Port Washington, New York

Port Washington, New York
Hamlet and census-designated place
Main Street in Port Washington, looking east on September 1, 2022.
Nicknames:  "Port"; "PW"
Location in Nassau County and the state of New York
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Coordinates: 40°49′44″N 73°41′12″W / 40.82889°N 73.68667°W / 40.82889; -73.68667
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau
Town	North Hempstead
First settled	1644
Named for	George Washington
Area [1]
• Total	5.65 sq mi (14.64 km2)
• Land	4.20 sq mi (10.88 km2)
• Water	1.45 sq mi (3.76 km2)
Elevation	98 ft (30 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16,753
• Density	3,987.86/sq mi (1,539.71/km2)
Demonym	Port Washingtonian
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11050–11055
Area codes	516, 363
FIPS code	36-59520
GNIS feature ID	0960979
Website	www.pwcoc.org

Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The hamlet is the anchor community of the Greater Port Washington area. The population was 16,753 at the 2020 census.