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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.
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.
It is the location of Fire Island's only elementary school, which first opened in 1918. [4] The community was once a favorite of celebrities including Fanny Brice, Carl Reiner, and Mel Brooks. [5] When artistic bohème of New York started frequenting Fire Island during the Jazz Age, Ocean Beach became the first gay village of the island. [6]
The Fire Island Light was at the mouth of the inlet when built in 1825, but is now five miles (8.0 km) east of the inlet. [1] The northwest side of the mouth of the inlet is known as the Sore Thumb, and is a man-made barrier that was created to try to combat the extensive erosion of the beaches inside the inlet.
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 ...
2. The three items I can’t leave the house without are my phone, wallet and nicotine. 3. Being nominated for an Emmy [for Fire Island] was honestly a surprise.I woke up to a s—t ton of texts ...
The beach is named for the nearby Fire Island Lighthouse and was formerly the largest recognized clothing optional beach in New York. On 5 February 2013, the Fire Island National Seashore announced its plan to begin enforcing New York State anti-nudity laws on all Fire Island beaches, including Lighthouse Beach, ending clothing optional usage. [4]
Business owners worry over lost sales, potential smoke damage. A box alarm sounded at the hotel at 11:37 p.m. on Friday – the start of a fight against flames that would carry on into the night.