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Sands Point is a village located at the tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Port Washington area, which is anchored by Port Washington. The population was 2,675 at the 2010 census.

The village was incorporated in 1910, and is named for the Sands family. In 1912, the village absorbed the communities of Barkers Point and Motts Point, and in 1932, it absorbed the Harbor Acreas community. It was originally owned by three families: the Sands, the Vanderbilts, and the Cornwells. The Sands Family Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.6 square miles (15 km2), of which 1.4 square miles (4 km2), or 24.56%, is water. Sands Point is considered a bedroom community of the City of New York, and many residents commute to/from New York for work.

As of the census of 2010, 2,675 people, 872 households, and 762 families were residing in the village. The population density was 636.9 people/sq mi (243.2/km2). The 934 housing units had an average density of 222.4/sq mi (84.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 88.6% White, 0.8% African American, 8.2% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.7% of the population. Of the 872 households, 38.3% had children under 18 living with them, 80.6% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.6% were not families. About 10.4% of the households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03, and the average family size was 3.21. In the village, the age distribution was 26.4% under 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 45.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males. As of 2018, the median income for a household in the village was $231,667, with it being named the richest town in New York. Males had a median income of $158,500 versus $44,943 for females. The per capita income for the village was $112,716. None of the families and 0.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none under age 18 or 65 or over.

As of August 2022, the Mayor of Sands Point is Peter A. Forman, the Deputy Mayor is Jeffrey Moslow, and the Village Trustees are Elena Karabatos, Jeffrey Moslow, Rebecca Vitas Schamis, and Sloane Ackerman.

The Village of Sands Point operates its own police department.

Sands Point is located in the Town of North Hempstead's 6th council district, which as of August 2022 is represented on the North Hempstead Town Council by Mariann Dalimonte (D – Port Washington).

Sands Point is located in Nassau County's 11th Legislative district, which as of August 2022 is represented in the Nassau County Legislature by Delia DiRiggi Whitton (D–Glen Cove).

Sands Point is located within the New York State Assembly's 16th Assembly district, which as of August 2022 is represented by Gina Sillitti (D–Manorhaven).

Sands Point is located in the New York State Senate's 7th State Senate district, which as of August 2022 is represented in the New York State Senate by Anna Kaplan (D–North Hills).

Sands Point is located in New York's 3rd congressional district, which as of June 2023 is represented in the United States Congress by George Santos (R–Queens).

Like the rest of New York, Sands Point is represented in the United States Senate by Charles Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D).

In the 2016 U. S. presidential election, the majority of Sands Point voters voted for Hillary Clinton (D).

The Sands Point Golf Club and the Village Club of Sands Point are both located in Sands Point. The Village Club, once the IBM Country Club, was purchased in 1994 by the village. Additionally, Nassau County's Sands Point Preserve is located within the village. As such, all students who reside within the village and attend public schools go to Port Washington's schools. Alva Belmont (1853–1933), socialite and suffragette. Carlos Beltrán (born 1977), professional baseball player. Len Berman (born 1947), television sportscaster and morning radio host. John Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor and film director; graduated from Port Washington High School in 1947. Stanley Chais (1926–2010), investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal. Perry Como (1912–2001), singer. Howard Gould (1871–1959), financier. Harry Guggenheim (1890–1971), aviator, newspaper publisher, and racehorse owner/breeder. Pamela Harriman (1920–1997), socialite and W. Averell Harriman's third wife. John La Gatta (1894–1977), illustrator. Edgar F. Luckenbach (1868–1943), shipping magnate. Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942), publisher. James R. Shepley (1917–1988), reporter and publishing executive. Felix Sater (born 1966), real estate developer and career criminal. John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), composer. William Tavoulareas (1919–1996), president of the Mobil Oil Company. Don Vultaggio (born 1951/1952), founder of the Arizona Beverage Company.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), Sands Point (Port Washington/Manhasset/Cow Neck) was referred to as "East Egg". East Egg residents inherited their fortunes and were more highly respected than the nouveau riche in newer "West Egg" (Great Neck/Kings Point), because Sands Point had "old money". The story's fictional Buchanans lived in the western part of Sands Point. Reports incorrectly suggest that Fitzgerald – while he was a guest at the mansion of Herbert Bayard Swope on Hoffstot Lane, at Prospect Point in Sands Point – used the site and its parties as his inspiration for the fictional Buchanan home in East Egg. The home may have served as one of the many inspirations, as Fitzgerald did likely visit it during his time living in Great Neck (1922–24), but not as a guest of Swope's. Fitzgerald left Great Neck for Paris in 1924, prior to Swope's purchase of that mansion. The likely story with regard to Swope is that Fitzgerald and his good friend Ring Lardner would observe many parties held at the home Swope was residing in during the time Fitzgerald was actually living in the area. This Swope residence was adjacent to Lardner's home on Shore Road in Great Neck, and is no longer extant, though Lardner's mansion is still standing. Another Sands Point mansion, situated next to the Sands Point Light and across a shallow bay from Prospect Point, was Beacon Towers. Scholars believe it served as one of the many inspirations for Jay Gatsby's mansion in the novel, though Gatsby lived on the eastern side of Kings Point, in the book. The extravagant Gothic style residence was built by Alva Belmont, formerly Alva Vanderbilt, in 1918. It was demolished in 1945.