Flanders is a hamlet and census-designated place located in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. It is home of the 20-foot concrete Big Duck, a duck-shaped Ferro cement building which was originally built by a farmer named Martin Maurer and also used as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs. Flanders is on the south side of the Peconic River at its mouth in Peconic Bay. Riverhead is just across the river to the north. The area was originally named after the region of the Netherlands. The very famous Big Duck statue can be found only in Flanders along Route 24 at the entrance of Sears-Bellow County Park. During holiday seasons, the local school children traditionally sing “Duck” carols and warm refreshments including hot chocolate, cookies, and doughnuts are served. Visitors are freely joined and sing along the duck carols while awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus which transported by the Flanders Fire Department.
Most of its resident’s ancestries were Italian, German, Irish, Polish, English, Guatemalan, Mexican, and French. Flanders is partly served by Riverhead School District. The district offers reasonable programs meeting and exceeding all New York State Learning Standards and regulations in order to enhance the achievements in every student. It also provides high quality academic programs especially from Kindergarten to 12th Grade and graduates to College would reach as high as 85% of the student’s population. In fact, the Flanders public schools spend a total of $12,241 per student. The average school expenditure in the United States is $6,058. There are about 16 students per teacher in the area.
North Shore Eye Care serves the residents of Flanders with a variety of concerns including laser vision correction. The board certified lasik experts at North Shore eye care are leaders in the field of laser vision correction and lasik. They are prepared to guide you though the difficult decision of getting your eyes corrected with laser eye surgery. From the moment you walk through the doors of North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, you will be greeted warmly and treated professionally. Our excellent staff is great at giving you the best in eye examination and testing for lasik laser vision correction. We do corneal pachymetry or thickness, corneal topography or mapping and carefully examine your eyes so that we can counsel you to your best options. Many of our patients are excellent candidates for bladeless custom lasik or ilasik, but others are better suited for advanced surface ablation or PRK. All of our laser eye surgery procedures are blade-free and customized. Our Wavescan by VISX gets a customized map of your personal visual system and that information is directly downloaded into the laser. This information is then used to correct nearsightedness or myopia, farsightedness or hyperopia and astigmatism to give you the clearest vision possible.
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