Glen Cove is a
city
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in
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2020 U.S. census, Nassau County's population is 1,395,774. The county seat is Mineola and the largest town is Hempstead.
Nassau County is situated on western Long Island ...
, United States, on the
North Shore of
Long Island
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. At the
2020 United States Census
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, the city population was 28,365 as of the
2020 census.
The city was considered part of the early 20th century
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
of the North Shore, as the areas along the waterfront were developed as large
country estate
An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner.
British context
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s by wealthy entrepreneurs and businessmen such as
J.P. Morgan,
Phipps,
Pratt
Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A–F
* Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer
* Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player
* Andy Pratt (baseball) (bor ...
, and Prybil.
Glen Cove also had manufacturing and a diverse population that worked in industry, local agriculture and retail businesses. Of Nassau County's five municipalities, Glen Cove is one of the two municipalities that is a city, rather than a town, the other being
Long Beach
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Incorporate ...
on the
South Shore.
The city was the location of several successful manufacturing facilities in the 20th century. It attracted numerous immigrants from Ireland, Italy, and eastern Europe. More recently, it has been settled by immigrants of later migrations, from Central and South America, and Asia.
History
Succeeding cultures of
indigenous peoples
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had lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European contact, bands of the
Lenape
The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory includ ...
(Delaware) nation inhabited western Long Island, the areas of New York and New Jersey around the harbor, and along the coast through present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware, as well as along the Delaware River. They spoke an
Algonquian language. By 1600 the band inhabiting this local area was called the
Matinecock
Matinecock is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 810 at the 2010 census.
History
Matinecock incorporated as a village on April 2, 1928, in order to ...
after their location.
Glen Cove was used as a port by English migrants from New England and named Moscheto before 1668. On May 24, 1668, Joseph Carpenter of
Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
, Rhode Island purchased about of land to the northwest of the Town of
Oyster Bay from the Matinecock. Later in that year, he admitted four residents of Oyster Bay as co-partners in the project: brothers Nathaniel, Daniel, and Robert Coles; and Nicholas Simkins. The five young men named the settlement Musketa Cove Plantation, musketa meaning place of rushes in the Lenape language.
[Petrash, Antonia; Stern, Carol; McCrossen, Carol]
"History of Glen Cove"
Glen Cove Public Library, 2005
19th century
In the 1830s,
steamboats
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started regular service on Long Island Sound between New York City and Musketa Cove, arriving at a point still called The Landing. As Musketa was negatively associated with
mosquito
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...
, in 1834 residents changed the name to Glen Cove; this was said to be taken from the misheard suggestion of Glencoe, meaning
Glencoe, Scotland
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''A’ Chàrnaich'') is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Co ...
.
Glen Cove added population as workers arrived for jobs at the Duryea Corn Starch factory, which operated until 1900. The name Duryea was suggested as a name to replace Mosquito Cove but rejected.
By 1850, Glen Cove had become a popular summer resort for New York City residents. The
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
was extended to Glen Cove in 1867, providing quicker, more frequent service to New York City. The availability of the train and the town's location on Long Island Sound made it attractive to year-round residents, and the population increased.
The vistas afforded of Long Island Sound from the town's rolling hills attracted late 19th-century wealthy industrial barons, including
Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 – May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing fam ...
and his sons,
Charles Anderson Dana
Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper ''New-York Tribune' ...
as well as
J.P. Morgan, and
F.W. Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852 – April 8, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores or dime stores) which featured ...
. They built large private estates along the island's North Shore. This expanse of settled wealth was part of what became known in the 1920s as the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
of Nassau County. Part of the Morgan property was donated to the city, and it now is operated as Morgan Park and Beach.
20th century
On January 1, 1918, Glen Cove became an independent city, separating from the Town of Oyster Bay after 250 years. The incorporation was driven by a desire for its tax revenues to be used locally, rather than distributed throughout Oyster Bay. Glen Cove at the time was an especially wealthy part of the town, but the town's provisions for Glen Cove's police service and roads were seen to be inadequate given the amount of taxes levied. It was unusual in that it incorporated as a city without ever having been an incorporated village.
Before the mid-20th century, most of the mansions were adapted to other than residential purposes. Winfield Hall, the former home of F.W. Woolworth, is privately owned.
