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Nestling into 1,000 acres of reserve, the airport, located three miles outside Hamptons hotspot Montauk, N.Y., sprawls across 37 acres and boasts a 3,200-foot runway.
The area is referred to locally as the Montauk Moorlands, and was privately owned prior to the state's initial purchase of 122 acres (0.49 km 2) in 2005. The land was acquired for a total of $16.5 million, of which the Town of East Hampton paid $6 million, Suffolk County paid $5.5 million, New York State paid $4 million, and $1 million was paid ...
Leisurama was a line of inexpensive prefabricated houses which were available for purchase through Macy's department stores in the United States in the mid-1960s. The precursor to the final design was shown at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, which provoked the noted Kitchen Debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
The craze for shark fishing off Montauk was encouraged in the 1970s by local boat operator Frank Mundus who often was reported in stories as the source for the character Quint in the movie Jaws. [8] Mundus caught a 4,500-pound (2,041 kg) great white shark by harpoon and a 3,427-pound (1,554 kg) great white shark by rod and reel.
Copiague Harbor (/ k oʊ ˈ p eɪ ɡ / koh-PAYG) is an affluent incorporated community within the census-designated place (CDP) of Copiague.It is located south of Merrick Road (or Montauk Highway), off of South Great Neck Road in Suffolk County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island.
Montauk Point State Park is a 862-acre (3.49 km 2) state park [2] located in the hamlet of Montauk, at the eastern tip of Long Island in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. Montauk Point is the easternmost extremity of the South Fork of Long Island, and thus also of New York State.
Montauk Manor is a historic resort hotel located in the hamlet of Montauk in Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island. It was built in 1926 by Carl G. Fisher and is a four-story, 140 decorated condominium apartments [ 2 ] in the Tudor Revival style.
Gurney's Inn is a Long Island oceanfront resort, in Montauk, New York. Gurney's Inn. U.S. President Richard Nixon wrote his acceptance speech at the Skippers Cottage at Gurney's Inn. [1] The oceanfront resort includes a seawater pool [2] and group accommodations for weddings, business meetings and other events.