Cameras / New York / Hempstead
License plate readers in Hempstead, NY
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Hempstead. That is the 6th-largest total among the 56 New York cities indexed here, and 1.1% of the statewide total. At 14.4 readers per square mile, Hempstead sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
53
readers documented
14.4
per square mile
6th
of 56 indexed New York cities · 402nd of 2,395 nationally
1.1%
of New York’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety47 · 89%
- Genetec2 · 4%
- Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 4%
- Unknown2 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 51 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Hempstead Police Department (40), The Home Depot (6), Nassau County Police Department (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 3.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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