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Glen Cove Creek

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When Glen Cove started to industrialize in the mid-to-late 19th Century, Glen Cove Creek was used by a local starch plant to dispose of waste; the settling of the waste gave the creek a strong odor, which could be smelled from nearby
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The creek emerges from the culvert into Mill Pond, the remnant of two large mill ponds that were replaced by the culvert. After crossing under the Charles Street Bridge, the creek is tidal and
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The creek's waterfront in recent years has been undergoing a redevelopment project, including the construction of condominium buildings and shops.
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For much of its middle section the creek flows alongside an arterial highway known first as
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being located at Charles Street, in close proximity to Glen Cove's downtown.
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Glen Cove's Garvies Point Ferry Terminal is located on Glen Cove Creek.
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shows the two mill ponds that historically existed at its downtown
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In 2001, when Glen Cove Creek was being dredged by the
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in New York. It its upper reaches it is also known as
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Index

United States
New York
Nassau
Glen Cove
Mouth
Hempstead Harbor
40°51′21″N 73°38′52″W / 40.8558°N 73.6478°W / 40.8558; -73.6478
Glen Cove
Town of Oyster Bay
Long Island
Hempstead Harbor
Long Island Sound

Louis C. Clark Sanctuary
Old Brookville
De Seversky Mansion
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury
NY 25A
Old Brookville
Louis C. Clark Sanctuary
Glen Cove Road
NY 107
Glen Head
Glen Head Country Club
Glen Cove
culvert
channelized
Hempstead Harbor
head of navigation

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