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Besides sunbathing, the primary recreational activities are fishing, bird-watching and beach walks. Visitors can also take a nature walk on trails through a successional maritime forest behind the beach. An observation deck at one of two old military batteries at the park offers sweeping views of New York Harbor. [2] Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Their architect, Henry Hohauser, became better known in the 1930s as a designer of Art Deco hotels in Miami Beach. [2] The district was hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but survived without major damage. [3] The district is located along Beach 24th, 25th, and 26th Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The earliest surviving map of Haslemere, dating from 1735, shows that the High Street was fronted by a number of large houses. [14] A few buildings survive from this period, including Town House [79] and the Georgian House Hotel, [80] as well as Tudor House, [81] Fern Cottage [82] and 10 High Street, which date from the previous century. [83]
Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to the Long Island coastline in Nassau and Suffolk counties. It is often used as a generic name for the entire southern half of Long Island rather than just the area ...
Haste Hill is south-east of the present town of Haslemere and consists of 24 acres (97,000 m 2) of mixed woodland with a pond and has a viewpoint looking over the Weald to the northeast. [1] In the 14th century, Haste Hill, also called East Hill, was the main settlement at Haslemere and there may have been a church as there were references on ...
The Suffolk County Parks Department acquired the park in the 1950s, and by the 1970s Cupsogue Beach County Park was given a pavilion and boardwalk. A breach connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Great South Bay occurred on the east end of the park as a result of high tides during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Woodlawn Beach State Park is a 107-acre (0.43 km 2) park located near the Village of Blasdell on the eastern shore of Lake Erie in Erie County, New York. It was opened as a state park in 1996 by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation .
Tobay Beach is a restricted access recreational beach located in the middle of Jones Beach Island, a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island, Nassau County, New York, United States, within the Massapequa 11758 Zip code. Its name is a portmanteau for the Town of Oyster Bay, which owns and manages the beach. Residents of the town are ...