THE MASSAPEQUA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cape Cod/Long Island setting.
Massapequa CDP has 3.56 square miles of land in Nassau County. Its Census reference point is in Cape Cod/Long Island, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Massapequa and Nassau County
Massapequa is associated with Nassau County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Massapequa by land and water
The Census records 0.43 square miles of water within Massapequa, or 10.8% of its total area. It is 26.4 percentage points lower than the 37.2% recorded for Nassau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Massapequa CDP has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Seaford CDP (2.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

