Hicksville

Norbute Corp.’s Metalab Equipment Company produced cabinets and furnishings for laboratories. From 1975 to 1991, Alsy Manufacturing produced electric lamps and lampshades.

In 1945, the Rubber Company of America (RUCO) constructed a manufacturing facility. Hooker Chemical Company, also known as RUCO Polymer Corp., produced latex, esters, and plastics. From 1966 until 1982, this location was owned and run by Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC). After Sybron Corporation bought the property, the Hooker Ruco factory was acquired by Bayer Corporation (Bayer MaterialScience) in 2000, and the facility was shut down in 2002. A spur track off the Main Line near to the grade crossing at New South Road served the facility, which was a freight client of the Long Island Rail Road and the New York and Atlantic Railway. From 1982 until 2002, the location was utilized to produce polyester. 

Given the existence of a significant LIRR hub, Hicksville evolved become one of New York City’s primary bedroom communities. For off-line freight clients receiving or exporting cargo by rail to any location in the North American rail network, the LIRR maintains a team yard on West John Street, just east of Charlotte Avenue, which is served by the New York and Atlantic Railway.

North Broadway in Hicksville, which is in the middle of Nassau County, has grown to be a major shopping district. The Mid-Island Shopping Plaza, now known as Broadway Mall, a 156,000-square-foot Sears department store and auto center, as well as a number of other eateries and retail establishments, were located on North Broadway. Sears closed its doors in 2018.