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Westhampton Beach is an incorporated village in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. [4] As of the 2010 census , the population was 1,721.
Cupsogue Beach County Park is a 296-acre (1.20 km 2) park at the eastern end of Fire Island and the western end of Westhampton Island, [1] known locally as Dune Road, one of Long Island's easternmost barrier islands. The Atlantic Ocean, Moriches Inlet and Moriches Bay surround the park.
Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base is an air defense military installation located at civilian public-use Francis S. Gabreski Airport, located just north of Westhampton Beach, New York. It is currently the home base of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing. [3]
Westhampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 3,079 at the 2010 census. The population was 3,079 at the 2010 census. [ 4 ]
Francis S. Gabreski Airport (IATA: FOK, ICAO: KFOK, FAA LID: FOK) is a county-owned, joint civil-military airport located 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Westhampton Beach, in Suffolk County, Long Island, United States. [1] It is approximately 80 miles (130 km) east of New York City.
These islands include Long Beach Barrier Island, Barnum Island, Jones Beach Island, Fire Island and Westhampton Island. The outer barrier extends 75 miles (121 km) along the South Shore of Long Island , from the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City to the east end of Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County .
The construction of these amenities coincided with the completion of the Long Island Rail Road, attracting wealthy members of the Manhattan social set who built grand summer mansions near the ocean. Many of these mansions featured attached windmills, leading to Westhampton Beach being referred to as "Windmill Town" by New Yorkers.
Westhampton is a station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is on Station Road and Depot Road in Westhampton, New York , just west of Old Riverhead Road and south of the Francis S. Gabreski Airport .