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Mattituck is believed to have derived its name from the Algonquian name for "Great Creek". [3] Mattituck Creek has been dredged and is used extensively by pleasure craft on Long Island Sound (the Mattituck Inlet is the entrance into Mattituck Creek, and the whole waterway is now popularly referred to as Mattituck Inlet).
Fire Island National Seashore Map. Fire Island is not a separate town, but its villages are listed here due to its geographical isolation. Villages in the Town of Islip: Ocean Beach, Saltaire; Hamlets in the Town of Brookhaven: Cherry Grove (a.k.a. Fire Island), Fire Island Pines.
Long Island drinking water is sourced from a large aquifer which is at risk of contamination if chemical pollution continues. Long Island is one of the most developed areas in the United States with a majority of the high intensity development located closer to New York City and lower intensity development moving east across the island. High ...
The Five Towns is an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County, United States on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the border with Queens County in New York City. Although there is no official Five Towns designation, "the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood."
Long Island MacArthur Airport (IATA: ISP, ICAO: KISP, FAA LID: ISP), formerly known as Islip Airport, is a public airport in Ronkonkoma, New York, within the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, on Long Island. Covering 1,311 acres (531 ha), the airport was established in 1942, was activated in 1943, and began serving as a commercial airport in 1960.
Two Long Island women were arrested for their roles in the month-long disappearance of 14-year-old Emmarae Gervasi — increasing the number of suspects in the case to seven. Suffolk County police ...
All live poultry markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be temporarily shut down after seven local cases of bird flu were discovered this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
The Poospatuck Reservation is a Native American reservation of the Unkechaugi band in the community of Mastic, Suffolk County, New York, United States.It is one of two Native American reservations in Suffolk County, the other being the Shinnecock Reservation.