Glen Cove | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Duck Pond Road & Pearsall Avenue Glen Cove, NY | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°51′55″N73°37′01″W / 40.865189°N 73.616976°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Oyster Bay Branch | ||||||||||
Distance | 27.9 mi (44.9 km) from Long Island City [1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Mid Island Taxi | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1895 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Nassau (1895–June 28, 1911 [2] ) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2006 | 368 [3] | ||||||||||
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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, Nassau County, New York.
No bus access is available at the Glen Cove station (unlike at the nearby Glen Street station). However, local taxicabs do stop here.
The Glen Cove station, (née Nassau), was built in 1895, at the behest of the "Gold Coast" millionaires. These wealthy locals, such as the Pratts and J.P. Morgan, who were looking for a more dignified station to disembark at than the existing station on Glen Street. [4] [5] The picturesque station has been featured in several movies, including Sabrina, Hello Again, and several commercials. [5] [6]
This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.
Platform A, side platform | |
Track 1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Glen Street) |
Track 2 | Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Locust Valley) → |
Platform B, side platform |
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