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History · Cove Neck

25% of Cove Neck’s homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1834 on.

3on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Cove Neck’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Cove Neck’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cove Neck’s homes were built before 1960.
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Start Cove Neck’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cove Neck’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSand Point, Centre Island and: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Cove Neck came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cove Neck.

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Cove Neck is the site of the home of President Theodore Roosevelt. His estate, Sagamore Hill, is now a museum operated by the National Park Service. It attracts many visitors annually.

On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 052, which was operated by one of the airline's Boeing 707 jetliners, ran out of fuel before crashing into a hillside in Cove Neck. 73 out of the 158 passengers and crew on board died in the accident.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Cove Neck, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1830s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1830s1 item
Untitled photo1834Untitled photoDocument
Date unknown1 to date
Sand Point, Centre Island andDate?Sand Point, Centre Island and
Today3 recent
048 Long Island2020048 Long IslandCentre Island, Long Island2010Centre Island, Long IslandCove-neck-ny-map2007Cove-neck-ny-mapMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Sand Point, Centre Island and
Retake this viewSand Point, Centre Island and

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Cove Neck’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

3 historic places in Cove Neck

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
18
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cove Neck

Nobody well known was born in Cove Neck itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Madison BeerAmerican singer · b. 1999
Henry Norris RussellAmerican astronomer · b. 1877
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Ralph MacchioAmerican actor · b. 1961
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LPAmerican-Italian musician · b. 1981
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Sue BirdAmerican basketball player · b. 1980
Torrey DeVittoAmerican actress · b. 1984
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Oyster Bay Cove1 historic placeB+Laurel HollowIts storyD

Questions about Cove Neck’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.