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Stretching
120 miles into the
Atlantic Ocean,
Long Island is the
longest and largest
island adjoining
the continental
United States.
Long Island
Geographically speaking, Long Island encompasses four distinct counties.
Brooklyn and Queens lie on the westernmost portion of the island and are part
of the five boroughs of New York City. Nassau and Suffolk are the adjacent
counties to the east, which comprise most of the island, again, geographically.
It is to Nassau and Suffolk counties that we refer when we say Long Island.
Long Island packs an incredible diversity of exciting attractions within its
approximately 1,200 square miles. Nassau and Suffolk contain hundreds of
miles of accessible coastline, and numerous attractions, both natural and
manmade. Approximately three million people live here.
Within Nassau and Suffolk counties, there are dozens of individual communities
with their own unique flavor and attractions. To help you to plan your visit, we
have separated the island into four regions where the communities tend to
feature similarly themed attractions. These four regions are the North Shore
with its historic mansions and harborside villages, the South Shore with its
renowned public beaches and sports venues, North Fork wine and farm
country, and the South Fork, with its international resort areas of The Hamptons
and Montauk.
All four regions boast breathtaking stretches of the Atlantic Ocean or Long
Island Sound, lovely parks and preserves and historic mansions. Long Island is
also home to The Gold Coast, Jones Beach, Long Beach and Fire Island, as well
as dozens of museums, historic sites (including lighthouses) and four dozen
wineries. All lie within a short distance of the city and major airports, by car or
public transport.
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20 North Shore
... comprises the areas north of the Long Island Expressway from Great Neck to Calverton.
Tourism sites include grand mansions and quaint harborside villages.
32 South Shore
... makes up the areas south of the Long Island Expressway from Valley Stream to Center
Moriches, including the barrier beaches of Long Beach, Jones Beach and Fire Island. The
region is known for its public parks, sporting venues and many other family attractions.
46 North Fork
... refers to Long Island’s northern peninsula on the East End from Riverhead to
Orient Point, and Shelter Island. It is the home of many vineyards, wineries and
farm country.
54 South Fork
... describes the southern peninsula that runs from Eastport to Montauk Point. It features
many picturesque villages and the resorts of the Hamptons and Montauk.
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Long Island, an Overview 5
Cruises 6
Lighthouses 6
The Arts 12
Amusements 13
Golf 14
Major Events Calendar 16
Community Indicator 62
Getting Here 63
Map of Long Island 64
For more information on how to get around
Long Island, see page 63. Letter/number after
listings refers to map location on page 64.

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an Overview
Long Island is your
gateway to fun and adventure.
Long Island
When you visit, it’s as if a door opens to an amazing array of things
to do, see and experience. Whatever your pleasure, you’re likely to find
an event or attraction that will entertain you, perhaps even awe or inspire
you. And wherever you go, you are bound to be a welcome guest.
Want to forget your cares on a sandy beach? Or sip fine wine in a
European-style vineyard? Perhaps you thrive on viewing priceless fine
art masterpieces? These are among the varied pleasures you can enjoy
here at almost any time of year!
You can enjoy a sumptuous meal at one of the finest restaurants in
the region, a game of golf on a world-class course, or a chance to rub elbows
with celebrities at one of our nation’s most premier resorts. Name
your bliss, and you can probably find it on Long Island, often within a
short ride of your lodging.
With such a wide variety of things to do, see and experience here,
in fact, you can keep busy ‘round the clock. There are literally hundreds
of outstanding opportunities for fun and relaxation. The following pages
offer an overview of the myriad ways you might spend your “perfect
day” on Long Island.
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If you love the
salt air...
Long Island’s coast is dotted with port
communities from the NYC line out to the
East End. These vibrant centers of maritime
life include Freeport, Port Washington, Oyster
Bay, Long Beach/Point Lookout, Greenport,
Cold Spring Harbor, Northport, Port Jefferson,
Hampton Bays, Sag Harbor and Montauk—to
name a few of the better known ports of call.
A number of shorefront communities feature
historic boardwalks and public beaches. Some
also are home to unique shops, and restaurants
specializing in waterfront views, fresh
seafood and fancy cocktails.
Have a seaport adventure
Nautical fans will be delighted to find that
Long Island’s maritime history dates back
centuries.
You can visit museums dedicated to
maritime history, and historic ports where a
seafaring tradition continues to this day. Freeport
is a historic South Shore port community
with a colorful history and a Nautical Mile
packed with seafood restaurants and a fishing
fleet. The Long Island Maritime Museum in
West Sayville features historic boats used in
the area’s waters. An authentic 19th century
whaleboat is among the collections at The
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum in Cold
Spring Harbor.
The Whaling Museum in Sag Harbor is
located in one of America’s great historic
whaling communities. On the North Fork,
Greenport’s East End Seaport Museum &
Marine Foundation illustrates the deep-water
port’s shipping heyday.
You can also visit a truly unique attraction:
the United States Merchant Marine
Academy in Kings Point on Long Island’s
North Shore. It’s one of the nation’s five service
academies, and home to the American
Merchant Marine Museum.
Take a cruise
Explore Long Island’s coastline aboard
entertainment or nature cruises leaving from
the Great South Bay, Manhasset Bay, the
Peconic River and other scenic waterways. You
can also hop aboard a cruise leaving from a
marina or port community. Most cruises take
from three to six hours. There are dinner, luncheon
and brunch cruises; sunset, moonlight,
dance, sightseeing and charter group cruises
for weddings and parties. The following boat
lines feature dining, nature and other special
cruises. (Call for directions, times, prices and the
type of cruises offered.)
Atlantis Explorer Environmental Tours,
Riverhead (631-208-9200)
Cross Sound Ferry,
Orient Point (631-323-2525)
“Discovery” Wetlands Cruise,
Stony Brook (631-751-2244)
“Glory” Harbor Tours,
Greenport (631-477-2515)
Lady Liberty Cruises,
Port Washington (516-922-9214)
Moonchaser,
Captree State Park (631-265-1848)
Port Jefferson Ferry,
Port Jefferson (631-473-0286)
South Bay Cruises/Lauren Kristy
Paddleboat, Bay Shore (631-750-5359)
Climb the lighthouse stairs for an
unforgettable view
Imagine being perched high above Long
Island for a 360-degree panoramic view of
the coast under a dazzling blue sky! You
too can experience that awe-inspiring view
at one of our lighthouses, which are part of
Long Island’s fascinating maritime history.
Lighthouses are important aids to navigation,
having guided boats and ships safely along
the shoreline for centuries. They are often the
first lights seen on land by ships approaching
from an Atlantic crossing.
Lighthouses are also family-friendly
attractions. You can visit a number of working
lighthouses and in some cases climb their
spiral steps for great views. Some lighthouses
include museums and gift shops.
Overlooking the easternmost tip of Long
Island, the Montauk Point Lighthouse was
completed in 1796 at the request of President
George Washington. It is the oldest lighthouse
on Long Island and in New York State.
Climbing its 137 spiral steps is worth the effort
for the breathtaking views. Tours are offered
March through December. A gift shop, museum
and Lost At Sea memorial honoring East
End fishermen are also on the premises.
Also open to visitors: the Fire Island Lighthouse,
guiding ships to New York Harbor
since 1826. It’s automated, and the keeper’s
quarters house a museum/gift shop. Tours up
the lighthouse’s 192-step tower are available
throughout the year. A new museum located
next to the lighthouse displays the original
First Order Fresnel Lens used for 75 years. The
magnificent glass prism and brass lens sat atop
the tower directing a beam of light 19 miles
out to sea from 1858, when the lighthouse was
first put into service, to 1933.
The Horton Point Lighthouse in Southold on
the North Fork is one of eight lighthouses in
the township. Horton Point was built in 1857
by the U.S. Coast Guard at the site originally
commissioned in 1790 by George Washington.
The lighthouse welcomes visitors on summer
weekends to its nautical museum operated by
the Southold Historical Society. The museum
features paintings, whaling tools, logbooks and
artifacts relating to the sea, sound and bay.
The Huntington Lighthouse Preservation
Society offers guided boat tours of the
42-foot-tall Huntington Harbor Lighthouse,
built in 1912.
Recently opened for tours is the restored
Execution Rocks Lighthouse just off Sand’s
Point in Long Island Sound. It was built in
1849. Tours are given June through September,
from the North Hempstead Town Dock in Port
Washington.
Visits to Long Island’s many offshore lighthouses
are also enjoyable and educational.
East End Lighthouses, Long Island Lighthouse
Safaris and the Long Island Chapter of the U.S.
Lighthouse Society offer cruises and excursions.
They visit some of the less accessible
lighthouses, such as the Latimer Reef Lighthouse
in Fisher’s Island Sound (the oldest castiron
lighthouse still in service in the First Coast
Guard District) and Long Beach Bar “Bug”
Lighthouse, a distinctive Victorian structure at
the entrance to Orient Harbor.
Photo courtesy Dansfords Hotel and Marina
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If you
enjoy the
great
outdoors...
Long Island boasts many large stretches
of undeveloped land in a natural state. These
expanses include beaches, parks, rivers, forests,
lakes, bays and other wonders.
Long Island’s public parks and preserves
offer an inexpensive way to spend a day and
a wide variety of things to do. Nearly 60 state
and county parks are listed throughout this
guide and another 40 smaller “passive” parks
and preserves are scattered across the Island.
Most are open year-round, including Long
Island’s 25 state parks spanning tens of thousands
of acres. Long Island’s parks offer great
golf courses (such as the Bethpage Black where
the U.S. Open was held in 2002 and 2009) and
relaxing quiet spaces for picnicking. You can
watch the sunrise at Montauk Point or marvel
at a sunset over Jones Beach State Park. Hiking
and nature trails span huge secluded parcels
such as the Mashomack Nature
Preserve on Shelter Island, and Long Island’s
two Greenbelt Trails. Call 631-360-0753 for
more Greenbelt Trail information.
Spend your day on the beach
Take off your shoes and dig your toes in
that warm sand. Have a refreshing swim in
the ocean. Munch a hotdog as you stroll the
boardwalk. These are some of the pleasures of
summertime at the beach, when the sand is
covered with blankets and happy sunbathers.
