09/03/2026
Port Washington students headed back to school this week! 🏫 Pictured here is Sands Point School No. 2, also referred to as "Down Neck School," for its location "down on the neck" of Port Washington (which was called Cow Neck until 1859) as opposed to the Flower Hill School on Port Washington Boulevard, which served students "up on the neck." It was also called "The White School" in reference to its bright white facade.
Sands Point School No. 2 was built in 1899 to accommodate a population that had outgrown the previous Sands Point School No. 1 (1870-1898). School No. 2 was located on the hill at the east side of Harbor Road overlooking the Mill Pond and the Dodge Homestead (approximately where the Sewer District building is now). The course of study taught here was provided by the State Department of Public Instruction and was designed to cover the first nine years of a child's school life. Before Port Washington had a high school (which opened in 1909), Sands Point School No. 2 offered Regents courses to older students.
Sands Point School No. 2 was open for 30 years until Port Washington's ever-expanding population once again outgrew its facilities. In 1929 with the opening of Sands Point School No. 3 (today Daly Elementary), Sands Point School No. 2 closed its doors. The building was sold to a developer in 1930 who razed the building to make way for other construction.
