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The Bay Shore CDP is located on the South Shore of Long Island, approximately 42 miles (68 km) from Manhattan and 79 miles (127 km) from Montauk. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.3 km 2), of which 5.4 square miles (13.9 km 2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km 2) (2.88%) is water.
All Long Island aquifers receive their fresh water from precipitation which takes from 25 to 1,000 years to migrate through the layers to the aquifers, which hold roughly 70 trillion US gallons (260 km 3)—enough to flood the entire surface of Long Island with more than 300 feet (90 m) of water—and can withstand long droughts that could dry ...
The South Shore Estuary is an estuary located along the south shore of Long Island, between the mainland and the outer barrier islands, in eastern New York state. It stretches for over 70 miles (110 km) from West Bay in Nassau County to the Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County. [1] [2]
In New York State, each county is divided into cities and towns. Every point in New York is inside either a city or a town. Additionally, towns may optionally contain villages, which are smaller incorporated municipalities within the town. Villages may overlap multiple towns. Well-known unincorporated places within towns are referred to as hamlets.
The Great South Bay is a lagoon [1] situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about 45 miles (72 km) long and has an average depth of 4 feet 3 inches (1.3 m) and is 20 feet (6.1 m) at its deepest. [ 2 ]
The Robert Moses Causeway is an 8.10-mile (13.04 km) state parkway in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. It is named for the master builder and urban planner Robert Moses . The parkway, originally known as the Captree Causeway , connects West Islip on Long Island to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island, Jones Beach Island ...
I-495 – New York, Riverhead: Signed as exits S1E (east) and S1W (west); exit 53 on I-495: Commack: 5.14: 8.27: SM1: Northern State Parkway – Eastern Long Island, New York: Signed as exits SM1E (east) and SM1W (west); exit 44 on Northern Parkway; exit nos. correspond to Sunken Meadow – Sunken Meadow State Parkway north – Sunken Meadow Park
The community borders the Great South Bay, Sayville and the hamlet of Blue Point.. Bayport is located at (40.747858, -73.054216 [3]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.6 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2) (2.37%) is water.