However, our beautiful beaches are open
year-round. Any time of year, you can choose
from the wild expanses of sand and surf on
the Atlantic Ocean, or pebble beaches on the
Long Island Sound. Bays and lakes are also
ringed by smaller beaches. Swimming, fishing,
beachcombing and surfing are just a few of the
enjoyable activities.
Venture out on the water
Angling for a trophy fish? Or just an invigorating
day out on the water? The popular
boating season runs from March to October.
Photo by Mike Gilmartin
You can bring your own motor or sail boat,
hire a craft, or join environmental tours, dinner
or sight-seeing cruises.
Long Island waters offer some of the best
fishing on the East Coast. You can surf cast off
many beaches, fish from a pier or rent a boat
at a marina. However, many prefer to hire a
charter boat or board an “open boat” sailing
daily from Freeport, Point Lookout, Montauk,
Captree State Park in Babylon or other ports.
Those professional captains sure know how to
find the fish.
Freshwater fishing is also permitted in lakes,
streams and rivers with a New York State fishing
license. Daily size and catch limits apply.
Go kayaking or canoeing
Kayaking has become a popular way to
get exercise as you glide past lovely scenery
and wildlife. Peaceful waterways include the
Carmans River in Shirley, the Connetquot
River in Oakdale, the Peconic River through
Calverton and Riverhead and the Nissequogue
River in Smithtown. Rentals are also
available in most locations.
If you want company while you paddle,
Group for the East End, a non-profit conservation
organization, offers guided kayak tours of
the South Fork during the summer months.
Call 631-537-1400 for more information.
Fly with the eagles
Take off with Skydive Long Island. Let the
largest skydiving planes on Long Island take
you to the highest jumps on LI to 13,500 feet.
It features the longest runway and longest
landing area in the country. Learn to go solo
in their “First jump course,” then move on to
seven levels of instruction in freefall techniques.
They also offer tandem skydiving with
spectacular views of the Atlantic, Peconic Bay
and LI Sound. Gear and equipment rentals are
available. Located off Route 25 on Grumman
Blvd. Open April-November. Call for hours
and rates. Info: www.skydivelongisland.com
(631-208-3900).
More flying thrills can be experienced
with Sky Sailors at Gabreski Airport (AKA
Suffolk Airport) in Westhampton Beach
(631-288-5858) and with vintage aircraft
via the American Airpower Museum Flight
Experiences (631-293-6398).
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If you yearn for
a wildlife
adventure...
Try a seal walk or cruise
Long Island’s fascinating wildlife encounters
include treks to see seals on our winter shoreline.
The New York State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation offers
guided seal walks during winter in Montauk
Point and Jones Beach State Parks. (631-668-
5000) The Coastal Research & Education
Society of Long Island (631-244-3352) also
offers walking tours and cruises to visit seals.
The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research
and Preservation (call 631-369-9840)
offers cruises to visit seal populations.
Go bird-watching
More than 400 species of birds, including
33 different kinds of wintering waterfowl, can
be spotted along our waterways and in our
nature preserves. They include piping plovers,
ospreys, egrets, songbirds, willets, terns, hawks,
falcons, eagles and red cardinals. Because
Long Island is part of the Atlantic flyway,
many migratory birds can be seen here. The
outstanding bird-watching locations include
Quogue National Wildlife Refuge, Mashomack
Preserve, Fire Island National Seashore and
Elizabeth Morton National Wildlife Refuge.
Discover a national wildlife refuge
The Long Island National Wildlife Refuge
Complex is like a string of jewels stretching
across the island. Comprising about 6,500
acres in all, this collection of beautiful wildlife
oases is more accessible than ever with
the opening of the new Visitor’s Center and
Headquarters at Wertheim National Wildlife
Refuge in Shirley. The 13,000-square-foot
center, located within an hour’s drive of
New York City, serves as a hub for visitors to
the national wildlife refuges on Long Island.
The center features interactive exhibits, an
environmental classroom with a wet lab,
and a nature store run by the non-profit
Friends of Wertheim. It includes three miles
of new trails and two new viewing platforms
along the Carmans River.
The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is
the world’s premier system of public lands and
waters set aside to conserve America’s fish,
wildlife and plants. President Theodore Roosevelt
of Oyster Bay, LI, designated the U.S.’s first
wildlife refuge in 1903.
Each of the unique refuges within the
Long Island complex serves as a habitat for
migratory birds, threatened and endangered
species and other wildlife. From rare grasslands
to maritime tidal areas, the habitats are rich
and diverse. The seven major national wildlife
refuges within the complex are:
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge,
Shirley (2,550 acres)
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge,
Amagansett (36 acres)
Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge,
North Sea (60 acres)
Lido Beach National Wildlife Refuge,
Long Beach (22 acres)
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife
Refuge, Sag Harbor (187 acres)
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
(3,209 acres)
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge,
Lloyd Neck (80 acres)
For further information call The Long Island National
Wildlife Refuge Complex. (631-286-0485)
If you brought the
kids along …
From Museum Row to the East End, Long
Island offers a string of attractions that will
delight youngsters (and their parents, too).
The LI Children’s Museum (LICM) located
in the Museums at Mitchel Field complex
(Museum Row) offers 12 innovative galleries
featuring interactive exhibits, family workshops
and live theater performances. Museum Row
also includes the Cradle of Aviation Museum/
IMAX Theater, the Nassau County Firefighters
Museum & Education Center and the restored
Nunley’s Historic Carousel.
Cold Spring Harbor is home to a Whaling
Museum, the Dolan DNA Learning Center
(the world’s first biotechnology museum)
and the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
& Aquarium.
The Animal Farm & Petting Zoo and the
Long Island Game Farm Wildlife & Children’s
Zoo, with their unique animal collections, are
both located in Manorville.
The Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition
Center in Riverhead is Long Island’s only fullscale
aquarium, where kids can explore the
undersea world of seals, sea lions, penguins,
sharks and other aquatic creatures – and even
see butterflies. Kids (and anyone who loves a
watery thrill ride) can dive into summer fun at
Splish Splash Water Park in Riverhead.
Meanwhile, at the Children’s Museum of
the East End (CMEE) in Bridgehampton, kids
can explore the island’s history, beauty and
treasures through exhibits such as a tree house,
a sailing ship and a farm stand.
If you like your food
really fresh...
In taste and freshness, nothing compares
with locally grown produce. On the rural East
End, you can pull into a small roadside farm
stand to purchase fruit and vegetables grown
a few yards away, not to mention homemade
pies and jams made with local crops.
KKM Photo/LICVB
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Photo by Grace Wilches
You can also learn a bit about farming by joining in the harvest.
“Pick-your-own” strawberries in June, peas, tomatoes and peaches
during the summer months, and apples and pumpkins during
September and October. For a free guide to Long Island farms and
farm stands, contact the Long Island Farm Bureau, lifb.com, 631-
727-3777.
Explore wine country
In less than four decades, Long Island Wine Country has
become a major wine-producing region. The island currently
boasts about 3,000 acres of vineyards and about 40 wineries
with tasting rooms. You can travel from one tasting room to the
next, sampling glasses of Long Island varietals such as Merlot,
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon. (Be sure to
designate a non-drinking driver, or sign up for an organized
wine tour!)
The wine industry is centered in the Town of Southold, but
there are also tasting rooms and vineyards in the neighboring
Town of Riverhead, on the South Fork and on the grounds of the
historic Meadow Croft estate in Sayville.
Most wineries are open year-round for tasting, tours and
events, and offer their products for sale. Some offer concerts, art
exhibits, food pairings, barrel tastings and seasonal activities such
as harvest fests. For a free winery brochure, call the Long Island
Wine Council at 631-722-2220. Information is also available at
liwines.com.
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If you’re looking for
arts and entertainment...
Most any night, you can find worldclass
entertainment at one of Long Island’s
numerous concert halls and professional
performance venues.
The entertainment choices on Long Island
are varied and exciting. You can see a rock
concert in a huge arena or open-air amphitheater,
listen to a classical music recital in
an elegant performance center on a college
campus, or laugh at a play in theaters restored
from the golden age.
Long Island boasts two huge venues, which
are used for major events drawing thousands
of spectators. The 14,354-seat, open-air
Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, on Zach’s Bay
at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, hosts a
major rock and pop concert series during the
summer months. The 17,500-capacity Nassau
Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale
attracts top recording artists, and also hosts the
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and
Disney on Ice. A 60,000-square-foot exhibition
hall accommodates business and trade shows
including the annual boat show.
On a smaller scale, yet also a popular
venue for major artists, is the NYCB Theatre at
Westbury, a 3,000-seat theatre-in-the-round
formerly known as the Westbury Music Fair.
For classical music and ballet in elegant
surroundings reminiscent of Lincoln Center
in Manhattan, the LIU Tilles Center for the
Performing Arts is Long Island‘s premier performance
venue. It is located on the beautifully
landscaped campus of LIU Post in Brookville.
Near the campus, Old Westbury Gardens hosts
classical concerts inside its historic mansion
and outdoors in summer on the gorgeouslylandscaped
grounds.
The 425-seat Jeanne Rimsky Theater at
Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington
showcases everything from opera to cabaret
and children’s theatre. At Eisenhower Park in
East Meadow, the outdoor Harry Chapin Lakeside
Theatre is the scene of numerous summer
concerts and movie shows.
In Suffolk County, concerts, plays and other
live performances are offered almost nightly
at many venues, including the 7,000-seat
Brookhaven Amphitheater Arts & Cultural
Center at Bald Hill in Farmingville and the
restored historic theaters of Westhampton
Beach, Patchogue and Riverhead (Vail-Leavitt
Music Hall). The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport
is a historic professional theater company.
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport
offers Broadway-quality musicals.
On the East End, stars of Broadway,
the movies and television strut the boards
at Guild Hall’s John Drew Theatre in East
Hampton, and at Bay Street Theatre in
Sag Harbor.
The list of venues also includes Staller Center
for the Arts at Stony Brook University, Theatre
Three in Port Jefferson, and CM Performing
Arts Center in Oakdale. The Arena Players
Repertory Theater performs at the Vanderbilt
Mansion Carriage House at the Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport.
There is also a new theater in Suffolk County
specializing in rock concerts and comedy
shows: The Paramount in Huntington.
