Officially The Incorporated Village of Freeport, is located in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 43,783 at the 2000 census. A settlement since the 1640s. Freeport is a Long Island hot spot during the summer season. Freeport's Nautical Mile (the west side of Woodcleft Canal) attracts many people from across Long Island and New York City. The Nautical Mile is a strip along the water that features well-known seafood restaurants, crab shacks, bars, eclectic little boutiques, fresh fish markets, as well as party cruise ships and casino boats that float atop the canals.
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