Altogether, five Pratt families owned a total of about in the area. John Teele Pratt's estate (
The Manor, designed by
Charles A. Platt
Charles Adams Platt (October 16, 1861 – September 12, 1933) was a prominent American architect, garden designer, and artist of the "American Renaissance" movement. His garden designs complemented his domestic architecture.
Early career Pai ...
) is operated as the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.
The Braes, the country estate of
Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert Lee Pratt (November 21, 1871 – February 3, 1945) was an American businessman and a leading figure in the United States oil industry. In 1923, he became head of Standard Oil of New York; his father Charles Pratt was a founder of Astr ...
, was purchased by the
Webb Institute
Webb Institute is a private college focused on engineering and located in Glen Cove, New York. Each graduate of Webb Institute earns a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. Successful candidates for admission r ...
in 1945. After renovation, it opened the facility in 1947 as an established specialty college for naval architecture and engineering.
George DuPont Pratt's estate
Killenworth
Killenworth is a historic mansion in Glen Cove, New York constructed for George Dupont Pratt in 1912. It was purchased by the Soviet Union in 1946 to become the country retreat of the Soviet, and later Russian, delegation to the United Nations. ...
was purchased by the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
government in 1951 for use by its
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
delegation. The Russians have used it for decades to house visitors and as a weekend retreat for its UN staff. When in the United States for meetings at the United Nations,
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
in 1960, then premier of the Soviet Union, and
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
, then president of Cuba, separately stayed at Killenworth.
Like many other suburbs, Glen Cove grew rapidly in population after World War II when new residential developments were completed on former pastureland and farms. Many new residents were second- and third-generation descendants of eastern and southern European immigrants, and had moved from childhood homes in Queens or Brooklyn. Some African Americans were descendants of slaves from the colonial period, as colonists had used slaves for domestic help and farm labor; others were descendants of migrants from the South who came to New York City and the area during the
Great Migration of the first half of the 20th century.
Since the late 20th century, immigrants to the city have been generally from Latin America and eastern Asia. A
Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
gurdwara
A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...
established in Glen Cove draws members from the ethnic Indian population in the area.
Historic properties
![Old Glen Cove NY Post Office](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Old_Glen_Cove_NY_Post_Office.JPG)
The
U.S. Post Office
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at Glen Cove, built in 1932 during the
Great Depression
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, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1989. The
Justice Court Building, the former city court and later city hall and police headquarters, was added to the NRHP in 1990.
It has been renovated and adapted for use as the North Shore Historical Museum. The
Old Glen Cove Post Office
Old Glen Cove Post Office is a historic post office building located at Glen Cove in Nassau County, New York. It was designed by Stephen Voorhees, then with the architecture firm Eidlitz & McKenzie, and built in 1905. It is a three-story Tudo ...
on Glen Street was listed on the NRHP in 2010; it is now used as an architect's office.
Geography
The city is on the north shore of
Long Island
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on
Long Island Sound
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. The hills that stretch along the shore are terminal
moraines
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left by glaciers of the last ice age.
Glen Cove is located at (40.867326, −73.627738).
The city of Glen Cove is bordered on three sides by the Town of
Oyster Bay, and on the fourth by the Sound.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has , including of land and of (65.51%) water.
Demographics
According to the
2010 U.S. census, Glen Cove had a population of 26,964. In 2000, the city had a population of 26,622 people, 9,461 households, and 6,651 families residing in the city limits; in 2000 its population was spread out at 4,006.0 people per square mile (1,545.7/km
2).
The 2019
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...
determined Glen Clove's population increased to 27,166.
At the
2000 U.S. census
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...
, there were 9,461 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. In 2000, 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $89,000 and the median income for a family was $108,000 in 2000. Males had a median income of $61,900 versus $40,581 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $26,627.
In 2019, there were 9,811 households, out of which 20.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 52.2% of the city population were female. Glen Clove had an owner-occupied housing rate of 52.5% and there was an average of 2.70 persons per household from 2015 to 2019. The city had a median household income of $80,702 and per capita income of $40,703. Of the total population, 13.8% were estimated to live at or below the poverty line.
