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ATTRACTIONS

There are dozens appealing attractions in an around garden City to visit, among the most favorite ones being:

- Long Island Children's Museum, a hands-on museum for kids and their grown-ups. The little ones can enjoy here all kinds of exciting and entertaining activities that will help them learn about themselves and the world that surrounds them.

- Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, featuring various art-related events and exhibitions, including an annual Art Faculty Exhibit, a juried Art Student Exhibit and often a juried Open Competition Exhibit.

- Hemlock Playground, a beautiful park which contains a baseball/softball field, 2 basketball courts, one tennis court, an athletic field, a volleyball court, and more.

- Old Westbury Gardens, situated in nearby Old Westbury, featuring 200 acres of formal gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes, including a magnificent Charles II-style mansion, former home of John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps and their four children. Westbury House is furnished with fine English antiques and decorative arts from the more than fifty years of the family's residence.

Annual Events

Garden City Belmont Festival is a fun-filled celebration which takes place in June, and features a chicken wing throwdown, exciting entertainment, family friendly activities and live music, including bounce rides, clowns, face painters, street performers and much, much more. This fabulous event is considered to be a definitely must for all Garden City visitors.