Michael Pam's Black Belt Champions
1310 Middle Country Rd.
Selden, NY 11784
(631) 696-3890
About Selden
Selden is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 21,861 at the 2000 census.
The farmers who first moved to what is now Selden in the mid-18th century referred to the area as Westfield (or sometimes as Westfields). One of the better known early residents was Captain Daniel Roe (1740–1820), who fought in the French and Indian War and served as a captain in the Revolutionary War, and for whom Captain Daniel Roe Highway is named. Roe built a house in Selden along Middle Country Road before the Revolutionary War.
As of 1885, Selden was home to 88 residents and a Presbyterian church (built in 1857), and noted for producing melons and early garden vegetables from its farms. Around 1897, the popular cross-island Bicycle Path was completed and ran through Selden. A popular stop along the path, "Wheelmen's Rest", was in Selden and run by Albert Norton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km²), all land. Selden is bordered by Centereach to the west, Terryville to the north, Coram to the east, and Farmingville to the south.
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,861 people, 6,809 households, and 5,522 families residing in the CDP.