A waterfront town with a working harbor, an easy LIRR commute, and a notably walkable Main Street. Sands Point anchors the high end.
Port Washington is the one North Shore town that genuinely feels like a town. Main Street runs from the LIRR station down to the water, and on weekends it's full of families, dogs, and sailboats. The harbor isn't decorative — it works.
Sands Point, at the tip of the peninsula, is its own thing entirely: estate-scale lots, gated streets, and the highest price points in Nassau outside of Kings Point. The bulk of the market sits below that — solid single-family homes in the $1M–$2.5M range serving Port Washington UFSD families.
The Manorhaven side of town offers some of the best value on the North Shore for buyers willing to be a few blocks from the water rather than on it.