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The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State.The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions. In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City.
The North Fork lies east of the terminus of the Long Island Expressway (LIE), and is served by three primary east to west roads, Route 25, also called Main Road, Sound Avenue, and County Road 48 also called Middle Road. At the easternmost point, Cross Sound Ferry runs daily car and passenger ferries to and from New London, Connecticut.
Orient is the easternmost town on Long Island's North Fork. It was originally named Poquatuck, after the name of the local Native American tribe that resided along the inland waterways, then named Oyster Ponds because of the nearby oyster beds. Orient and East Marion were originally called Oysterponds because of the abundance of shellfish in ...
The Town of Southold is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States.It is located in the northeastern tip of the county, on the North Fork of Long Island.The population was 23,732 at the 2020 census. [3]
Saddle Rock (Nassau County) Sag Harbor (Suffolk County) Sagaponack (Suffolk County) Saltaire (Suffolk County) Sands Point (Nassau County) Sea Cliff (Nassau County) Shoreham (Suffolk County) South Floral Park (Nassau County) Southampton (Suffolk County) Stewart Manor (Nassau County) Syosset (Nassau County) Sound Beach (Suffolk County)
Long Island's North Fork and South Fork, and the Hamptons are part of the East End. [2] "The East End" is sometimes shortened as "The End", but this latter term is also applied only to Montauk, the most easterly hamlet of the contiguous land mass. [3] The East End includes the best-known part of Long Island's Viticultural Area, [4] as well as ...
The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound. Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, earning it the nickname the Gold Coast . [ 1 ]
The North Fork of Long Island AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in eastern Suffolk County, New York. Authored by winemaker Richard Olsen-Harbich in 1985, it includes the entire North Fork of Long Island and the townships of Riverhead , Shelter Island , and Southold .