The Glen Cove Yacht Club, incorporated in 1960, is located at the foot of McLoughlin Street, just south of beautiful Morgan Memorial Park in Glen Cove, New York. The Club occupies the site of the New York Yacht Club's historic Station No. 10, which was the original clubhouse of the NYYC, founded in 1844, making it the oldest yacht club in the United States. Station 10 was moved from Hoboken, NJ to Glen Cove, NY on June 21, 1904, and was situated at the foot of Landing Road, in what is now Morgan Memorial Park. Station 10 was one of several "cruising stations" established by the NYYC, where cruising yachtsmen could anchor overnight, obtain supplies, and make travel connections by trolley or rail. Station 10's original location at the foot of Landing Road put it within walking distance of a trolley stop, and a resort hotel known as "The Hall", which was located approximately where the Morgan Park parking lot is today. The trolley made regular runs to the Long Island Rail Road Station at Glen Street, so that a yachtsman's cruising guests could easily make a train connection to New York City. Station 10, consisting of the historic 1844 clubhouse and an adjacent Station Master's residence, stood at this location from 1904 to 1932.

In 1932, J. Pierpont Morgan purchased the property on which The Hall stood, along with several adjacent parcels, to construct a park in memory of his late wife. Since the park was to encompass NYYC Station 10, the Station was moved several hundred feet south to a newly bulkheaded tract of land at the foot of McLoughlin Street. The old Station Master's residence was razed and a new one built at the McLoughlin Street site in the same gothic architectural style at that of Station 10. The yacht station continued to serve the NYYC membership until June 1949, when the NYYC announced it was loaning its last remaining yacht station to the Marine Historical Association's Mystic Seaport Museum. On June 9, 1949, riggers expertly skidded Station 10 onto a waiting barge to begin the 90-mile trip to Mystic, CT. For a period of 50 years, Station 10 served as a waterside visiting center and museum of yachting at Mystic Seaport. In 1999, the NYYC reclaimed ownership of their original clubhouse and had it towed, by barge, to the grounds of their magnificent mansion "Harbor Court" in Newport, RI, where it stands today.

When Station 10 left Glen Cove, the NYYC offered their former property and remaining Station Master's residence to the City of Glen Cove. The City purchased the property in 1949, and for ten years it was leased and operated as a bar and restaurant. In 1959, realizing that the 10-year lease the City had granted was coming to an end, a group of boatowners approached the City about leasing the building for a yacht club. The City liked the idea, and in December 1960 a charter was drafted for the Glen Cove City Yacht Club, which became incorporated that year. From the beginning, the mission of the Glen Cove Yacht Club was to provide a low-cost alternative to expensive yacht clubs for the recreational boater and sailor, based upon a skilled membership that undertook all necessary Club maintenance. Fifty years later, this still remains our underlying philosophy. We hope that you will consider joining us at our historic location, where many of the grandest yachts of the 20th century once rode at anchor.