Glen Cove

Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. At the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 28,365 as of the 2020 census. Glen Cove was used as a port by English migrants from New England and named Moscheto before 1668. On January 1, 1918, Glen Cove became an independent city, separating from the Town of Oyster Bay after 250 years. 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. It is one of the two municipalities that is aCity, rather than a town, the other being Long Beach on the South Shore. The name Duryea was suggested as a name to replace Mosquito Cove but rejected. In the 1830s, steamboats started regular service on Long Island Sound between New York City and Musketa Cove, arriving at a point still called The Landing. In 1834 residents changed the name to Glen Cove; this was said to be taken from the misheard suggestion of Glencoe, meaning Glencoe in Scotland. The town's rolling hills attracted late 19th-century wealthy industrial barons, including Charles Pratt and his sons, Charles Anderson Dana as well as J.P. Morgan, and F.W. Woolworth. This expanse of settled wealth was part of what became known in the 1920s as the Gold Coast of Nassau county.

History

Glen Cove was used as a port by English migrants from New England and named Moscheto before 1668. By 1850, Glen Cove had become a popular summer resort for New York City residents. The vistas afforded of Long Island Sound from the town's rolling hills attracted late 19th-century wealthy industrial barons. Glen Cove became an independent city on January 1, 1918, separating from the Town of Oyster Bay after 250 years. 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. George DuPont Pratt's estate Killenworth was purchased by the Soviet Union government in 1951 for use by its United Nations 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 the United Nations in 1960, then Soviet Union, then president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, stayed at Killen Worth. The population of Glen Cove grew rapidly after World War II when new residential developments were completed on former farms. Many new residents were second-generation and third-generation descendants of eastern and southern European and eastern Asian immigrants. Since the late 20th century immigrants to the city have generally been generally from Latin America and eastern Asia and from eastern and eastern Europe. Some African Americans had moved from childhood homes in Queens or Brooklyn, as colonists had used slaves for domestic and farm labor, as well as the colonial period.

Geography

Glen Cove is located on the north shore of Long Island on Long Island Sound. The hills that stretch along the shore are terminal moraines left by glaciers of the last ice age. 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, the city has 19.2 square miles (50 km²) of land and 12.6square miles (33 km 2) of (65.51%) water. It is located at 40°522N 73°3740W (40.867326, 73.627738) and has a population of 2,816. It has an area of 19.3 square miles, including 6.7 square miles of land, and a total area of 33.6 square miles. It was founded in the early 1800s as a settlement of residents fleeing the effects of the Great Fire of New York. The town was named after Glen Cove, New York, a town on the east coast of the U.S. that was once the center of the Adirondack Mountains. The name Glen Cove was first used in the 18th century by a resident of the town, who used it as a name for the town of Glen Haven, in New York state. The word Glen Cove has been used to refer to Glen Cove since the early 19th century, when it was known as Glen Cove.

Demographics

Glen Cove had a population of 26,964 at the 2010 U.S. census. The 2019 American Community Survey determined Glen Clove's population increased to 27,166. In 2000, 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. The median income for a household in the city was $89,000 and the medianincome for a family was $108,000 in 2000. The city had a median household income of $80,702 and per capita incomes of $40,703. Of the total population, 13.8% were estimated to live at or below the poverty line. 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 people of any race were 20.0% of the population. In 2015, the city had an owner-occupied housing rate of 52.5%. In 2019, there was an average of 2.70 persons per household from 2015 to 2019.

Economy

Glen Cove Creek was channelized in the early 20th century by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Acclaim Entertainment bought the three-story, 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2), Class A office building in 1994 for $4 million. Li Tungsten produced tungsten powder, along with other specialty products, in Glen Cove. Pall Corporation established factories to make filtration products in 1953 and 1958.Photocircuits Corporation began manufacturing circuit boards in 1951, and employed 740 workers when it closed in 2007.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 as a cleanup site. The remediation of semi-volatile organic compounds and metals from the facility was completed in 2010. The company closed its Glen Cove factory in 2006 and moved to Michigan. It was later purchased and renamed Konica Imaging U.S.A., and is today known as Konica Minolta Holding USA Inc. The building was sold to August Thomsen Corp. in 1971, when the building was bought by Acclaim in 1994 and turned into a headquarters for Acclaim. It is located in the same building that Acclaim had its headquarters in, One Acclaim Plaza, which is now a luxury apartment complex. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark since 1966. It also has been on the New York City Landmarks Register since 1966, when it was listed as part of the City of Manhattan.

