Locust Valley, New York

About Locust Valley

Locust Valley is a small unincorporated community in southeastern New York.

Locust Valley holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.91 square miles.

📰 Locust Valley News Today

• New Ranking Of Long Island's Top 15 Public High Schools Released By U.S. News Patch · Aug 18
• Welcome to Paradise: Inside LOCUST VALLEY (The New Gatsbys Are At The Gate!) avenuemagazine.com · Mar 30
• Locust Valley Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• In NYCLU Victory, NYS DOE Strikes Down Massapequa and Locust Valley School Districts’ Anti-Trans Policies NYCLU · Apr 21
• Locust Valley Schools Reverse Bathroom Policy On Ny Education Commissioners Order News12 | Long Island · Dec 2

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Locust Valley Unique

• The only place in America named Locust Valley — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Locust Valley

• Barney's — american
• Brass Rail
• Forest Ave Grill — american
• Stuey's Smokehouse BBQ — barbecue
• The Basil Leaf Cafe and Restaurant — italian
• Two25 — american
• Buckram Stables Bar & Cafe
• Piñons Pizza Company — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• The Marion F. Jackson House · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Locust Valley

• Bailey Arboretum reviews ★
• Coffin Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Matinecock Farms · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Pennoyer Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
• John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden · Garden reviews ★
• MacDonald Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Reformed Church of Locust Valley Memorial Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Rose Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Thomas Park L-1 reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Locust Valley

• ANN MACARTHUR PRIMARY
• LOCUST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
• LOCUST VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
• LOCUST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Locust Valley

🏘️ Nearby Communities