Bayside

Like most of Long Island's communities, Bellmore was settled primarily by English families who crossed the Long Island Sound from Connecticut in the middle of the seventeenth century. Known as both Newbridge and Smithville South, the town officially became Bellmore in 1900. Originally a farming community, it became a commuter haven in the 1920s with the electrification of the Montauk Branch of the LIRR between Valley Stream and Babylon. Even with this residential growth, there were still active farms as late as the 1960s. Bellmore is now a vibrant suburb and the gateway to beautiful Long Island.