Culture

Welwyn, the former Harold Pratt estate, is a 204-acre (0.83 km²) densely wooded preserve open to the public. It is the site of the Holocaust Memorial & Educational Center, which offers exhibits and other educational programs. 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. Its sister city is Sturno, Italy, where many immigrants came in the 20th century and settled in Glen Cove. The town is home to the Long Island Museum of Art, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Theodore Roosevelt's summer White House, and Old Westbury Gardens and Mansion, which holds regular concerts. It also has a number of other live music venues, such as the Planting Fields Arboretum and Coe Mansion, and also holds concerts.

Education

The Glen Cove City School District serves the city of Glen Cove and its residents. 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 grade 35, and Robert M. Finley Middle School for grades 68. Glen Cove High School was one of ten NASSP Breakthrough Schools. All students from across the city attend joint classes in the central Middle and High schools. There are several private educational institutions inside the city limits: All Saints Regional Catholic School, which closed in 2019, Friends Academy (preK 12), Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, a four-year college with a Locust Valley mailing address. The city is home to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is based in the nearby town of Lorton, Virginia. It is also the home of the National Guard, which has a base in Glen Cove. It also has a military base in Lortont, Virginia, which was built in the early 1900s. The U.N. has a consulate in the city, which opened in the 1950s. It has a post office in the center of the city and a military post in the east of the town, which also opened in 1950. It was the site of a World War II-era base, and is now the base of a military air base.

Government

The current mayor is Pamela Panzenbeck, who replaced two-term Mayor Tim Tenke. The eight-member city council is elected from single-member districts. Glen Cove 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. The town of Oyster Bay had jurisdiction over the area from the 1680s until 1917, when Glen Cove became an independent city. The current mayor 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. 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.

Transportation

Long Island Rail Road has three stations within the city: Sea Cliff, Glen Street and Glen Cove. Nassau Inter-County Express (formerly MTA Long Island Bus): routes N21 (to Great Neck) and N27 (to Hempstead) Long Island Transit offers weekday commuter service between Glen Cove and Manhattan with stops in Midtown and the Wall Street area. There is also local service within theCity of Glen Cove on routes N20 and N21, as well as routes N16 and N17. The city is located on the East River, which runs through the center of the city. It is also on the Long Island peninsula, which is on the west side of the East Coast. It has a population of about 2,000 people, according to the city's 2010 census. The town's population is about 3,000. It was founded in 1837. The first post-World War II home was built in 1838. The current mayor is Michael J. Bloomberg, who was elected in 2000. The mayor's office is based in New York City, and the city has its own public transit system, the Nassau County Public Transportation Authority (NCPTA), which operates two lines: the N1 and the N27. The NCPTA also operates a bus service between New York and Long Island, which serves the city on weekdays and weekends. It also runs a bus route between the city and the town of Hempstead, on the West Side, and between the towns of Great Neck and Hempstead.

Representation in media

Sabrina (1954), starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden scenes filmed at the Glen Cove train station.Batman Forever (1995), starring Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman used the Webb Institute (formerly "The Braes" estate) as the exterior for Wayne Manor. The police station was the former Glen Cove Police Station, which is now used as the North Shore Historical Museum. "What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up" (1992) filmed at Robert M. Finley Middle School in Glen Cove. In Season 1 Episode 17, Unholy War, the church scenes were filmed at Glen Cove's St. Rocco's Church. Josh Alan 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. 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 in Gotham (2014) Broad City (2016) - In Season 3, Episode 6 "Philadelphia," parts were filmed in Coves Discount Liquors. In 2010, a television commercial for Hunt's tomato sauce was filmed at Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department, featuring GCVFD firefighters. The episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008) "Contract" (Season 7, Episode 12) was set at Salutations, the former Junius Spencer Morgan III estate, still privately owned.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York = 36.5. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 60. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 10. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Glen Cove = 3.6 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 90,871 individuals with a median age of 42.2 age the population dropped by -2.64% in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 4,260.29 residents per square mile of area (1,644.93/km²). There are average 2.72 people per household in the 9,182 households with an average household income of $70,703 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.00% of the available work force and has dropped -3.67% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 25.66%. The number of physicians in Glen Cove per 100,000 population = 529.6.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Glen Cove = 49.2 inches and the annual snowfall = 24.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 116. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 168. 81 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 25.1 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 47, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York which are owned by the occupant = 55.06%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 52 years with median home cost = $384,520 and home appreciation of -12.13%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $23.43 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $11,827 per student. There are 12.7 students for each teacher in the school, 364 students for each Librarian and 323 students for each Counselor. 5.99% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 16.42% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 11.35% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).