sentences:  Tomkins Cove is accessible from Exit 15 on the Palisades Interstate Parkway.In 1838 Calvin Tomkins and his brother Daniel purchased approximately of land, located in a cove north of the Stony Point promontory, underlaid with rock suitable for burning along the river shore for the purpose of making lime.The village grew around the works and when the post office was opened at this site, it was named after the founder's name and its location.