Glen Cove | |||||||||||
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 Glen Cove station as seen on June 10, 2010 | |||||||||||
| 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 /40.865189; -73.616976 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line | Oyster Bay Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 27.9 mi (44.9 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side 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[3]) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 368[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Glen Cove is astation along theOyster Bay Branch of theLong Island Rail Road. It is located between Pearsall Avenue and Norfolk Lane north of Duck Pond Road, in theCity of Glen Cove,Nassau County,New York.
No bus services are available at theGlen Cove station (unlike at the nearbyGlen Street station). However, local taxicabs do stop here.
The Glen Cove station, (néeNassau), was built in 1895, at the behest of the "Gold Coast" millionaires. These wealthy locals, such as theCharles Pratt andJ.P. Morgan, who were looking for a more dignified station to disembark at thanthe existing station on Glen Street.[4][5] The picturesque station has been featured in several movies, includingSabrina,Hello Again, and several commercials.[5][6]
This station has two high-levelside platforms, each four cars long.
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch towardLong Island City orPenn Station(Glen Street) |
| Track2 | Oyster Bay Branch towardOyster Bay(Locust Valley) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
Media related toGlen Cove (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
