Rabbi Bender’s Yeshivah (Darchei Torah) is in Far Rockaway.
Rabbi Kelemer IS an Adam Chashuv meod and a Gadol b’Torah. There is more than one Shul in West Hempstead, and an eclectic variety of FRUM Jews live there. Some are more modern, and some are less modern. They are Shomrei Torah u’Mitzvos, so let’s not get into borderline L”H about WH, which is a very affordable community.
I have heard that there was talk of a Yeshivish community being established there. I don’t know if it is happening so quickly. When WH was established (and I only know this from people who helped establish it, it was a religious wasteland. Very few frum people were there. And now it is a vibrant Orthodox community.
Cedarhurst was ALSO pretty much a religious wasteland when the frum people began moving in. It had one Orthodox shul, where I am fairly certain most members in the CR would not feel too comfortable davening. Not to denigrate the shul, but its mechitzah left a great deal to be desired. So the families that moved in, mine among them, left to form their own shul,a Young Israel, under the leadership of a most choshuvah rov.
Don’t discount a community because it is not exactly what you feel is ideal for you. Move in and slowly MAKE it your ideal place, while being careful not to step on anyone’s toes along the way. West Hemsptead’s present population is comprised of some really wonderful people.