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Lawrence is an incorporated village in the southwest corner of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, adjoining Queens to the west and sitting close to the Atlantic Ocean; it is one of Long Island's 'Five Towns.'

The Village of Lawrence was incorporated on September 13, 1897.

Two traditions explain the village's name: one credits brothers Alfred and Newbold Lawrence, who began acquiring land in the area in the 1850s, and the other credits naval hero Captain James Lawrence.

Lawrence counted 6,809 residents in the 2020 Census, up from 6,483 in 2010, and Census QuickFacts counted about 2,072 households in 2020-2024 with an average of 3.26 persons per household.

Lawrence is one of the wealthiest villages in New York: Census QuickFacts put the median value of its owner-occupied homes at $1,623,200 for 2020-2024.

Central Avenue, which runs through Lawrence into Cedarhurst, is lined with upscale boutiques and a large, growing number of kosher restaurants serving the Five Towns' Orthodox Jewish community.

The Rockaway Hunting Club, founded in 1878 and often cited as the oldest country club in the United States, has its grounds in Lawrence.

The village itself operates recreational facilities including a club house, a yacht basin, a golf course, and tennis courts.

Lawrence gives its name to the Lawrence Public Schools (District 15), which also serve Cedarhurst, Inwood, Atlantic Beach, and parts of Woodmere - although Lawrence High School's building actually stands in Cedarhurst.

Private schools in the village include the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR), a K-12 Modern Orthodox school, and The Brandeis School, a Conservative Jewish day school.