Race and ethnicity
According to the 2019 American Community Survey, the
U.S. Census Bureau
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determined 54.7% of the population was
non-Hispanic white
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, 8.4%
Black or African American, 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.3%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 2.7%
two or more races
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, and 25.8%
Hispanic or Latin American of any race. In 2010, the racial and ethnic makeup of Glen Cove was 74.2% White (59.4% non-Hispanic white), 7.2% African American, 4.6% Asian, 10.1% some other race, 3.2% two or more races, 0.4% Native American, and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 27.9% of the population. At the 2000 census, the racial makeup of the city was 60.28% White, 26.40% African American, 0.29% Native American, 4.11% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.72% from other races, and 23.15% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos people of any race were 20.0% of the population.
Economy
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in Glen Cove, New York. Originally formed by Greg Fischbach, Robert Holmes and Jim Scoroposki out of an Oyster Bay storefront in 1987, the company established a worldwide d ...
had its headquarters in One Acclaim Plaza, located in Glen Cove. Acclaim bought the three-story, ,
Class A office
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building in 1994 for $4 million.
Glen Cove Creek was channelized in the early 20th century by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Li Tungsten produced tungsten powder and tungsten carbide powder, along with other specialty products.
The company was first known as
Wah Chang Smelting and Refining Company, and later as Teledyne Wah Chang.
Columbia Ribbon and Carbon Manufacturing Company opened a Glen Cove research lab in 1932 and produced blue printing inks, carbon paper and typing ribbon until 1980.
Powers Chemco, which made photographic equipment and supplies, was renamed Chemco Technologies in 1987. It was later purchased and renamed Konica Imaging U.S.A., and is today known as Konica Minolta Holding USA Inc. The company closed its Glen Cove factory in 2006 and moved to Michigan.
In 1953 and 1958,
Pall Corporation
Pall Corporation, headquartered in Port Washington, New York, is a global supplier of filtration, separations and purification products. Total revenues for fiscal year 2014 were $2.8 billion, with $103 million spent on R&D. Pall Corporation's bu ...
established factories to make filtration products. One site was occupied until 1999, the other until 1971, when the building was sold to August Thomsen Corp.
Photocircuits Corporation began manufacturing circuit boards in 1951, and employed 740 workers when it closed in 2007.
Another company, Slater Electric, began making electrical wiring devices in 1956.
In 1988, Pass and Seymour manufactured electric components using an injection molding process.
Former Gladsky Marine operated a marina and marine repair facility along Glen Cove Creek from the early 1970s until 1999. The site was listed by the
EPA
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as a cleanup site. The remediation of semi-volatile organic compounds and metals from the facility was completed in 2010.
Culture
*The Morgan Park Music Festival holds free concerts on Sunday evenings during July and August at the gazebo in Morgan Park.
*Glen Cove is the headquarters of the
American Stamp Dealers Association
The American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) is an international philatelic organization of stamp dealers.
History
ASDA was founded in 1914 as an association “dedicated to promoting integrity, honesty and reliability, and we are the hobby build ...
.
*Welwyn, the former Harold Pratt estate, is a , densely wooded preserve open to the public. It features nature trails and a variety of habitats, including a wooded stream valley, fresh water ponds and swamps, a coastal
salt marsh
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, and a stretch of Long Island Sound shoreline. More than 100 species of birds and a variety of small native mammals, reptiles and amphibians inhabit the preserve's grounds. It is the site of the Holocaust Memorial & Educational Center, which offers exhibits and other educational programs.
Nearby are such attractions as the Hillwood Art Museum at C.W. Post Center of Long Island University,
Nassau County Museum of Art
The Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) is located east of New York City on the former Frick "Clayton" Estate, a property in Roslyn Harbor in the heart of Long Island’s Gold Coast. The main museum building, named in honor of art collectors a ...
;
Old Westbury Gardens
__NOTOC__
Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted in ...
and Mansion, which holds regular concerts;
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill was the home of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, from 1885 until his death in 1919. It is located in Cove Neck, New York, near Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island,Bleyer, Bill.When LI place na ...
,
Theodore Roosevelt
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's summer White House; the
Planting Fields Arboretum
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, which includes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, is an arboretum and state park covering over located in the village of Upper Brookville, New York, Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay (town) ...
and Coe Mansion, which also holds concerts; and other live music venues.
Its sister city is
Sturno
Sturno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy.
The town, located in the valley of the Ufita river, is bordered by Carife, Castel Baronia, Flumeri, Frigento and Rocca San Felice.
History
S ...
, Italy, where many immigrants came in the 20th century and settled in Glen Cove.
Education
Public schools
The city of Glen Cove and its residents are served by the
Glen Cove City School District
Glen Cove City School District is a public school district that serves Glen Cove, New York. It currently consists of Glen Cove High School, Robert M. Finley Middle School, and four elementary schools. Two former elementary school buildings are c ...
. Children who live in the City attend the Eugene J. Gribbin/ Katherine A. Deasy Elementary schools for grades K-2 (pre-k offered at Deasy), Landing/ Margaret. A. Connolly schools for grades 3–5, Robert M. Finley Middle School for grades 6–8, and
Glen Cove High School
Glen Cove High School, commonly referred to as GC, or GCHS, is the only public high school in the Glen Cove City School District. Located at 150 Dosoris Ln., Glen Cove, on the North Shore of Long Island, GCHS sits upon of land. The current buil ...
for grades 9–12. Finley Middle School was one of ten NASSP Breakthrough Schools. The Glen Cove City School District's "Paired Plan" for elementary schools has the Gribbin and Connolly schools paired, as well as the Deasy and Landing schools. All students from across the city attend joint classes in the central Middle and High schools.
Private schools
There are several private educational institutions inside the city limits:
* All Saints Regional
Catholic
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School,
which closed in 2019
9*
Friends Academy
Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old ...
(preK – 12) is a Quaker-founded private school that is located within the corporation boundaries of Glen Cove but has a Locust Valley mailing address.
*
Webb Institute
Webb Institute is a private college focused on engineering and located in Glen Cove, New York. Each graduate of Webb Institute earns a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. Successful candidates for admission r ...
of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, a four-year college
Government
The current mayor is Pamela Panzenbeck; this position is elected
at-large
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. She replaced two-term Mayor Tim Tenke, who succeeded Reginald Spinello. The eight-member city council is elected from
single-member districts
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. Panzenbeck and two-thirds of her team were elected in what many political watchers and news outlets deemed a "red wave" of Democratic candidates or incumbents losing races to their Republican competitors in a possible show of voter and constituent dissatisfaction with current government affairs and local conditions. This so-called red wave affected races all over Long Island and other New York enclaves and even (to a smaller extent) states like New Jersey, in what some see as a possible precursor of things to come in the results of the upcoming November 2022 midterm elections.
The town of
Oyster Bay had jurisdiction over the area from the 1680s until 1917, when Glen Cove became an independent city.
[Antonia Petrash, Carol Stern, and Carol McCrossen, "HISTORY OF GLEN COVE"]
Nassau County Library It has its own police, fire protection, and Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services. The fire department and emergency medical services are volunteer agencies. The Office of Emergency Management is responsible for the planning, coordination, and response to natural and man-made emergencies that occur within the city of Glen Cove.
Transportation
The city of Glen Cove is served by the following mass transit services:
* Rail: The
Oyster Bay Branch
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of
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
has three stations within the boundaries of the city:
Sea Cliff
Seacliff or Sea Cliff or Sea Cliffe may refer to:
;Places
''Australia''
*Seacliff, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide
*Seacliff Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
*Sea Cliff Bridge, in Illawarra, New South Wales
''New Zealand''
*Seacli ...
,
Glen Street and
Glen Cove.
* Bus:
Nassau Inter-County Express
The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) is the local bus system serving Nassau County, New York. It also serves parts of western Suffolk County, New York as well as eastern portions of the New York City borough of Queens. It was formerly operated ...
(formerly MTA Long Island Bus): routes N21 (to
Great Neck
Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincor ...
) and N27 (to
Hempstead). There is also local service within the city.
* Express bus: Long Island Transit offers weekday commuter service between Glen Cove and Manhattan with stops in Midtown and the Wall Street area.
Representation in media
* ''
Sabrina
Sabrina may refer to:
* Sabrina (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
People
* Sabrina (actress), stage name of Norma Ann Sykes (1936–2016), a British glamour model and actres ...
'' (1954), starring
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...
,
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, t ...
, and
William Holden
William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Stalag 17'' (1953) ...
– scenes filmed at the
Glen Cove train station
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North by Northwest
''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to ...
'' (1959), starring
Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
,
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress of film, theatre and television. In a career spanning over 70 years, she has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Brit ...
, and
James Mason
James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
– scenes filmed at
Old Westbury Gardens
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Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted in ...
. The police station was the former Glen Cove Police Station, which is now used as the North Shore Historical Museum.
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Hello Again'' (1987), starring
Shelley Long
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and
Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series '' L.A. Law'', – scenes filmed at Glen Cove train station
*''
Still of the Night'' (1982) – Brooke's mother's house where dream occurs, and also the climax of the film, is in Glen Cove.
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3-2-1 Contact
''3-2-1 Contact'' is an American science educational television show produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988 and later ran on Noggin (a joint venture between the CTW ...
'': "What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up" (1992) – filmed at Robert M. Finley Middle School in Glen Cove
* ''
Batman Forever
''Batman Forever'' (on-screen title is simply ''Forever'') is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The third installment of W ...
'' (1995), starring
Val Kilmer
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and
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...
– used the
Webb Institute
Webb Institute is a private college focused on engineering and located in Glen Cove, New York. Each graduate of Webb Institute earns a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. Successful candidates for admission r ...
(formerly "The Braes" estate) as the exterior for Wayne Manor
* ''
Sabrina
Sabrina may refer to:
* Sabrina (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
People
* Sabrina (actress), stage name of Norma Ann Sykes (1936–2016), a British glamour model and actres ...
'' (1995), starring
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4billion in North America and more than $9.3billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America. He is the recipient o ...
,
Greg Kinnear
Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997).
Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including ''Sabrina'' (199 ...
, and
Julia Ormond
Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress. She rose to prominence by appearing in ''The Baby of Mâcon'' (1993), '' Legends of the Fall'' (1994), ''First Knight'' (1995), ''Sabrina'' (1995), '' Smilla's Sense of Snow'' (199 ...
– filmed at Salutations, the former
Junius Spencer Morgan III
Junius Spencer Morgan III (March 15, 1892 – October 19, 1960) was an American banker and a director of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company.
Early life
Junius Spencer Morgan III was born on March 15, 1892, to Jane Norton Grew and Jack Morga ...
estate, still privately owned
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A Perfect Murder
''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen. It is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film ''Dial M for Murder'', though the characters' ...
'' (1998), starring
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AF ...
– filmed at Salutations
* ''
Eyes Wide Shut
''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story'') by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's sett ...
'' (1999) – house where the orgy takes place is in Glen Cove.
* ''
Dedication
Dedication is the act of consecrating an altar, temple, church, or other sacred building.
Feast of Dedication
The Feast of Dedication, today Hanukkah, once also called "Feast of the Maccabees," is a Jewish festival observed for eight days fr ...
'' (2007), starring
Billy Crudup
William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, inc ...
and
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, '' So Real'' (1999), recei ...
– location used unknown
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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'' (2008) – "Contract" (Season 7, Episode 12)
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Sex and the City 2
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'' (2010) – some scenes set at Salutations
* ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' – in Season 3 Episode 7, it was revealed that Agent Broyles lives in Glen Cove.
*
Josh Alan Friedman
Josh Alan Friedman is an American musician, writer, editor and journalist, who has worked in New York and Dallas. He is known for his 1986 collection ''Tales of Times Square'' and his comics collaborations with his brother, artist Drew Friedman ...
, a resident as a child, set his "autobiographical novel", ''Black Cracker'' (2010), in Glen Cove. The book portrays events from his childhood in the early 1960s, when he attended South School, a ''de facto'' black school. For a time, Friedman was South School's lone white student.
[Joe Bonomo, "Coming of Age With Josh Alan Friedman"](_blank)
No Such Thing As Was blog, September 12, 2010
*In 2010, a television commercial for Hunt's tomato sauce was filmed at the Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department, featuring GCVFD firefighters.
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Our Idiot Brother
''Our Idiot Brother'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer. The script was written by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall based on Jesse and Evge ...
'' (2011), starring Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones, Elizabeth Banks – interior shots of mother's house were filmed at a house on Highland Rd.
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Gotham'' (2014) – Parts were filmed outside and inside of the Webb Institute. The producers catered for the students, as the show had commandeered the school's dining room for filming. The institute also supplied a ship model that was used as a set piece.
