Karen J. Donovan

FOR SOME GREAT FAMILY FUN THIS WEEKEND - DO NOT MISS THIS!!

Hicksville Annual Greek Festival Presented by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Date: September 9 - 11, 2011

Greek Festival 2011 - Celebrating 35 Years At Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 20 Field Ave., Hicksville. Authentic Greek Food And Music. Performances By The Hellenic Dancers, Taverna In A Tent, Live Bouzouki Music, Cafenio, Boutique And Much More. Authentic Greek food will be served, including souvlaki, gyros, Greek salads, moussaka, spinach pies, barbecued lamb, shish-kabob and more. Grand Raffle Tickets Available For 2 Cars And 75 More Great Prizes. Only 2000 Tickets. Free Parking At Cablevision, 111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Shuttle Bus Available, 3 Days) National Grid, New South Rd., In Driveways Only National Grid, Old Country Rd., Front Parking Lot Only. Admission is free. Fun for the whole family! Friday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm Saturday: 12:00noon - 11:00pm Sunday: 12:00noon - 11:00pm

Directions: Northern State To (exit 36S), South On South Oysterbay Rd, Right On Old Country Rd, National Grid Front Parking Lot Only Or Left On New South Rd For National Grid Parking.

Where: Parish Grounds 20 Field Ave Hicksville, NY 516-433-4522 FREE Admission

Hillside Terrace - Grace & Charm in a quiet, well kept subdivision!

The lovely triangular shaped subdivision known as Hillside Terrace in Hicksville is bounded by Woodbury Road to the north, Plainview Road to the South and South Oyster Bay Road to the East. The homes in this neighborhood are comprised of spacious Split Levels with 3 to 4 Bedrooms and 1 ½ to 2 baths. Most also have a basement, garage and family room/den plus a formal dining room, spacious living room and nice private back yard. There are also nice ranches in this area. The ranches have 3 bedrooms with an eat in kitchen. All have basements which are generally finished with a recreation room, work room and sometimes and extra bath.

The closest grocery shopping is the Plainview Shopping Centre on South Oyster Bay Road. It has everything you need from a Stop & Shop Super Market to Trader Joes plus plenty of restaurants!! In addition, the shopping adjacent to the subdivision on the intersection of South Oyster Bay Rd. & Woodbury Rd. has a Staples, Italian restaurant – Pasta-eria (the best!) and my favorite – Bagel Boss!!

This neighborhood is upscale with tree-lined streets and well-kept properties. If you’d like to see what is available for sale currently – just send a quick email to: Donovan_Realty@yahoo.com and we’ll send you the links for the current inventory in the area!

There are currently 148 homes available for sale this week from $275,000 - to $749,999 - below are the stats. For a detailed list with ADDRESSES of ALL homes curently available in Hicksville - please email me at: donovan_realty@yahoo.com & I will forward the link to you! Karen Donovan - Donovan Brothers Realty Inc. or call direct for details at: 516-822-1442

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I have had a lot of questions lately about the Hicksville Schools. So, based on my own knowledge as a realtor, plus a bit of research, I will begin to post some info on our school system that might be helpful to folks thinking of moving into the community and possibly buying real estate in Hicksville! Some of the info I researched, came from the Hicksville Public Schools site (www.Hicksvillepublicschools.org).

There are 7 Elementary Schools: Burns Avenue, Lee Avenue, Woodland Avenue, Old Country Rd., Dutch Lane, East Street and Fork Lane. Each elementary school has between 300 - 400 students so that makes them nice neighborhood schools. They are sincerely committed to higher academic standards for all students and the dedicated teaching staff is constantly adding new programs & curriculum to benefit their students. They want to ensure that learning is both challenging and fun.

I will provide more statistics in later blog posts, but statistics show that 91.5% of Hicksville High School graduates, graduate with a Regents Diploma.

We have been seeing an increased demand for housing in the Hicksville market. Demand by prospective purchasers moving out from Queens & surrounding areas has been strong, since Hicksville is only 20 miles outside of New York City with excellent transit and easy commute distance. The shopping is excellent with Broadway Mall centrally located plus a number of popular local shops. In addition, there are many well kept neighborhoods with nice homes, reasonably priced with lower taxes. We also have many long time residents of the community whose children, now are purchasing homes in Hicksville.

See a sample of a new listing we have in Hicksville (below)!!

Compliments of Donovan Brothers Realty of Hicksville. 211 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville 516-822-1442 (for further details please give us a call!