv.org, checked 23 September 2026 — confirm before carrying, and follow your own rav.
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Great Neck, NY has 19 shuls on ShulMap in Long Island, NY: Great Neck Synagogue, Young Israel of Great Neck, Beit Medrash of Great Neck, Kollel Ohr Ha'Emet, UNJCA Synagogue (United Mashadi Jewish Community), North Shore Sephardic Synagogue, Baker Hill Minyan, Bet Eliyahu Congregation Of Great Neck, Long Island Sephardic Center, Shaare Rachamim, Shaare Shalom, Shaare Yashar, Shaare Zion Of Great Neck, Shira Chadasha, Star Kol Yisrael Achim Of Great Neck, Torah Ohr, Wildoaks Minyun, Beis Menachem Chabad Of Great Neck, Kings Point Minyan.
An affluent North Shore peninsula with one of the largest suburban eruvin in the country — Great Neck Synagogue and the Young Israel on Middle Neck Road, a large Persian and Sephardic community, and a quick LIRR ride into Manhattan.
Yes — shul is the traditional term for synagogue, and Great Neck, NY has 19 Orthodox synagogues listed on ShulMap, each mapped with the kosher amenities and housing around it.
The Great Neck Eiruv, which describes itself as one of the largest suburban eruvin anywhere, is inspected weekly by Rabbi Eitan Rubin and posts its status for each Shabbos at greatneckeiruv.org. Source: greatneckeiruv.org — home, about and map pages, checked 23 September 2026. Always confirm before carrying, and follow your own rav.
Great Neck is on the North Shore of Long Island, in Nassau County, New York, within the Town of North Hempstead. It sits just east of the Queens line, on a peninsula reaching into Long Island Sound.
Great Neck has one of the largest Jewish populations of any Long Island community, including a large Persian Jewish community — among them the Mashadi community — alongside Ashkenazi Modern Orthodox families. These are community estimates, not census counts.
Both are established Orthodox communities on Long Island within easy reach of Manhattan, but they sit on opposite shores: the Five Towns on the South Shore near JFK, Great Neck on the North Shore on the LIRR's Port Washington Branch. Great Neck's community has a much larger Persian and Sephardic share, and its housing sits at the top end of the Long Island market.
The US Census median home value for ZIP 11021, which covers Great Neck, NY, is $662,000 (American Community Survey, 2020–2024, as valued by owners), and 30% of households there rent. That is a ZIP-wide figure, and asking prices today usually run higher — on ShulMap Great Neck, NY sits in the $$$$ band relative to nearby communities.
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