Massapequa Creek

Massapequa Creek is a 4.8 miles (7.7 km) long creek that runs through Nassau County, New York, and empties into South Oyster Bay. Most of the length of the creek exists within the Massapequa Preserve, a 432 acres (175 ha) wooded area that extends from the Southern State Parkway in the north to Merrick Road in the south. The creek's headwaters extend north to Farmingdale, draining an area of 6.67 square miles (17.3 km2).

Massapequa Creek
Location
Country United States
State New York
County Nassau
TownsSouth Farmingdale, Massapequa Park, Massapequa
Physical characteristics
SourceWestern Tributary
 • locationBethpage Parkway & Merritts Road, Farmingdale, New York
 • coordinates40.716605°N 73.458225°W / 40.716605; -73.458225
2nd sourceCentral Tributary
 • locationRadcliffe Avenue, Farmingdale, New York
 • coordinates40.717374°N 73.451952°W / 40.717374; -73.451952
3rd sourceEastern Tributary
 • locationMain Street & Junard Drive, Farmingdale, New York
 • coordinates40.717213°N 73.436797°W / 40.717213; -73.436797
Mouth 
 • location
Massapequa Cove, Massapequa, New York
 • coordinates
40.6536111°N 73.4708333°W / 40.6536111; -73.4708333
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km)
Basin size6.67 sq mi (17.3 km2)

Like all other rivers on Long Island, Massapequa Creek is fed primarily by groundwater. The creek's three tributaries rise in South Farmingdale, two of which merge in a pond next to Farmingdale High School before crossing under the Southern State Parkway. It continues on the other side of the parkway, joined by the eastern tributary, and crosses Linden Street and into the Massapequa Preserve, passing through three ponds before reaching the Massapequa Reservoir. From there, a spillway takes it under Sunrise Highway into wetland areas, and then into the Massapequa Lake. Two spillways at the south end of the lake pass under Merrick Road into a canal, which leads into Massapequa Cove and South Oyster Bay.

List of crossings of Massapequa Creek

References
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