Performance halls are located at Hofstra
University in Hempstead, Adelphi University
in Garden City, Molloy College in Rockville
Centre and Five Towns College in Dix Hills.
The island also offers arts councils, comedy
clubs and a number of high-quality community
theater organizations.
Nassau County
Theater Groups
Arena Players, Centerport, 516-293-0674
BroadHollow Theater, Elmont, 516-775-4420
Cultural Arts Playhouse, Plainview,
516-694-3300
Concert Venues & Theatres
Adams Playhouse, Hofstra University,
Hempstead, 516-463-6644
Eisenhower Park/Harry Chapin Lakeside
Theatre, East Meadow, 516-572-0348
Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington,
516-767-6444
Madison Theatre, Molloy College, Rockville
Centre, 516-678-5000
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum,
Uniondale, 516-794-9303
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh,
516-785-1600
NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 516-334-0800
LIU Tilles Center for the Performing Arts,
LIU Post, Brookville, 516-299-3100
Arts Councils
Chelsea Center, East Norwich, 516-571-8550
Great Neck Arts Center, 516-829-2570
Long Island Arts Council at Freeport,
Freeport, 516-223-2522
Town of Oyster Bay Arts Council,
Massapequa, 516-797-7900
Suffolk County
Theater Groups
* Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor,
631-725-0818
BroadHollow Theaters, 631-581-2700
BayWay Arts Center, East Islip
Carriage House Theatre/Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum Centerport,
631-854-5555
CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale,
631-218-2810
*Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, 631-286-0555
John Drew Theater of Guild Hall Museum,
East Hampton, 631-324-4050
*John. W. Engeman Theater at Northport
631-261-2900
North Fork Community Theatre, Mattituck,
631-298-NFCT/6328
Theatre Three, Port Jefferson, 631-928-9100
* Actor’s Equity
Concert Venues
Brookhaven Amphitheater Arts & Cultural
Center at Bald Hill,Farmingville,
631-451-8010
The Paramount Huntington, 631-673-7300
Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts,
Patchogue, 631-207-1313
Staller Center, Stony Brook University,
631-632-ARTS
Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, Riverhead,
631-727-5782
Westhampton Beach Performing
Arts Center, 631-288-235
Arts Councils
Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills,
631-462-5400
Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts
(BaCCA), Babylon, 631-661-7558
Boulton Center for the Arts, Bay Shore,
631-969-1101
Brookhaven Arts & Humanities Council,
Medford, 631-451-9070
East End Arts Council,
Riverhead, 631-727-0900
Greater Port Jefferson-Northern
Brookhaven Arts Council,
Port Jefferson, 631-473-5220
Huntington Arts Council , Huntington,
631-271-8423
Islip Arts Council, East Islip,
631-224-5420
Smithtown Township Arts Council,
St. James, 631-862-6575
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If you thrill
at the thought of
amusement
parks...
Adventureland
2245 Broadhollow Road (Route 110),
Farmingdale. Open April – November
(631-694-6868). One of metro New York’s
largest amusement parks, Adventureland
offers a carnival assortment of attractions,
including a roller coaster, log flume and other
thrill rides, haunted house, ferris wheel, bumper
cars, kiddie rides, deli-style restaurant,
video games and pinball. Free parking. C3
Bayville Adventure Park
8 Bayville Ave., Bayville (516-624-RIDE).
Miniature golf, bumper boats, rock climbing,
arcade, funhouse, ice cream parlor and more.
In October it turns into Halloween-themed
Bayville Scream Park. C2
Boomers Family Fun Center
655 Long Island Avenue, Medford (631-475-
1771). This family entertainment center and
restaurant features miniature golf, go karts,
bumper boats, kiddie rides, batting cages,
Boomers Café, a train ride that tours the park
and an arcade. Birthday parties and group
packages are available. F2
Country Fair Entertainment Park
3351 Route 112, Medford (631-732-0579)
A family entertainment center with go-karts,
miniature golf, driving range, laser tag &
more. Open March – November. F2
Dave & Buster’s
Airport Plaza, Farmingdale (Route 110; 631-
249-0708) ; 1856 Veteran’s Memorial Highway,
Islandia (631-582-6615); Old Country
Rd., Westbury (516-542-8501). This theme
restaurant features quality food in an upscale,
casual atmosphere. Interactive amusements
include high-tech simulators, pocket billiards,
shuffleboard, a 20-screen video dome, etc.
Open year-round. C3
Historic Nunley’s Carousel
Museum Row, Garden City. (516-572-4111)
Open September through June. First built in
1912, the restored, enclosed ride features 41
horses, one lion, two chariots and music from
a Wurlitzer 153-band organ. B3
Greenport Antique Carousel and Ice Rink
Mitchell Park, Greenport. (631-477-2200)
Located in a four-acre park, the carousel is an
enclosed all-weather facility located next to a
scenic harborfront. I1
The Fairfield Inn
by Marriott Syosset
Features:
Complimentary Continental
Breakfast Daily
✶
Complimentary Coffee Service
available 24 hrs.
✶
Complimentary High Speed
Internet Access in All Rooms
✶
Complimentary Business
Center in Lobby
✶
Free Local Phone Calls
✶
Fitness Center
✶
Fairfield Inn Market Deli
Open 24 hrs.
✶
Meeting Space available
✶
Coin Operated
Laundry Facility
✶
Convenient
Mid Nassau Location
Fairfield Inn features Marriott Rewards,
the ultimate frequent traveler program.
24 Oak Drive (at Jericho Turnpike)
Syosset, NY 11791
(516) 921-1111 or (800) 228-2800
www.marriott.com/nycsy
www.fairfieldinn.com
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 13

If golf
is your game...
On Long Island, you can play golf in the
footsteps of some of the champions of the
game, on some of the world’s great courses.
Golfers can choose from among dozens of
public courses (not counting private membership
country clubs) spread across Nassau
and Suffolk. They range from pitch-andputt
courses to huge golf complexes. Long
Island’s open meadows, wooded parklands,
rolling hillsides and in some cases seaside
views truly make this a golf lover’s dream.
Golfers will find a number of the nation’s
great courses carved into some of the island’s
most beautiful scenery. From western
Nassau County to the East End, the island
is packed with a diverse selection of public
courses, ranging from historic to recently
opened clubs. You can tee off near a scenic
waterfront, on the legendary Gold Coast, or
amid the fabulous Hamptons.
Bethpage State Park is considered the
largest public golf facility in the world; it
features five 18-hole regulation golf courses:
the Black, Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. The
star is the challenging Black Course, which
in 2002 became the first publicly owned
and operated facility to host the U.S. Open
in the golf tournament’s 102-year history.
The U.S. Open was again held at the Bethpage
Black Course in 2009.
The private Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in
Southampton, founded in 1891 as the first
golf club in America, hosted the U.S. Open
in 1896, 1986, 1995 and 2004. Montauk
Downs is considered one of the finest
public golf courses in the nation. Another
outstanding public golf facility is located at
Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Long Island often hosts major golf events,
and this year is no different. The Barclays
golf tournament will be held from Aug. 23-
26 at the Bethpage State Park Black Course
in Farmingdale. Additionally, from June
24-30, 2013, the U.S. Women’s Open will be
held at Sebonac Club in Southampton.
Nassau County
East Meadow Eisenhower Park GC 516-572-0327
East Rockaway Bay Park GC 516-571-7242
Farmingdale Bethpage State Park GC 516-249-0701
Glen Cove Glen Cove GC 516-671-0033
Hicksville Cantiague Park GC 516-571-7061
Lido Beach Lido GC 516-889-8181
Massapequa Peninsula GC 516-798-9776
Merrick Merrick Road Park GC 516-868-4650
North Hills Christopher Morley GC 516-571-8120
North Woodmere N. Woodmere GC 516-571-7801
Port Washington Harbor Links GC 516-767-4816
Woodbury Town of Oyster Bay GC 516-677-5980
Suffolk County
Babylon E. Donald Conroy GC 631-669-2340
Bellport Bellport CC 631-286-7206
Brentwood Brentwood CC 631-436-6060
Bridgehampton Poxabogue GC 631-537-0025
Calverton Calverton Links 631-369-5200
Centereach Heatherwood GC 631-473-9000
Central Islip Gull Haven GC 631-436-6059
Coram Pine Ridge GC 631-331-7930
Cutchogue Cedars GC 631-734-6363
Dix Hills Dix Hills CC 631-271-4788
Dix Hills Park GC 631-499-8005
Edgewood Heartland Golf Park 631-667-7400
Great River Timber Point CC 631-581-2401
Greenport Island’s End G & CC 631-477-0777
Hauppauge Stonebridge CC 631-724-7500
Hamlet Wind Watch GC 631-232-9850
Holbrook Holbrook CC 631-467-3417
Kings Park Sunken Meadow State Park GC 631-269-4333
Manorville Pine Hills CC 631-878-4343
Rock Hill CC 631-878-2250
Swan Lake GC 631-369-1818
Medford Mill Pond GC 631-732-8206
Middle Island Middle Island CC 631-924-5100
Spring Lake GC 631-924-5115
Mt. Sinai Hamlet Willow Creek G&CC 631-928-3680
Montauk Montauk Downs State Park GC 631-668-1100
Northport Crab Meadow GC 631-757-8800
Northport GC at Vets Hosp. 632-261-8000
Riverhead Sandy Pond GC 631-727-0909
Indian Island CC 631-727-7776
Cherry Creek Golf Links 631-369-6500
Long Island Nat’l GC 631-727-4653
Rocky Point Rolling Oaks CC 631-744-3200
Sag Harbor Sag Harbor GC 631-725-2503
Shelter Island Shelter Island CC 631-749-0416
Shoreham Tallgrass CC 631-209-9359
Smithtown Smithtown Landing CC 631-979-6534
Wading River Great Rock GC 631-929-1200
West Babylon Bergen Point GC 631-661-8282
West Sayville West Sayville GC 631-567-1704
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Left, N.Y. Islanders hockey at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum;
above, Polo at Bethpage State Park.
Getty images photo
Photo by Ricardo Wilches
If you’re a sports fanatic...
Whether you’re looking to see professional
athletes play or take in a premier national competition,
Long Island has your sporting event.
