Glen Cove station

Glen Cove
June 10, 2010 view of Glen Cove station from the same angle as the 1907 post card below.
Location Duck Pond Road & Pearsall Avenue
Glen Cove, NY
Coordinates 40°51′55″N 73°37′01″W / 40.865189°N 73.616976°W / 40.865189; -73.616976Coordinates: 40°51′55″N 73°37′01″W / 40.865189°N 73.616976°W / 40.865189; -73.616976
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)
  Oyster Bay Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Mid Island Taxi
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 7
History
Opened 1895
Previous names Nassau (1895–June 28, 1911[1])
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 368[2]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Oyster Bay Branch
toward Oyster Bay

Glen Cove is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located between Pearsall Avenue and Norfolk Lane north of Duck Pond Road in the city of Glen Cove, New York.

Glen Cove station, (née Nassau), was built in 1895 at the behest of the "Gold Coast" millionaires such as the Pratts and J.P. Morgan who were looking for a more dignified station to disembark. This explains why this station was built roughly a mile from the Glen Street station. The picturesque station has been featured in several movies, including Sabrina,[3] Hello Again, and several commercials. It can be found at the southwest corner of the Nassau Country Club, where maintenance crew members often enter and leave.

No bus access is available for this station (unlike the nearby Glen Street station), however local taxicabs do stop there.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

Ground/platform level
Entrance/exit and parking
Platform A, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Hunterspoint or Penn (Glen Street)
Track 2 Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Locust Valley) →
Platform B, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ "Glen Cove Station Name to be Changed". The Daily Star. June 12, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. ↑ Glen Cove: 1954 movie "Sabrina" starring Audrey Hepburn with her dog; David Archive: Dave Morrison (TrainsAreFun)

Media related to Glen Cove station at Wikimedia Commons

1907 post card of Glen Cove station. Note the freight house southwest of the main station house.
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