Northport, New York

Northport is a village located in Suffolk County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 7,606.

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Village - Suffolk County, New York - USA - 2000

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The Village of Northport sits along New York State Highway 25A in the Town of Huntington. Known for its bucolic main street which still bears trolley rails from a long discontinued streetcar that brought people to the village from The Long Island Rail Road stop that is in East Northport.

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New York State Highway 25A - Town of Huntington - Long Island Rail Road - East Northport

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Northport Village lies on Long Island's picturesque North Shore. Main Street has a number of fine restaurants and ice cream parlors, as well as an old-style barbershop, Oscar's, and a GAP clothing store. Northport was also home to writer Jack Kerouac in the early 1960's where he was often found at Gunther's Tap Room, a tavern still operating under the same owner.

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GAP - Jack Kerouac

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Other notable people to come from Northport are actressess Patti Lupone, and Edie Falco. Also musicians Paul Pesco, Paul Zunno, and Vance Brescia hail from this small waterside community.

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Patti Lupone - Edie Falco

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In 1997 the film "In and Out", directed by Frank Oz, was on location on Main Street. The film, starring Kevin Kline, was about how a high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches. Story rumored to be loosely based upon Tom Hanks acceptance speech when receiving his Academy Award for "Philadelphia". One scene was filmed in The Shipwreck Diner that is an actual railroad dining car that has sat near the end of Main Street for generations.

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In and Out - Frank Oz - Kevin Kline

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