Attend an Islanders home game
The New York Islanders of the National
Hockey League (NHL) play at the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from October
to April. Their schedule typically includes
games against teams such as the NY Rangers,
the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins.
For more i nformation, call 1-800-882-ISLES or
visit newyorkislanders.com.
The Belmont Stakes
Place your bets and get ready for the third
and final leg of the Triple Crown, known as
the “Test of the Champion,” on Saturday, June
9, 2112 at Belmont Racetrack in Elmont. The
historic race held since 1867 has always been
a nail-biter and draws thousands of race fans
to the park. The 430-acre Belmont Racetrack
also hosts thoroughbred horse racing on
almost 100 days from early May through the
end of October. For more information about
Belmont, visit nyra.com or call 516-488-6000.
Minor League Baseball
The 6,002-seat Bethpage Ballpark in
Central Islip is the home of the minor
league Long Island Ducks. They play from
April through September. Tickets are affordable
– so you can easily take the whole
family for a day at the ballpark.
Polo
The traditional sport on horseback is
played during the summer months at
Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale and
at the Bridgehampton Polo Club.
From biking and fishing in Montauk, to the beautiful
beaches in the Hamptons, to wining and dining in
Wine Country, there’s no better resource for planning
your perfect getaway than eastendgetaway.com.
Find great day trip, overnight package deals, and
more right at your fingertips. Get clicking!
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 15

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Calendar | of events
Ongoing Thru April 7, New York Islanders Season,
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255
Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, 516-501-6700
Ongoing Thru April 22, Weekend Seal Hikes
at Montauk State Park, Montauk Highway,
Montauk, 631-668-5000
Ongoing Thru May 13, Seal Walks at Cupsogue
Beach County Park, 906 Dune Road, Westhampton,
631-244-3352
Ongoing Thru June 28, Montauk Marine Basin
41st Annual Shark Tag Tournament, Montauk,
631-668-5900
Jan. 1 - April 15, Seal Cruises 2012, Riverhead
Foundation for Marine Research, Captain Lou,
28A Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport, 631-369-9840
Feb. 1 - March 31, Annual Festival of One-Act
Plays, Theatre Three Productions, 412 Main
Street, Port Jefferson, 631-928-9100
Feb. 11 - March 18, Long Island Winterfest: Jazz
on the Vine, Various Vineyard Locations on the
East End of Long Island, 631-951-3900
March 4, Golden Dragon Acrobats, LIU Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern
Boulevard, Brookville, 516-299-3100
March 4, ImaginOcean, Staller Center, Stony
Brook University, Nicolls Road, Stony Brook,
631-632-ARTS
March 10, Dresden Philharmonic, LIU Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern
Boulevard, Brookville, 516-299-3100
March 10, Southside Johnny and the Asbury
Jukes, Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street,
Port Washington, 516-767-1384
March 11, Irish Festival, Hofstra University,
Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead, 516-812-3267
March 17, Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Moulin Rouge
the Ballet, Staller Center, Stony Brook University,
Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, 631-632-ARTS
March 18, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra featuring
The Pied Pipers, LIU Tilles Center for the Performing
Arts at LIU Post, 720 Northern Boulevard,
Brookville, 516-299-3100
March 18 - March 25, Hampton’s Restaurant
Week, Various Locations,
Hamptonsrestaurantweek.com
March 21 - March 26, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus presents Dragons, Nassau
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead
Turnpike, Uniondale, 516-794-9300
March 24, Herbie Hancock, LIU Tilles Center for
the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Boulevard,
Brookville, 516-299-3100
March 25, AHEPA Half Marathon & 5K, Suffolk
County Community College Ammermann Campus,
Nicolls Road, Selden, 631-957-7700
March 25, Annual Montauk Friends of Erin St.
Patrick’s Day Parade, Main Street, Montauk,
631-668-2428
March 30 - April 1, I-CON 31, Stony Brook
University, Stony Brook, 631-736-1049
March 31 - July 8, Jim Dine: Sculpture,
Nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum
Drive, Roslyn Harbor, 516-484-9337
April 7 - April 8, Michael Jackson “The
Immortal World Tour” by Cirque du Soleil,
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255
Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, 516-794-9300
April 12 - June 17, “42nd Street,” John W.
Engeman Theater, 250 Main Street, Northport,
631-261-2900
April 13, Florence Henderson in “All the Lives
of Me...A Musical Journey,” LIU Tilles Center for
the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Boulevard,
Brookville, 516-299-3100
April 14, Historic Area Lighthouse Trek, Fire
Island Lighthouse, Robert Moses State Park, Fire
Island, 631-661-4876
April 14, New York Voices-Renaissance Jazz,
Staller Center, Stony Brook University, Recital Hall,
Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, 631-632-ARTS
April 19 - April 20, Disney’s Phineas & Ferb
LIVE! Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255
Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, 516-794-9303
April 21 - April 22, Spring Festival, Commuter
Lot, Sunrise Highway & Long Beach Road, Rockville
Centre, 631-724-5966
May 3 - June 10, Home with Natalie Wood,
WMHO Educational and Cultural Center,
111 Main Street, Stony Brook, 631-689- 5888
May 5, La Traviata, LIU Tilles Center for the
Performing Arts, 720 Northern Boulevard,
Brookville, 516-299-3100
May 5 - May 6, L.I. Marathon Festival of Races,
Eisenhower Park, Merrick Ave. and Park Blvd.,
East Meadow, 516-986-5537
May 6, Tulip Festival, Heckscher Park,
Huntington, 631-351-3099
May 6, Dutch Festival, Hofstra University,
Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead, 516-812-3267
May 17 - May 20, Montauk Music Festival,
Venues throughout Montauk, 631-668-2428
May 18, Andrea Marcovicci, LIU Tilles Center for
the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Boulevard,
Brookville, 516-299-3100
May 19 - May 20, Fleece and Fiber Fair,
Hallockville Museum Farm & Folklife Center,
6038 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, 631-298-5292
May 20, Buick Car Show, Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium,
180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, 631-854-5555
May 26 - May 27, Air Show at Jones Beach State
Park, Jones Beach, Wantagh, 516-785-1600
May 26 - May 27, Long Island Mozart Festival,
Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road,
Old Westbury, 516-333-0048
May 26 - May 27, Montauk Art Show, Montauk
Town Green, Montauk, 631-668-2428
June 3, Antique and Collectible Auto Show, Old
Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old
Westbury, 516-333-0048
June 9, Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park Racetrack,
Elmont, 516-488-6000
June 9, Mighty Montauk Triathlon, Montauk,
631-668-2428
June 14 - June 16, Star Island Yacht Club 26th
Annual Shark Tournament, Montauk,
631-668-5900
June 15 - June 17, Mattituck Strawberry Festival,
Mattituck Lions Club, CR 48, North of Cox Neck
Road, Mattituck, 631-298-2222
June 16 - June 17, Pirate Festival and Classic Boat
Show, Long Island Maritime Museum, 86 West
Avenue, West Sayville 631-HISTORY
June 17, Antiques & Collectibles Show, Sagtikos
Manor, 677 Montauk Highway, Bay Shore,
631-854-0939
June 22 - July 15, 11th Annual Art Show, Fire
Island Lighthouse, Robert Moses State Park,
Fire Island, 631-661-4876
June 29, Southampton Fresh Air Home Benefit
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Photo courtesy NYS DED
Photo courtesy
American Airpower Museum
Belmont Park Racetrack in Elmont; at right, Air Show at Jones Beach State Park.
