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East and West Egg don't exist; they're fictional islands used symbolically in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
West Egg is however widely considered to be the Great Neck village of Long Island. Port Washington, the next peninsula over on Long Island Sound, provided the backdrop of the more posh East Egg.
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East Egg and West Egg are fictional locations in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They represent the North Shore of Long Island, New York, with East Egg symbolizing old money and West Egg representing new money.
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