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OYSTER BAY COVE, LONG ISLAND

Oyster Bay Cove, Long Island

Oyster Bay Cove is an incorporated village located in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. It is in the northern part of the Town of Oyster Bay. The neighborhood has a total area of 4.3 square miles of which, 4.2 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water. Oyster Bay Cove is between Oyster Bay and the Cove Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the east by Suffolk, the Town of North Hempstead on the northwest, and the Town of Hempstead on the southwest. As of the 2000 census, there were 2,262 people, 725 households, and 633 families residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village was in excess $200,000, as is the median income for a family. Males had a median income of over $100,000 and only $53,750 for females. Oyster Bay Cove ZIP Codes are 11771 and 11791. Area Code is 516. The latitude of Oyster Bay Cove is 40.870N. The longitude is -73.511W. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 59 feet.

In 2003, there were no violent crimes recorded by the FBI in Oyster Bay Cove. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 0 per 1,000 people. Compared to the rest of the country, Oyster Bay Cove's cost of living is 76.21% slightly higher than the United States average. There local public schools spend a total of $11,477 per student. The average school expenditure in the United States is $6,058. There are about 14 students per teacher, 560 students per librarian, and 463 children per counselor in Oyster Bay Cove. Most of the housing units in Oyster Bay Cove are occupied by their owners, not by renters. There are only 2.26% of houses and apartments are still unoccupied. Oyster Bay Cove became an incorporated village on December 29, 1931.

The racial-makeup of Oyster Bay Cove comprises of 90.23% White, 1.77% African American, 0.09% Native American, 5.97% Asian, 0.97% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Most of its resident’s ancestries were Italian, Irish, German, Russian, Polish, English, Greek, Scottish, and Asian Indian. The local government is composed of Board of Trustees, consisting of a Mayor and four Trustees, who serve without compensation. They encourage every resident to participate in the governing of their own affairs and maintaining a predominantly open country and residential character of the neighborhood. The village also coordinates its activities with the governmental agencies in nearby villages and cooperates wholeheartedly with the authorities of the State, County, Town, and other special districts. Oyster Bay Cove is served by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District No.6, the Cold Spring Harbor School District No.2, and the Syosset School District No.11 which are in part, within the boundaries of the village. The neighborhood provides certain revenues to the Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District by obtaining state aid for the summer youth recreation program.

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