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Ocean Bay Park is a hamlet in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located on Fire Island, a barrier island separated from the southern side of Long Island by the Great South Bay. To reach Ocean Bay Park, one must take a ferry or water taxi from Bay Shore. Housing includes group houses and family homes.
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.
Ocean Beach is a village in the southern part of the Town of Islip, on Fire Island, within Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 153 at the time of the 2020 census. [2] Known for its strict local ordinances, the village is nicknamed "The Land of No". [3]
Fire Island is mentioned in the 1988 comedy Big Business. Fire Island is the setting of the 1991 Terrence McNally play Lips Together, Teeth Apart. The song "Pretty Deep" on the 1997 album Lovesongs for Underdogs by Tanya Donelly refers to a visit to Fire Island. Fire Island is repeatedly referenced on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, first ...
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 rural hamlet became popular with affluent New Yorkers looking to escape the city to white sand beaches of the Great South Bay and the fishing villages of Fire Island. It was a tourist spot on weekends and during the summer, in large part because the newly built Long Island Rail Road enabled easy access from New York City .
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 ...
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 ...