Manhasset is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 8,362. Manhasset is a Native American term that translates to "the island neighborhood" (for many years it was reported that the Manhasset were one of the 13 tribes of Long Island) was that A 2005 Wall Street Journal article ranked Manhasset as the best town for raising a family in the New York metropolitan area blank">http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/relocation/20050616-coombes.html?refresh=on. As with other unincorporated communities, its local affairs are administered by the _Township

The hamlet is served by the Long Island Rail Road, which provides direct and convenient access to New York City at the Manhasset station.