About Old Brookville, New York
The Village of Old Brookville is located on the north shore of Long Island in northeastern Nassau County approximately 31 miles east of Manhattan and approximately 91 miles west of Montauk. Old Brookville is bordered by the hamlet of Glen Head and the villages of Matinecock, Brookville and Muttontown.
Living in Old Brookville, NY
Old Brookville is also close to C.W. Post College, New York Institute of Technology and State University of New York, both at Old Westbury.
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Housing Home styles include large luxury estates, traditional, contemporary, colonial, and farm ranches. Many of the old estates have been broken up and the land belonging to the former estates sold off.
Transportation: Old Brookville can be reached by the Glen Head stop on the Long Island Road’s Oyster Bay branch.
Shopping: Old Brookville is largely residential, local shopping movie theater and restaurants can be found in Oyster Bay and Locust Valley. There is shopping at nearby shopping areas like Roosevelt Field, The Mall at Source and Americana Manhasset. There is outlet shopping at Tanger Arches Outlet shopping in Deer Park. There is movie theater in Oyster Bay.
Local Clubs include: Brookville Country Club, Tim O’Shanter Club.jpg)
Parks: There are public parks including Planting Fields Arboretum and access to town beaches in Oyster Bay on the Long Island Sound. There is access Oyster Bay beaches including Centre Island Beaches and Charles E. Ransom Beach.
Community Events: Fine Arts and Craft Festival at C.W. Post, Butterfly Release
Larger Venues: Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Northfork Theater at Westbury,
Additional information on the Village of Old Brookville Website or The Town of Oyster Bay Website
Some Historical Information About Old Brookville
Old Brookville was part of the famed Gold Coast, which stretched from Great Neck to Huntington on Long Island’s North Shore. Marjorie Merriweather Post and other great and powerful, rich and famous came here to spend their fortunes building lavish estates to accommodate their lifestyles which included opulent mansions resembling chateaus and castles with manicured landscapes, swimming pools, tennis courts, and golf courses. The late 1800’s – the early 1900’s created new millionaires with new and expanded industries and many of them came to Long Island to build. Most of these powerful families came to Long Island because it was in close proximity to Manhattan, and was a sportsman’s paradise. There were foxhunts and horseback riding in Old Westbury and Wheatley Hills. Yachting and fishing could be found off the coast of Glen Cove, Sands Point, Kings Point, Bay Shore, Oyster Bay and Huntington. Golfing was popular in Brookville and North Hills.
Many of these estates are still private homes, some altered, some not. Some were adapted to reuse, others demolished, and some are open for tours or events.
- Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park was once the home of William Robertson Coe.
- Templeton, the former estate of two different families, the DuPonts and the Guests, is now part of New York Institute of Technology and serves as the deSeversky Conference Center. Portions of the Isaiah Burden residence, William Collins Whitney, Harry Payne Whitney and Flora Payne Whitney Tower estates are also part of the campus.
- The 307-acre campus of C W Post College contains the Tudor-style mansion that was once home to Post Cereal heiress, Marjorie Merriweather Post and her husband Edward F Hutton. The campus also includes two other former mansions.
- Rynwood, now home to Banfi Vintners, was the home of Sir Agar Salvage, Margaret Emerson (widow of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, and daughter of Bromo-Seltzer inventor) and then restaurant owner Frederick W I Lundy.
Some Notable Past or Present Residents
- Maurice Villency, Furniture designer
- Percy Uris, Real Estate investor / builder
- Marc Anthony, Recording Artist
- Jennifer Lopez, Actress and Recording Artist
- Mary McFadden, Fashion Designer
- Ashbel H. Barney, of Salomon Smith and Barney
Old Brookville Listings
There are beautiful homes for sale in Old Brookville, NY. Below is a slideshow of just a few of the homes currently on the market in Old Brookville, NY. I hope you find something that appeals to you.
Complete List of Homes for Sale in Old Brookville New York
The previous slide show contains just a random sample of the homes for sale in Old Brookville. Follow this link for a complete list of our homes for sale in Old Brookville New York.