- Fireworks, Shinnecock Bay, Southampton,
631-283-0402
July 2, TD Bank Celebrates America with Grucci
Fireworks, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow,
516-572-0200, grucci.com
July 4, Independence Day Celebration,
Sagamore Hill, 20 Sagamore Hill Road,
Oyster Bay, 516-922-4788
July 4, Go 4th on the Bay - Grucci Style,
Great South Bay; Between Patchogue - Bayshore,
grucci.com
July 4, Star Spangled Blast, Bald Hill, Route 83,
Farmingville, 631-732-4011, grucci.com
July 4, Stars Over Montauk, Along the Harbor,
Montauk, 631-668-2428
July 7, Fireworks and Concert, Mill River/
Centennial Park, Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, 516-616-3610
July 13 - July 15, Great South Bay Music
Festival, Shorefront Park, Smith Street,
Patchogue, 631-331-0808
July 13 - July 19, Long Island International Film
Festival, Bellmore Theater, 222 Pettit Avenue,
Bellmore, 516-783-3168
July 14, LI Philharmonic Concert and Fireworks,
Heckscher State Park, Heckscher Parkway,
East Islip, 631-224-5420
July 14, Fireworks Over Three Mile Harbor,
East Hampton, 631-324-0362
July 14 - July 15, Tractor Pull and Show, Hallockville
Museum Farm & Folklife Center,
6038 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, 631-298-5292
July 15, Classic Car Show, Sagtikos Manor, 677
Montauk Highway, Bay Shore, 631-854-0939
July 21 - Nov. 4, Marc Chagall Exhibition, Nassau
County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive,
Roslyn Harbor, 516-484-9337
Aug. 2 – Aug. 4, Star Island Yacht Club Mako/
Thresher Mania Tournament, Montauk,
631-668-5052
Aug. 4 – Aug. 5, Classic Boat Show & Regatta,
Long Island Maritime Museum, 86 West Avenue,
West Sayville, 631-HISTORY
Aug. 4 – Aug. 5, Paumanauke Pow-Wow,
Tanners Park, Copiague, 631-587-3696
Aug. 12, MG Car Show, Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium, 180 Little
Neck Road, Centerport, 631-854-5555
Aug. 18, Blue Grass Festival, Tanners Park,
Copiague, 631-587-3696
Aug. 18 – Aug. 19, Lighthouse Weekend,
Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum, Montauk,
631-668-2428
Aug. 23 – Aug. 26, The Barclays PGA Playoff,
Bethpage State Park, 99 Quaker Meeting
House Road, Farmingdale, 516-249-0701
Aug. 25, Scottish Games, Old Westbury
Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road,
Old Westbury, 516-333-0048
Aug. 25 – Aug. 26, Seafood Festival,
Long Island Maritime Museum,
86 West Avenue, West Sayville, 631-HISTORY
Aug. 26, Vanderbilt Cup Regional Car Show, Suffolk
County Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium,
180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, 631-724-1382
Aug. 26 – Sept. 2, Hampton Classic Horse Show,
240 Snake Hollow Road,
Bridgehampton, 631-537-3177
Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, Shinnecock Pow-Wow,
Shinnecock Reservation, Southampton,
631-283-6143
Sept. 7 – Sept. 9, American Music Festival,
Main Street, Port Jefferson, 631-473-1414
Sept. 8, Triathlon, Point Lookout , 516-812-3267
Sept. 15 – Sept. 16, Fall Festival and Craft
Show, Hallockville Museum Farm &
Folklife Center, 6038 Sound Avenue,
Riverhead, 631-298-5292
Sept. 15 – Sept. 16, Spectacular Seventh Annual
Seaside Car Show, Point Lookout Beach,
516-812-3267
Sept. 16, Jaguar Car Show, Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium, 180 Little
Neck Road, Centerport, 631-854-5555
Sept. 20 – Sept. 23, Street Festival and Carnival,
Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station,
516-785-3216
Sept. 22, Kite Festival, Long Island Maritime
Museum, 86 West Avenue, West Sayville,
631- HISTORY
Sept. 23, Corvette Car Show, Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium, 180 Little
Neck Road, Centerport, 631-854-5555
Sept. 29 – Sept. 30, Family Festival by the Sea,
Lido Beach Town Park, 516-812-3267
Sept. 29 – Sept. 30, Mightyman Events,
Montauk, 631-668-2428
Sept. 30, Cruise to the Light Auto Show,
Fire Island Lighthouse, Robert Moses State
Park, Fire Island, 631-661-4876
Oct. 6 - Oct. 7, Country Fest, Long Island
Maritime Museum, 86 West Avenue, West
Sayville, 631-HISTORY
Oct. 6 - Oct. 7, Montauk Chamber Fall Festival,
On the Green, Montauk, 631-668-2428
Oct. 7, Fall Festival, Sagtikos Manor, 677
Montauk Highway, Bay Shore, 631-321-6809
Oct. 7, Run Like A Diva, Eisenhower Park,
Merrick Road, East Meadow, 516-572-0218
Oct. 13 - Oct. 14, Oyster Festival,
West End Avenue, Oyster Bay, 516-628-1625
Oct. 20, International Taste of Port Jefferson, Port
Jefferson Village Center at Harborfront Park, 101-
A East Broadway, Port Jefferson, 631-802-2160
Oct. 20 – Oct. 21, Rock Hall 26th Annual
Country Fair, 199 Broadway, Lawrence,
516-812-3267
Oct. 26 , Halloween Boat Burning, Long Island
Maritime Museum, 86 West Avenue,
West Sayville, 631-HISTORY
Oct. 27 – Oct. 28, Fall Festival, Rockville Centre
Commuter Lot, Sunrise Hwy and Long Beach
Road, Rockville Centre, 631- 724-5966
Nov. 17 – Feb. 24, Abstract Expressionism
Exhibition, Nassau County Museum of Art, One
Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, 516-484-9337
Late Nov. – Dec., Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas
Carol,” Theatre Three Productions, 412 Main
Street, Port Jefferson, 631-928-9100
Dec. 2, Hallockville Christmas, Hallockville Museum
Farm & Folklife Center, 6038 Sound Avenue,
Riverhead, 631-298-5292
Dec. 8, Holiday Dinner at the Vanderbilt, Suffolk
County Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium, 180
Little Neck Road, Centerport, 631-854-5550
Dec 8 - Dec. 9, Holiday House Tour, Sagtikos
Manor, 667 Montauk Highway, Bay Shore,
631-321-6809
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 17

Honoring
America’s
veterans
Veterans, their families, friends and
supporters can pay tribute to the sacrifices
and contributions made by members of
the military at several sites on Long Island.
Veterans Memorial Plaza at Eisenhower
Park (Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow,
516-572-8450) is a major memorial,
which includes a Wall of Honor listing
Nassau County veterans, living and deceased;
Prisoner of War-Missing in Action
and Korean War monuments; memorials
to World War II and Medal of Honor and
Purple Heart recipients. Also honored
in separate areas are Gold Star Parents
of deceased veterans and doctors and
nurses who served in war. You can also
visit and pay respects at the 9/11 Memorial.
In Suffolk County, there is a Vietnam
Veterans Memorial at the Bald Hill Scenic
Overlook on Patchogue-Mt. Sinai Rd.
(Rte. 83). Standing 100 feet tall, it is a red,
white and blue tapered spire in memory
of our Vietnam War dead. It also serves as
a tribute to surviving veterans. The parking
lot at the memorial is open year-round.
In Hauppauge you can visit Armed
Forces Plaza (631-853-VETS, Veterans
Memorial Highway). This is a monument
to those who served during the Korean
War (1950-53). The monument includes a
map of Korea and statues of a soldier and
a nurse, the latter representing women
veterans. In addition, you will see a World
War II monument with a granite Map of
the world and the Wall of Honor, with 32
bronze plaques of major U.S. conflicts.
Long Islanders have served in all of the
country’s wars, and thus many historic
towns have their own monuments. The
Southold Civil War monument was
erected in 1887 to honor the memory of
soldiers from Southold who fought for
the Union. It stands at the intersection of
Main Street and Tuckers Lane, Southold.
In Sag Harbor a Civil War monument
is located at the Triangle at Madison and
Main Streets; the historic village also includes
a World War I monument at Otter
Pond and Main Street, and a World War II
Monument in Marine Park on Bay Street.
Photo by Robert Lipper
Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Bald Hill.
18 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012

Long Island
destination weddings
Long Island is a wonderful place for a
wedding. With its many unique reception
venues and gorgeous scenery, it’s also a
great place for an unforgettable celebration
and memorable wedding photos. Furthermore,
Long Island, part of New York
State, is now a Marriage Equality state.
Located just east of New York City, in
a more relaxed suburban setting, Long
Island offers you extraordinary options
for your wedding day. Dreaming of an
outdoor wedding? Say your vows on
a gorgeous white sand beach with an
informal seaside reception, or hold your
ceremony and celebration in the midst
of a gloriously sun-drenched vineyard in
Long Island Wine Country. For an indoor
wedding the selections are just as delightful.
Many hotels offer glittering banquet
spaces, while independent banquet halls
and restaurants specialize in creating your
fantasy wedding and reception. You can
choose from a myriad of unique venues
that also include awe-inspiring Gold
Coast mansions dating to the Gilded Age,
dazzling waterfront restaurants where
your guests can dine and dance as the
sun sets, historic arboretums and lighthouses,
and world-famous golf courses
with first class banquet facilities.
The Long Island Convention & Visitors
Bureau (LICVB) is a reciprocal member
of the Long Island GLBT Services Network,
which is comprised of non-profit
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Old Westbury Gardens.

North Shore
Long Island’s North Shore has been a center of affluence dating at least to the Gilded Age of
the 19th century. It is here that F. Scott Fitzgerald penned his classic Roaring Twenties novel, “The
Great Gatsby,” inspired by the glamorous lifestyles of the North Shore’s rich and famous residents.
Nowadays, some of those surviving Gold Coast mansions still draw crowds – of tourists – as do the
North Shore’s breathtaking Long Island Sound views, upscale shopping and stellar parks, museums
and beaches.
Visit the homes of presidents and poets
The North Shore is among the nation’s oldest settled areas. In 1790, President George Washington
made a well documented tour of the region, visiting a number of local landmarks. In the 19th
Century, Walt Whitman was born in Huntington and wrote his first poetry here. Theodore Roosevelt,
an American hero and the youngest man ever to become U.S. President (at age 43), was a Long Islander
who lived in Oyster Bay from 1885 until his death in 1919.
On the North Shore, you can visit the Walt Whitman Birthplace in West Hills, Huntington, and
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Roosevelt’s Summer White House in Oyster Bay.
The area, often referred to as the Gold Coast, also contains some of the largest and most lavish
mansions ever built in the United States. You can visit a number of these architectural wonders, which
have been preserved as museums, historic homes or university campuses.
Wander the streets of a historic port
Waterfront dining and seaside strolls are among the pleasures of the North Shore’s historic port
communities. Port Washington, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Stony Brook and other such communities
offer sailboat-dotted harbor views, nautical museums, shops and restaurants. Dining and
shopping are a delightful experience anywhere on the North Shore.
Shop for days
From the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington and Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, to high-end shops
in Garden City, Great Neck and the Americana Manhasset, to the quaint Stony Brook Village, you can find
a wide range of merchandise for all tastes – all a quick drive from major roads.
Discover unique attractions
Along the North Shore you can visit a Whaling Museum, a Holocaust Memorial, and art, history
and science museums. You can explore a lighthouse, grist mills, a general store, arboretums, outstanding
university campuses, a DNA learning center, a fish hatchery and a planetarium.
The flowers, gardens and landscaped grounds are glorious at Old Westbury Gardens and Planting
Fields Arboretum State Historic Park. In the Pine Barrens on the east, Wildwood State Park compises
600 acres of hardwood forest on a high bluff that overlooks Long Island Sound.
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North Shore
museums &
historic sites
American Merchant Marine Museum
of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy
300 Steamboat Rd., Kings Point. Closed in
July, holidays and weekends during semester
breaks (516-773-5000). On 80 acres of the
former Walter P. Chrysler estate, the Academy
educates officers for the American Merchant
Marine and U.S. Naval Reserve. Its 14-gallery
American Merchant Marine Museum in the
Barstow estate focuses on the evolution of
American shipping since the Civil War. B2
Caleb Smith House
Route 25A, Smithtown. Open year-round
(631-265-6768). c.1819. Headquarters of
the Smithtown Historical Society, a farmhouse
with 17th-and 18th-century furniture,
paintings, lithographs, reference books
and documents. D2
Cedarmere
Bryant Avenue, Roslyn. Open May – October
(516-571-8130). Former home of William
Cullen Bryant, renowned poet and editor of
the New York Evening Post for over 50 years.
