Valley Stream Brook

Valley Stream Brook
Location
Country	United States
Region	South Shore of Long Island, New York
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Hook Creek
• coordinates	40°38′53″N 73°44′23″W

Valley Stream Brook (more commonly known as Valley Stream) is a stream on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

Description

Valley Stream Brook runs between Franklin Square and Hook Creek, ultimately emptying into Jamaica Bay.[1][2] The creek begins in Franklin Square, flowing towards the south, west, and southwest to Hook Creek in Woodmere.[3]

Valley Stream eventually reaches its southern terminus at its confluence with Hook Creek, just south of Rosedale Road.[2] From there, the water from Valley Stream continues down Hook Creek, eventually reaching Jamaica Bay.[1][3]

Communities which Valley Stream Brook passes through include Franklin Square, North Valley Stream, Valley Stream, South Valley Stream, and Woodmere in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County – in addition to touching the Rosedale section of the New York City borough of Queens at its confluence with Hook Creek.[1][3]

History

In the 1850s, Valley Stream's water was used in providing the City of Brooklyn with its public drinking water.[4][5]

In the late 1980s, portions of Valley Stream and its tributaries (such as Clear Stream and Mill Brook) began to dry up, leading to restoration efforts being undertaken.[2] This included the construction of a new dam.[2]

The stream is the namesake of North Valley Stream, South Valley Stream, and the Village of Valley Stream.[6]

See also

• Geography of Long Island
• Motts Creek (Nassau County, New York)

References

1. "GNIS Detail – Valley Stream". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
2. Popper, Ellen K. (1990-10-21). "Valley Stream's Drying Brook". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
3. "EPA – Waters GeoViewer". epa.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
4. Popper, Ellen K. (1990-10-21). "When Many Streams Ran Clean". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
5. "History of Valley Stream". www.vsvny.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
6. Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1557871541.