Manhasset, New York:
An island neighborhood second to none
Manhasset is a native American term that translates into "island neighborhood" and that's exactly what this community has always seemed to Greeks since the early decades of this century when Jim Poll's uncle owned his deli there and the young Poll had his eye on living there himself someday. He eventually realized his dream, and so have other Greeks who once visited there and got hooked (a common theme in the Manhasset Greek community). Now Manhasset has its own church, AHEPA Gold Coast chapter and a community that is among the most affluent not only in New York, but in the United States, and the very model of a gilded "island neighborhood). In the following pages, we profile a cross-section of its prominent citizens:
