Glen Cove

Glen Cove is a multicultural city with a population of 26,936 as of 2009. It is a small city that provides a variety of amenities. The Matinecock Indians a Native American tribe founded it. Glen Cove was originally named "Moscheto." English migrants from New England used Glen Cove as a port before 1668.
A man named Joseph Carpenter, from Warwick, Rhode Island purchased about 2,000 acres of the land northwest of the Town of Oyster Bay on May 24, 1668. Later that year Mr. Carpenter admitted four co-partners into the project - three brothers, Nathaniel, Daniel, and Robert Coles, and Nicholas Simkins. These men were all residents of Oyster Bay. The five men named the settlement later spelled "Musketa Cove". In the Matinecock language means "place of rushes."

By train

The Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch has regular service from Penn Station, though you will likely have to change trains at Jamaica. The branch has stops at Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Glen Street, Glen Cove, and Locust Valley.

By car

Glen Cove can be accessed from the Long Island Expressway or the Northern State Parkway. From the west, take Glen Cove Road north (LIE exit 39; NSP exit 31); from the east, take NY-107/Cedar Swamp Road north (LIE exit 41, NSP exit 35). The two roads will converge just before reaching Glen Cove.

• Webb Institute

  phone: +1 516 671-2213
  address: 298 Crescent Beach Rd
  Small college specializing in naval architecture and marine engineering. Its grounds are the former home of industrialist Herbert L. Pratt, known as "The Braes", and its main building is Pratt's 1914 mansion.

• Welwyn Preserve

  address: 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove
  Estate and home of industrialist Harold I. Pratt, now a county park with woodland trails and a beach. The mansion itself is now the Nassau County Holocaust Museum.

• Sea Cliff Village Museum

  address: 95 Tenth Ave, Sea Cliff
  Sea Cliff's museum, located in the same complex as the Village Hall and Library, which used to be a Methodist Church

• Victorian houses of Sea CliffSea Cliff is famous for its concentration of late 19th-century Victorian houses, many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Most of the houses are on or within a block of Sea Cliff Avenue or Prospect Avenue. These are privately-owned houses with people living in them, so don't gawk for too long!

• C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University

  address: 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville
  A university built around Hillwood, the former estate of C. W. Post of breakfast cereal fame

• New York Institute of Technology

  address: Old Westbury
  University whose campus includes several former estates, including the de Seversky Mansion once owned by Alfred I. du Pont, and several buildings from the C. V. Whitey estate

• Garvies Point Museum and Preserve

  phone: +1 516 571-8010
  address: 50 Barry Dr
  Garvies Point Museum and Preserve is a center for research on Long Island geology and a valued resource in the study of the Island's Native American archaeology. This museum has many trails you can walk through as well at the preserve. Birthday parties and different types of workshops are offered as well. You can find more information on the website on planning events.

• Glen Cove Municipal Golf Course

  phone: +1 516-676-0550
  address: 109 Lattingtown Rd
  Glen Cove provides a beautiful 18-hole golf course with a beautiful water view. Residents and non-residents may play the course. They have a pro shop on site and a driving range. On site as well is Stanco Park that has tennis courts and a children's playground. There is also a restaurant on the property called Soundview Cafe.

Glen Cove offers a variety of different restaurants.

• La Ginestra

  phone: +1 516 674-2244
  address: 50 Forest Ave
  La Ginestra is a casual restaurant that provides excellent Italian cuisine. They are very accommodating. They provide a wonderful friendly staff that caters to your needs while dining.

• La Bussola Ristorante

  phone: +1 516 671-2100
  address: 40 School St
  La Bussola Ristorante offers fine Italian cuisine with timeless recipes that have been passed down through generations.

• Delicious Restaurant and Pizzeria

  phone: +1 516 759-0793
  address: 70 Forest Ave
  They deliver as well.

• The Downtown Cafe

  phone: +1 516 759-2233
  address: 4 School St
  A fun up-scale bar experience. They offer a full menu, top shelf bar, wine and martini list.

• Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center

  phone: +1 516 671-6400
  address: 200 Dosoris Ln
  The Glen Cove Mansion is on an elegant property of 55 secluded and landscaped acres. They offer 29,000 square feet of event and meeting space. Wireless Internet access is provided as well throughout the hotel. They provide a complete fitness and recreational facilities, including a sauna, steam and massage rooms, indoor pool and whirlpool, garden swimming pool, racquetball courts, lighted tennis courts, jogging trail and a sports field, and the local golf course is available nearby. Guest rooms are both in the Mansion and an annex building, and rooms there can be a long walk in a maze of corridors from the Mansion amenities.

• North Hempstead
• Oyster Bay