A gothic mill and beautiful garden located on
the grounds. B3
Christopher Morley Knothole
500 Searingtown Road, Roslyn. (516-571-
8113). Novelist, essayist, columnist and poet
Christopher Morley sought the solitude and
quiet of this rustic cabin. There is also a display
of his complete works. B3
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
and Aquarium
Started in 1883, when the first brown trout
imported into the U.S. arrived at the hatchery,
this environmental education center and
demonstration hatchery also houses New York
State’s largest collection of native freshwater
fish, reptiles and amphibians. See and feed the
newly hatched trout. At Route 25A and Route
108 on the Nassau/Suffolk County border.
Open year-round (516-692-6768). C2
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main Street, Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor.
Open year-round (631-367-3418). Features a
fully equipped 19th Century American whaleboat
with original gear, a renowned scrimshaw
collection, whaling equipment, marine art,
models, an 1850 diorama, marine mammal
bone display, and permanent and changing
exhibitions on Long Island’s maritime history
and whaling industry. C2
Execution Rocks Lighthouse
Tower climbs are available during summer
weekends at the lighthouse built in 1849. Boat
tours leave from Port Washington Town Dock.
(215-906-5103)
Garvies Point Museum
Barry Drive, Glen Cove. Open year-round
(516-571-8010). The museum exhibits cover
prehistoric Indian culture, the science of
archaeology and the area’s geologic past. The
preserve is 62 acres of woodland thickets and
meadows. B2
Heckscher Museum of Art
Prime Avenue & Main Street, Huntington.
Open year-round (631-351-3250). The museum
in Heckscher Park exhibits works from
regional and national collections and its permanent
collection of European and American
paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints. C2
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of
Nassau County
Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road,
Glen Cove. Open year-round (516-571-8040).
Located on the 20-acre Welwyn Preserve,
provides free guided tours, permanent and
changing art and photo exhibits, seminars,
and age appropriate lectures to foster and
understand the causes and consequences of
the Holocaust. B2
Huntington Harbor Lighthouse
Located several hundred feet offshore at the
entrance to Lloyd Harbor and Huntington
Harbor. Open to the public May – October.
42-foot-tall Venetian Renaissance Beaux Artsstyle
structure dating to 1912; still an active
navigation aid operated by the U.S. Coast
Guard. Lighthouse boat tours on selected
dates, June - September. For more information
visit www.huntingtonlighthouse.org or call
631-421-1985. C2
Huntington Historical Society Museums
209 Main Street, Huntington. Open yearround
(631-427-7045). The Society maintains
four historic sites; Dr. Daniel Kissam House
Museum, c.1795; David Conklin Farmhouse,
c.1750; The Huntington Sewing and Trade
School, c.1905 and The Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial building c.1892. C2
Joseph Lloyd Manor House
Lloyd Lane, Lloyd Harbor, Huntington. Open
Memorial Day - Columbus Day (631-692-
4664). C.1766. A historic house museum of
the Society for the Preservation of Long Island
Antiquities, Lloyd Manor was the home of
Jupiter Hammon, who lived life enslaved and
became the first published African-American
poet. Accurate 18th Century room arrangements
and formal gardens. C2
Long Island Museum of American Art,
History & Carriages
1208 Route 25A, Stony Brook. Open yearround
(631-751-0066). Art museum, history
museum, Carriage House, blacksmith shop,
schoolhouse, exhibits of 19th-and 20th-
Century art, Long Island and American history,
horse-drawn carriages, miniature rooms,
antique decoys, museum shop. E2
Mather House Museum
115 Prospect Street, Port Jefferson. Open May
– September (631-473-2665). 19th
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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay.

Tour our magnificent, 1906 mansion filled with priceless furnishings and art. Stroll
200 acres of sweeping lawns, wooded paths, and indescribably beautiful gardens. Attend
concerts, festivals, antique auto shows, teas, Scottish Games, and many other
events. Or just relax, bring a picnic, and take the time to smell the flowers.
Open daily (except Tuesday), late April through October, Holiday Celebration in December,
and for special events the rest of the year. Café in the Woods, Gift Shop, Picnic
Area. Call about Group Rates, Education Programs, and Wedding Photography.
Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury
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Stony Brook Grist Mill.
Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay.
(continued from page 22)
Century home of ship-builder John Mather
featuring ships’ artifacts, maritime exhibits and
period furnishings. Historic buildings include a
tool shed and barn with replicas of a country
store, butcher shop and barber shop. E2
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences
State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Nicolls Road, Stony Brook. Open year-round
(631-632-8230). Museum features collections
of rocks, minerals and fossils; permanent
exhibit on geological history of Long Island;
changing exhibits on dinosaurs, astronomy
and earth sciences. E2
The Nassau County Museum of Art
Northern Boulevard, Roslyn Harbor.
Housed in the restored Neo-classical-style
mansion on the former estate of Childs
Frick, son of U.S. Steel co-founder Henry
Clay Frick. The 145-acre property is now
used for the display of outdoor sculpture;
the mansion houses 10 refurbished galleries
for changing exhibitions. Open year-round
(516-484-9337). B3
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
and Museum
Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74
Hauppauge Road, Commack. Open yearround,
seven days a week (631-462-9800, ext.
119). Plaques and memorabilia of more than
50 Jewish athletes, coaches and sports announcers
from the New York area. D2
Northport Historical Society and Museum
251 Main Street, Northport. Open yearround
(631-757-9859). Opened in 1974 in
a structure built by Andrew Carnegie in
1914 as the Village Library. Features
changing exhibits. D2
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
102 Audrey Avenue. Open year-round
(516-558-7036) Currently located in a preview
center in downtown Oyster Bay open on
weekends, and featuring railroad-themed displays
and a gift shop, the museum will eventually
occupy the restored historic Oyster Bay
railroad station. A nearby display yard open
weekends from April to December features a
turntable, the restored Locomotive #35 and
other historic items. C2
Old Westbury Gardens (See Arboretums)
Raynham Hall Museum
20 West Main Street, Oyster Bay. Open
year-round (516-922-6808). A 22-room
house depicts the lives of two generations
of Townsends in Oyster Bay, beginning in
1738, and occupation by Queen’s Rangers
during the American Revolution; 1851
Victorian addition; formal gardens. C2
Roslyn Grist Mill
1384 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn. Dating
to 1735, one of the few Dutch-framed colonial
commercial structures in the U.S. Former
teahouse and museum. (Under restoration) B3
Saddle Rock Grist Mill
Grist Mill Lane, Saddle Rock. Open May – October
(516-571-7900). c.1702. One of the few
operating – and possibly the oldest – tidal grist
mills in America. The mill is a prime example
of the painstaking craftsmanship of the 1700s,
which produced structures that have lasted
over 250 years. B2
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Cove Neck Road, Oyster Bay. Open yearround
(516-922-4788). Constructed by
President Theodore Roosevelt in 1884-8, this
23-room Victorian mansion was his “Summer
White House” from 1901-1909. Old Orchard
Museum was built by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. in 1937-38. It includes exhibits
and audio visual programs on Roosevelt’s
family life and career. The mansion will be
closed beginning spring 2012, for a three-year
rehabilitation. Old Orchard Museum, historic
outbuildings and grounds, along with the
nature trail that leads to the national wildlife
refuge on Cold Spring Harbor, remain open to
visitors. C2
St. James General Store
Moriches Road, St. James. Open year-round
(631-854-3740). National landmark, in
continuous operation since 1857. Offers
19th Century-style merchandise, candies,
preserves, handcrafts. E2
Sands Point Park and Preserve
95 Middleneck Road, Sands Point. Open
year-round (516-571-7900). Gold Coast
estate of Daniel and Harry Guggenheim, with
castle-type architecture, including: Hempstead
House, Falaise and Castlegould. Guided tours
held May – October. Dinosaur and other
exhibits, nature center and nature trails open
year-round. B2
Sands-Willets House
95 Middle Neck Road, Port Washington. Open
year-round (516-365-9074). Built in 1735,
occupied by the first Mayor of NYC, Thomas
Willets, and eventually his descendants until
1967, when the Cow Neck Historical Society
purchased the home and restored and renovated
it. B2
Science Museum of Long Island
1526 North Plandome Road, Manhasset.
Open year-round (516-627-9400). In Leeds
Pond Preserve. A private and non-profit science
activities center dedicated to the physical
sciences. A hands-on workshop museum. B3
Stony Brook Grist Mill
Harbor Road, Stony Brook. Open April – November
(631-751-2244). c.1751 Visitors can
see modern-day millers grinding grain in Long
Island’s most completely equipped, working
mill. A Mill Store offers related items. E2
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
(See Mansions Listing)
Smithtown Township Arts Council/Mills
Pond House Gallery.
660 Route 25A, St. James. Open year-round
(631-862-6575). Exhibits of historical and contemporary
works of art from local to national
sources; classes, special events.
Thompson House
North Country Road, Setauket. Open Memorial
Day – Columbus Day. C.1700. Collection of
early L.I. furniture recreates life of the Samuel
Thompson family, 1700-1750. E2
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic
Site and Interpretive Center
240 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington
Station. Open year-round (631-427-5240).
c.1819 Birthplace of America’s most famous
poet with authentic furnishings and unusual
architecture. Exhibit includes Whitman’s
schoolmaster’s desk, his voice on tape,
portraits, letters/manuscripts and artifacts.
Picnic facilities, museum shop and bookstore.
Handicapped accessible. D2
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Old Westbury Gardens (See Arboretums)
At the Chrysler Estate on Steamboat Road, Kings
Point, now home of the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, enjoy a breathtaking view of Long Island
Sound with white sails dotting the horizon on
warm, sunny days. Wiley Hall, a Beaux Arts mansion
on the estate, is surrounded by beautifully
manicured lawns, adorned with reflecting pools
and fountains that recall the glory of bygone years.
Open year-round (516-773-5000). B2
Drive through the iron gates of Falaise at Sands
Point Preserve, 95 Middle Neck Road, Port
Washington to the Norman-style mansion of Capt.
Harry F. Guggenheim, high on a bluff overlooking
the Sound, and enter a world of medieval splendor.
Here, in the solitude of the ivy-covered villa, Charles
Lindbergh wrote “We,” an account of his historic adventures.
