Glen Head is a hamlet located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. It is a quaint town where the faces you see are familiar. According to Newday.com,the population of Glen Head is 11,766. Glen Head is a part of the North Shore School District, which has traditionally ranked among the best on Long Island. Glen Head was listed as one of the wealthiest zip codes on Long Island, according to Newsday's home value listings. Additionally, it was also listed as the second most expensive zip code of the Northeast region, according to the Luxist website. In 2005, Glen Head opened its first public library, The Gold Coast Public Library.
Travel into New York City's Penn Station is easily accessible through the Glen Head train station, running on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The village of Glen Head received its name from being original terminal or "head of the rails" for the Glen Cove Long Island Rail Road Branch from January 23, 1865, to 1867. The ride form Glen Head to New York City is roughtly 54 minutes.