Lake Success, NY

Lake Success is a small Nassau County village on Long Island, near Great Neck and the Queens border. The area was first settled by Europeans in the late 1700s and was once known as Lakeville, but its most distinctive historical role came after World War II, when the United Nations used the former Sperry Gyroscope complex in Lake Success as its temporary headquarters before moving to Manhattan. Today the village is affluent and residential, with office parks, parkways, and easy access to both North Shore communities and New York City.