Open May – October (516-571-7900). B2
Planting Fields Arboretum (See Arboretums)
Coindre Hall (see Parks)
Chelsea, Northern Boulevard, East Norwich, the
former residence of Benjamin and Alexandra
Moore, is an uncommonly beautiful 32-room
mansion. It is now home to a host of public programs,
including lecture series, chamber recitals
and art shows (516-571-8550). C2
LIU Post on Route 25A in Brookville is a 400-acre
campus noted for its beauty. The campus features
the gracious Tudor estate house built for Marjorie
Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton in 1921. Features
arboretum and labyrinth (516-299-2000). C2
The Nassau County Museum of Art
(See Museums & Historic Sites)
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Dinner - Tuesday - Thursday - 5:30 - 10:00
Friday - 5:30 - 10:30
Saturday - 5:00 - 10:30 Sun - 5:00 - 9:30
Directions:
L.I.E. Exit 36N Searingtown Rd. – cross
25A – becomes Port Washington Blvd.–
go 5 miles, left on Main Street 1/2 mile,
located across from train station.
NYIT deSeversky Mansion, situated on 100
acres on Northern Boulevard in Old Westbury, is
a stately Georgian mansion formerly occupied by
the Dupont and Guest families. It is now part of the
New York Institute of Technology campus (516-
686-7675). B3
Oheka Castle in Huntington is the second largest
private residence ever built in the United States. The
estate and gardens are currently used for privately
catered events and movie and television productions.
However, mansion tours are available by
appointment only (631-659-1400) C2
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion,
Marine Museum, Planetarium, Park
180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Open yearround
(631-854-5579). Former home of William
Kissam Vanderbilt II, 43-acre estate includes
Eagle’s Nest, an ornate Spanish-Revival style
mansion, which contains fine and decorative
arts, natural history collections gathered in
the 1920s-30s. Site offers lectures, workshops,
concerts, Arena Players Repertory and children’s
theater, special events. The Planetarium
is scheduled to reopen in summer 2012 with
improvements including a state-of-the-art, Kon-
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ica Minolta Infinium star
projector with full-dome
video and surround-sound
systems, new seats, and a
ticketing and information kiosk
in the lobby. Planetarium
programs include sky shows,
children and family astronomy
programs, and night-sky
observing sessions. D2
Photos courtesy LICVB
Arboretums
Long Island is the site of a number of renowned
arboretums which offer the sheer enjoyment of
seeing nature’s bounty. You can stroll through acre
upon acre of protected, and in some cases carefully
manicured, land.
Bailey Arboretum, on Bayville Road in Lattingtown,
a Nassau County park, features 42
acres of exotic trees, rare shrubs and breathtakingly
beautiful flower beds. It also features a
unique Sensory Garden for the disabled and an
interpretive nature trail (516-571-8020). B2
LIU Post Community Arboretum
(See Gold Coast mansions)
Old Westbury Gardens, at 71 Old Westbury
Road in Old Westbury, the former Georgian
Mansion estate of financier-sportsman John S.
Phipps and his family, is one of the few great
LI estates open to the general public. The 1906
mansion is filled with fine English antiques and
decorative arts reflecting 18th- and 19th-Century
grandeur in furnishings. It sits at the center of 160
acres of landscaped grounds, formal gardens,
woodland and ponds. The site features gift and
plant shops and a cafe. Special events include
garden tours, classical and pops concerts, lectures,
and children’s programs. Open late April
– October, Sundays in November and for holiday
celebrations in December (516-333-0048). B3
Planting Fields Arboretum, on Planting Fields
Road in Oyster Bay, was the home of William
Robertson Coe from 1910 to 1955. It is now
administered by the Long Island State Park and
Recreation Commission. The arboretum encompasses
409 acres: 150 acres of gardens and
plant collections, 40 acres of lawns, and over
200 acres of woodlands and fields. There are
two greenhouse complexes totaling over oneand-a-half
acres, where native, tropical and
sub-tropical plants are cultivated under controlled
conditions. Coe Hall at Planting Fields,
built in 1918, is one of the finest examples of
Tudor Revival architecture in America, with period
furnishings, imported antiques and stained
glass. Grounds open year-round, mansion from
April – October (516-922-9200). C2
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Explore the
marvels of science
Founded 1653
HUNTINGTON TOWN BOARD
Frank P. Petrone, Supervisor
Mark Cuthbertson, Councilman
Susan A. Berland, Councilwoman
Mark Mayoka, Councilman
Eugene Cook, Councilman
Brookhaven National Laboratory
William Floyd Parkway, Upton, (631-344-2345) offers tours of its
facilities, interactive exhibits, and science talks during its annual
Summer Sundays programin July and August. Group tours are
offered by appointment year-round. Explore the marvels of
science and learn about the lab’s research. Visitors age 16 and
older must bring a photo ID. F2
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor. (516-367-8800). Founded
in 1890, the laboratory is a private, non-profit institution with
research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant genetics, genomics,
and bioinformatics and a broad educational mission. Tours and
concerts are open to the public. C2
Dolan DNA Learning Center
Multi-media History Show. Open year-round (516-367-5170). A
multi-image, Surround Sound presentation of a comprehensive
historical overview of Long Island from the Ice Age to the end of
the 20th Century. The 28-minute presentation, commissioned by
Cablevision, is presented in a 104-seat theater at the Dolan DNA
Learning Center in the North Shore village of Cold Spring Harbor at
334 Main Street, Route 25A. Long Island Discovery includes comments,
observations and anecdotes of prominent Island historians,
anthropologists and local residents, 30 of whom were videotaped for
the project. C2
Planetarium Sky Shows
The Planetarium at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little
Neck Road in Centerport, is one of the largest and best-equipped in
the United States. In addition to its domed theater, where Sky Shows
recreate celestial events, there is also an observatory with a 16-inch
Cassegrain reflecting telescope through which visitors can scan the
heavens above on clear nights.
The 60-foot-in-diameter Sky Theatre is scheduled to reopen in summer
2012 with improvements including a state-of-the-art, Konica
Minolta Infinium star projector with full-dome video and Surround
Sound systems, new seats, and a ticketing and information kiosk
in the lobby. The theatre depicts the heavenly bodies: sun, moon,
planets and stars. It can simulate the heavens at any moment in time,
from the distant past to the future, as they appeared from any place
on earth. Open year-round (631-854-5579). D2
Shopping
Long Island’s roads are lined with countless stores, many located
in shopping centers on east-west thoroughfares such as Route 24,
Route 27 (Sunrise Highway) and Route 27A (Merrick Road) on the
South Shore, and Route 25 (Jericho Turnpike) and Route 25A (Northern
Boulevard) on the North Shore. Many communities also feature
downtown shopping villages and malls.
Most malls and shopping centers are conveniently located near
major transportation hubs such as parkways, the Long Island
Expressway, Long Island Rail Road stations and bus stops. Many
extend their hours during holiday seasons.
Major indoor shopping malls
Smith Haven Mall, Nesconset Highway, Lake Grove. 150 stores
including Macy’s, JC Penney, Sears. (631-724-1433) E2
Walt Whitman Mall, Route 110, Huntington. 110 stores includ-
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ing Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue.
(631-271-1741) C2
Visitor-oriented
shopping villages
Downtown Cold Spring Harbor.
(Phone numbers listed are for local chambers of commerce or
merchant associations).
Cold Spring Harbor, a historic Main Street shopping district
just west of Huntington Village, is known for antique shops and
boutiques. C2
Huntington Village, a booming Main Street shopping community
features many boutiques, restaurants, night spots and cafés.
(631-423-6100) C2
Northport. Once known as “Cow Harbor,” this nautical village
has shopping, restaurants, a collection of former captains’ houses
and a wharf on a picturesque harbor. (631-754-3905) D2
Glen Cove, a Gold Coast village, features fine restaurants,
dozens of boutiques and gift shops, museums and nature
preserves. (516-676-6666) B2
Great Neck, a trendy, upscale shopping district, offers some of
the finest shops and restaurants to be found on the North Shore.
(516-487-2000) B2
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Locust Valley. Antiques shops, interior design firms and boutiques
line chic Birch Hill Road and Forest Avenue. C2
Oyster Bay, a picturesque village shopping district, features historic
landmarks and a sheltered harbor. (516-922-6464) C2
Port Jefferson is a picturesque waterfront village with fine old
houses, beautiful gardens, antique stores and waterfront restaurants.
(631-473-1414) E2
Port Washington. Antique shops, restaurants and art galleries line
lower Main Street in the harbor area. (516-883-6566) B2
Roslyn Historic Shopping District on Main Street boasts
homes built between 1690 and 1865, which have been restored
to their original appearance. Several homes are open to the
public. (516-621-1961) B3
Sea Cliff. Victorian homes and small shops give this quaint
residential arts community a New England flavor. The park at
the end of Sea Cliff Avenue offers a spectacular hillside view of
Hempstead Harbor. B2
Stony Brook. Some of the trendiest shopping on Long Island can be
found at the Stony Brook Village Center. The Village is also home to
the Three Village Inn, originally built in 1751, and now a 26-room inn
and fine American restaurant. (631-751-2244) E2
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North Shore
parks
Photo by Robert Lipper
Blydenburgh County Park
(588 Acres), Smithtown, (631-854-3713). Hiking,
picnicking, camping, freshwater fishing,
rowboat rentals, bridle paths, playground. D2
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
(543 Acres), Smithtown, (631-265-1054).
Freshwater fishing, guided tours by reservation,
hiking, historic interest, crosscountry
skiing. D2
Christopher Morley Park
(County)(98 Acres), Roslyn-North Hills,
(516-571-8113). Jogging course, model
boating, softball fields, basketball, paddleball,
volleyball, paddle tennis, horseshoes,
shuffleboard, tennis, golf, outdoor ice skating
rink, cross country skiing, outdoor pool,
diving pool. B3
Caumsett State Historic Park
(1500 Acres), Lloyd Neck, (631-423-1770).
Bridle path, saltwater fishing, hiking, historic
interest, cross-country skiing. Historic Marshall
Field Estate. C2
Coindre Hall Park
(33-acres) 101 Browns Road, Huntington,
(call for tours: 631-424-8230). Gold Coast
waterfront estate featuring a 40-room,
80,000-square-foot mansion formerly
owned by George McKesson Brown, and
now operated by Suffolk County. It was built
in 1912 with turrets in the style of a medieval
French chateau, with sweeping views of
Huntington Harbor. C2
Cold Spring Harbor State Park
(40 Acres), Cold Spring Harbor, (631-669-
1000). Close to harbor, hiking path, birdwatching,
part of Long Island Greenbelt Trail. C2
Governor Alfred E. Smith/
Sunken Meadow State Park
(1266 Acres), Kings Park, (631-269-4333).
