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ABOUT LOCUST VALLEY
A peaceful setting of elegant homes, rolling hills, two-lane roads and woods, Oyster Bay Town's Gold Coast hamlet of Locust Valley, settled in 1667, was originally part of a larger region called Matinecock that covered what is now northern Nassau County. English Farmers in 1730 changed the local name to Buckram, most likely after Buckenham, a town in Norfolk County, England, from which some of the pioneers had come. At a public meeting in 1856, the name became Locust Valley in view of the many locust trees in the area.
Rail service reached Locust Valley by 1870, and by the start of the century the community and it's environs were attracting the wealthy who built lavish woodland estates. Horse farms, polo fields and private clubs soon followed.
Steeped in Quaker tradition, the Matinecock Friends Meeting House at Piping Rock and Duck Pond Roads, now in Glen Cove but historically part of Locust Valley, was built in 1725 is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was destroyed by fire in 1985 and rebuilt the next year. Two privately owned dwellings built around 1698 are now official town landmarks: the Joseph Weeks Jr. and William Hawxhurst houses on Oyster Bay Road. Two private schools in Locust Valley, Friends Academy and the Portledge School, each on more than 60 acres, have national reputations of excellence.
The hamlet was also a regular stop for rest and relaxation for the Edward Vlll Duke of Windsor, Cole Porter, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Lennon. Notable movies and television series filmed in Locust Valley include Lilith, Sabrina, Royal Pains, The Money Pit, Family Reunion, Win Win, and Mildred Pierce.
Today's one-square-mile, quaint, unincorporated hamlet is a hidden gem to most Long Islanders. Locust Valley has always had a wide identity; the surrounding incorporated villages of Lattingtown, Matinecock and Mill Neck are also a part of and serviced by this quaint community of shops, restaurants and professionals.
Adapted from
NEWSDAY Long Island Our Story Feb.22,1998 and Locust Valley Historical Society
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P.O. Box 178
Locust Valley, NY 11560
DIRECTIONS
From the West:
LIE 495 East to Exit 39N
Right on Rte 25A
Left on Wolver Hollow Rd
Left on Piping Rock Rd
Follow sign to Birch Hill Rd
From the East:
LIE 495 West to Exit 41N
Left to Route 107N
Right on Wheatley Rd
Left on Brookville Rd
Cross Northern Blvd (Rte 25A) to Wolver Hollow Rd
Left on Piping Rock Rd
Follow Sign to Birch Hill Rd