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The vessel had departed Ocean Beach, Fire Island, 10 minutes earlier, and was approximately 300 yards (270 m) from the dock at Fair Harbor, Fire Island, when the fire broke out. No passengers or crewmembers were injured, and no pollution resulted. The cost of repairing the vessel was $490,000.
Fire Island Pines can be accessed via the Sayville Ferry Service departing from Sayville, New York, across the Great South Bay. The Long Island Rail Road connects Sayville to New York City. Passengers connecting between the Sayville LIRR station and the Sayville Ferry service can pay for a shuttle van or taxi ride, or may walk or ride their ...
Cherry Grove dates its modern history to the 1868 purchase by Archer and Elizabeth Perkinson. They bought the land between Lone Hill (now Fire Island Pines) and the Cherry Grove Hotel from the ocean to the bay for 25 cents per acre and named the area for the black-cherry trees in the area. [3]
Water Island is a small, extremely private Fire Island beach community of about 50 houses on modest plots of Fire Island real estate. With Davis Park to the East and Barrett Beach to the west, Water Island is afforded a generous space cushion from Fire Island beach civilization – giving it a secluded privacy that is well-appreciated by its ...
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.
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.
Photos capture fire damage left in Malibu Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a structure on January 8, 2025 in Malibu, California. Firefighters battle flames from the Palisades Fire on January 8 ...
The Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness, also known as Fire Island Wilderness, is a 1,380-acre (5.6 km 2; 2.16 sq mi) wilderness area on Fire Island. [5] It is approximately seven miles (11 km) long and located on the eastern side of Fire Island. The United States Congress designated the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness Area in 1980.