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Broad City
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'' (2016) - In Season 3, Episode 6 "Philadelphia," parts were filmed at Coves Discount Liquors.
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Kevin Can Wait
''Kevin Can Wait'' is an American television sitcom starring Kevin James that aired on CBS from September 19, 2016, to May 7, 2018. The series was created by James, Rock Reuben, and Bruce Helford, and marked James' second starring role in a CBS ...
'' (2017) – In Season 1 Episode 17, ''Unholy War'', the church scenes were filmed at Glen Cove's St. Rocco's Church.
Notable people
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Laurie Bird
Laurie Bird (September 26, 1953 – June 15, 1979) was an American film actress and photographer. She appeared in three films during the 1970s. Two of them were directed by Monte Hellman. She was romantically involved with Hellman and Art G ...
– film actress
*
Leslie Buck
Leslie Buck (September 20, 1922 – April 26, 2010) was an American business executive and Holocaust survivor who designed the Anthora coffee cup, which has become an iconic symbol of New York City since its introduction in the 1960s.
Early lif ...
– businessman, designer of the
Anthora
The Anthora is a paper coffee cup design that has become iconic of New York City daily life. Its name is an Eastern European-accented pronunciation of the word ''amphora''.
History
The cup was originally designed by Leslie Buck of the Sherri Cu ...
coffee cup
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*
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor lea ...
– baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
*
Daniel Daly
Daniel Joseph Daly (November 11, 1873 – April 27, 1937) was a United States Marine and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. He earned his first Medal of Honor during the Boxer Rebellion in 190 ...
– United States Marine, double medal of honor recipient
*
Howard Davis Jr.
Howard Edward Davis Jr. (February 14, 1956 – December 30, 2015) was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muham ...
– boxer
*
Dave Dictor
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– founding member, vocalist of
MDC (Millions of Dead Cops)
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Ashanti Douglas – singer and actress
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John Edward
John Edward McGee Jr. (born October 19, 1969) is an American television personality, author and a self-proclaimed psychic medium.
After writing his first book on the subject in 1998, Edward became a well-known (and controversial) figure in the ...
– psychic medium
*
Whitey Ford
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (October 21, 1928 – October 8, 2020), nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees ...
–
Yankees
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baseball player
*
Mike Grella
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Club career Youth and amateur
Grella was born i ...
– professional soccer player for the Coloumbus Crew SC
*
Priscilla Johnson McMillan
Priscilla Johnson McMillan (born Priscilla Mary Post Johnson) (July 19, 1928 – July 7, 2021) was an American journalist, translator, author, and historian. She was a Center Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Har ...
- journalist and writer
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Carl Karilivacz – NFL player
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Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
- Attorney general, Senator, and presidential candidate
*
Nick Markakis
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– baseball player
*
Brian Myers
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– professional wrestler
*
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( , ; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, scie ...
– novelist
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Christine C. Quinn - former member of the New York City Council and former Speaker of the NYC Council, politician, housing activist, homeless advocate and organization manager, former head of
Anti-Violence Project, CEO and President of
Women in Need
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Chuck Schuldiner
Charles Schuldiner (born May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member until his death in ...
– founding member, guitarist, and vocalist of the death metal band
Death
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Susan Sensemann – artist
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Tom Suozzi
Thomas Richard Suozzi (; born August 31, 1962) is an American politician, attorney and accountant who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2017 to 2023. His district included part of the North Shore of Long Island.
A member of the Democrat ...
– U.S. Congressman
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MaliVai Washington
MaliVai "Mal" Washington ( ) (born June 20, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996, won four ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in Octo ...
– tennis player
See also
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Welwyn Preserve
Welwyn Preserve County Park is a public nature reserve in Glen Cove, on the North Shore of Long Island in New York State.
Welwyn Preserve was originally Welwyn Estate, the estate of the industrialist Harold I. Pratt. The main house, Welwyn, was ...
, previously the estate of
Harold I. Pratt
Harold Irving Pratt (February 1, 1877 – May 29, 1939) was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist. A director of Standard Oil of New Jersey, he also served on the Council of Foreign Relations from 1923 to 1939.
Early life
He was bor ...
, in Glen Cove
References
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Civil Service website Glen Cove
Glen Cove Public Library
Glen Cove Heritage official website
civic association
Glen Cove's Historic Estates Old Long Island
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