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It is the location of Fire Island's only elementary school, which first opened in 1918. [4] The community was once a favorite of celebrities including Fanny Brice, Carl Reiner, and Mel Brooks. [5] When artistic bohème of New York started frequenting Fire Island during the Jazz Age, Ocean Beach became the first gay village of the island. [6]
The island is part of New York State's Suffolk County and the Outer Barrier. There are 17 private communities within the boundaries of Fire Island National Seashore including Saltaire, Fire Island Pines, and Ocean Beach. Only two bridges lead to Fire Island and the national seashore and there are no public roads within the seashore itself.
The mockumentary Beach Comber [55] was filmed on Fire Island in 2004. The 2006 ABC reality show One Ocean View was shot on Fire Island. Fire Island is featured prominently in the 2008 Ann Brashares novel The Last Summer (of You and Me), about two sisters and a friend who grow up together, vacationing on the island every summer.
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
Smith Point County Park is a beachfront park facing the Atlantic Ocean on the east end of Fire Island, along the central south shore of Long Island, near Shirley, New York, United States. It is the largest park owned by Suffolk County. The park derives its name from Smith Point, a peninsula on the Long Island mainland that extends into Bellport ...
The school is adjacent to but not in Ocean Beach. [2] The district includes, portions of Fire Island west of Ocean Beach Estates. This means, in addition to Ocean Beach: Saltaire, [3] Fire Island Beach, Great South Beach, Kismet Park, and Point-O'-Woods. [4] The district includes areas in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, and Islip. [3]
It lies within the Fire Island National Seashore. Davis Park is a Fire Island beach community which acts as a destination for families and singles alike, who are home owners, renters, boaters, and ferry goers. Davis Park is commonly used to refer to three contiguous areas in the hamlet of Davis Park, namely, Davis Park, Leja Beach, and Ocean Ridge.
Fire Island: 0.00: 0.00 – Robert Moses State Park: Roundabout; southern terminus: Fire Island Inlet: 0.10– 0.90: 0.16– 1.45: Fire Island Inlet Bridge: Captree State Park: 1.03: 1.66 – Ocean Parkway west – Jones Beach, Captree State Park: Eastern terminus of Ocean Parkway: State Boat Channel: 1.35: 2.17: State Boat Channel Bridge ...