Ballfields, bicycle path, bridle path, saltwater
fishing, food service, golf with pro shop, hiking,
picnicking, bathhouse and saltwater swimming,
cross-country skiing, sled hills. D2
Hempstead Harbor Beach Park
(County)(60 Acres), Port Washington,
(516-571-7930). Golf, volleyball, badminton,
softball, basketball, handball, paddleball,
shuffleboard, aerodrome (for radio-controlled
model airplanes), salt water
fishing, beach. B2
Nissequogue River State Park
(153 Acres), Kings Park, (631-581-1072).
National Audubon Society Important Bird
Area, Long Island Greenbelt Trail hiking,
guided nature walks, kayaking and fishing
on Long Island Sound. D2
Planting Fields Arboretum
State Historic Park
(409 Acres), Oyster Bay, (516-922-9200).
Guided tours by reservation, hiking, historic
interest, arboretum. C2
Sweetbriar Nature Center
(54 acres), Smithtown, (631-979-6344).
Butterfly vivarium, nature trails, museum,
natural science and wildlife programs,
rehabilitated raptors. D2
Whitney Pond Park
(County) (15 Acres), Manhasset, (516-571-
8300). Basketball, tennis, handball, paddleball,
outdoor swimming pool, diving tank,
jogging course. B3
Wildwood State Park
(769 Acres), Wading River, (631-929-4314).
Ballfields, camping, trailer hookups,
saltwater fishing, food service, hiking,
picnicking, bathhouse, saltwater swimming,
cross-country skiing. F2
Top left, Blydenburg County Park; top right, Whitney Pond Park; below, Nissequogue
River State Park.
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South Shore
The South Shore of Long Island is one of
New York State’s premier family-oriented recreation
areas. The region stretches for 50 miles
from the NYC line to the Hamptons. It’s a region
of nearly neverending fun whether you like miles
of beaches, parks with boundless recreational
opportunities, nationally known shopping malls
or superb restaurants. You can experience major
sports thrills, museums, fishing and boating.
Have fun under the sun
The South Shore region boasts some of the
nation’s outstanding beaches. Jones Beach State
Park in Wantagh is a national gem where millions
of people come to play every year on a sevenmile
Atlantic strand, or stroll a historic boardwalk.
Long Beach’s boardwalk and beach on the
Atlantic Ocean are within a few minutes stroll of
a city brimming with restaurants and nightlife.
For a relaxing break from the daily grind, hop
on a ferry from Bay Shore, Sayville or Patchogue to
Fire Island. This unique barrier island features 17
distinct communities, and the Fire Island National
Seashore, offering year-round fun for everyone.
Show your team spirit
Fans of spectator sports can look forward to
an array of sporting seasons and special events
throughout the year. The May-to-October thoroughbred
racing season at Belmont Park in Elmont
includes the Belmont Stakes. Each June, this
thrilling event brings the exciting Triple Crown finale
of thoroughbred racing to Long Island.
Bethpage State Park encompasses five premier
golf courses, including the Black course,
where the U.S. Open of golf was held in 2002 and
again in 2009.
The New York Islanders NHL hockey team
plays home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial
Coliseum in Uniondale, October through
April. The Long Island Ducks play exciting minorleague
ball at Bethpage Ballpark in Central Islip.
Tour Museum Row
Museum Row is one place where you can
pack a world of enjoyment into a single day — especially
if you brought the kids along. The Garden
City multi-museum complex includes the Long
Island Children’s Museum; the Cradle of Aviation
Museum, an IMAX Theatre, the Nassau County
Firefighters Museum & Education Center, and the
newest attraction, Historic Nunley’s Carousel.
Visit the parks
Looking for wide open spaces to ride a bike,
play ball or have a picnic? Try visiting one of our
state and county parks. You can also fish, golf,
hike, play games and pursue myriad other activities
in these grand public facilities, for the price of
a small parking fee.
Discover a zoo
Take a gander at (and even feed and pet) animals
ranging from deer, pigs and goats, to more
exotic Bengal tigers, lemurs, monkeys and even
kangaroos! They reside within the South Shore’s
four zoos.
Looking for more to do?
Take a dip in one of our public pools, stay
overnight at a campground, or climb the steps
of a lighthouse. You can fish from a park pier, or
board a fishing boat in Point Lookout, Freeport,
or the Captree Boat Basin. You can see a show at
indoor facilities ranging from the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum to the Gateway Playhouse
and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing
Arts. And many familes stop to sample a glass of
vino at the region’s only winery, in Sayville.
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museums
& historic sites
Fire Island Lighthouse
African-American Museum
110 N. Franklin Street, Hempstead. Open year-round (516-572-
0730). Traces the history of the African-American Long Islander,
past, present and future, in displays, including special exhibits
from Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Museum, etc. B3
American Airpower Museum
1300 New Highway at Republic Airport, Farmingdale. Open
year-round (631-293-6398). This former hanger features a
collection of historic yet still-flying WWII aircraft including a
P-47 Thunderbolt, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-25 Bomber, Grumman
Avenger, F4U Corsair, P-40 Warhawk and T-6 Texan. Also,
exhibits and a gift shop. C3
Cradle of Aviation Museum
Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City. See more than 70 legendary
aircraft, including Charles Lindbergh’s Jenny and an actual
Lunar Excursion Module built on Long Island. The collection
of air and spacecraft rivals the Smithsonian’s. An IMAX domed,
high-technology theater – the largest in New York State –
features changing shows. (516-572-4111) B3
Fire Island Lighthouse
At Fire Island National Seashore, east of Robert Moses
State Park. Open year-round (631-321-7028). Erected in
1858, maintained since 1982 by the Fire Island Lighthouse
Preservation Society, this working U.S. Coast Guard navigational
aid is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Guided tours include a climb up the tower’s 192 steps for a
panoramic view of Great South Bay, the Atlantic Ocean and
surrounding land. The original First Order Fresnel Lens used
in the tower for 75 years, beginning in 1858, is exhibited in a
new museum next to the lighthouse. D3
Hicksville Gregory Museum - L.I. Earth Science Center
Heitz Place and May Avenue, Hicksville. Open year-round (516-
822-7505). Housed in the former Heitz Place Courthouse, the
museum includes history exhibits in the Courthouse jail, one of
the last authentic Long Island lock-ups. Also contains an earth
science collection of fossils, minerals and fluorescent displays. C3
Hofstra University Museum
Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead. Open year-round (516-463-
6600). On Hofstra’s 240-acre campus and arboretum, the museum
consists of five galleries, with modern paintings, sculpture,
prints, photographs and ethnographic works; over 50 outdoor
sculptures; changing exhibitions, featuring lectures, films and
tours; and a 40-foot stone Labyrinth. B3
Islip Art Museum
Brookwood Hall, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip. Open year-round
(631-224-5402). Gallery exhibits feature contemporary works
of Long Island and NYC artists, selections from permanent
collection. E3
Long Island Children’s Museum
11 Davis Avenue, Garden City. Open year-round (516-224-
5800). Cultural and educational hands-on experiences designed
for children ages 2 through 12 and their families. Huge 40,000
square-foot museum in a converted airplane hanger features 12
innovative galleries with interactive exhibits. B3
Long Island Maritime Museum
86 West Avenue, West Sayville. Open year-round
(631-854-4974). Changing boating and marine exhibits,
local small craft collection, history exhibit and 19th Century
oystering vessel. E3

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Old Edward’s Homestead
Collins Avenue at Edward Street, Sayville.
Open October – June (631-563-0186).
c.1785. The exhibits include photographs,
quilts, whale oil and gas burner lamps, and
local history collection. General store sells
old-time merchandise. E3
Pagan-Fletcher Restoration
143 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream.
Open year-round (516-872-4159). Former
home of Scottish immigrant Robert Pagan, the
residence served as a farmhouse, general store
and religious center. Permanent and changing
exhibits. B3
Rock Hall Museum
199 Broadway, Lawrence. Open April –
November (516-239-1157). Georgian Colonial
Manor (1767). Was the Martin and Hewlett
family homestead for 125 years. Features
antique furniture, changing exhibits. B3
Sagtikos Manor County Park
Montauk Highway, West Bay Shore (631-
854-0939). Former home of Stephan Van
Cortland, the first native-born mayor of
New York City; George Washington slept
there on April 21, 1790, during a tour of
Long Island. Features historical artifacts and
events. Call for tour schedule. D3
Tackapausha Museum
Washington Avenue, Seaford. Open yearround
(516-571-7443). A variety of exhibits,
designated by season, of Long Island wildlife
and plants. Features include a nocturnal
animal exhibit, plus five miles of nature
trails, on the 84-acre preserve. C3
Wantagh Railroad Museum
1700 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh. Open
April – October (516-826-8767). Grounds
contain restored early-20th-century Long
Island Railroad station and parlor car;
Wantagh’s original post office. C3
William Floyd Estate
245 Park Drive, Mastic Beach. Open July and
August (631-399-2030). Ancestral home of
William Floyd, Long Island’s signer of the
Declaration of Independence; the 613-acre
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stages from 1724 to 1930, family cemetery
and 11 outbuildings. F3
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white sand beach
The South Shore is known worldwide for its
wonderful public beaches. South Shore beaches
are a perfect destination for lovers of sand, surf
and sports. Two barrier islands protect the Nassau
County mainland and its inhabitants from
the Atlantic’s sometimes rough seas, producing,
in the ocean’s wake, some of the world’s most
exquisite beaches. White sand stretches for
miles along Nassau County’s South Shore.
The waters of Nassau County’s South Shore
beaches are great for riding waves, whether you
own a surf board or just want to body surf.
From the west, the first barrier island is Long
Beach with its beachfront communities of Atlantic
Beach, Lido Beach and Point Lookout. At
the center of the barrier island is the bustling
City of Long Beach with its residential population
and renowned boardwalk. Long Beach is
also a historic beach community that during its
1920s heyday rivaled Atlantic City and Miami
Beach. The two-and-one-half mile Long Beach
Boardwalk on the Atlantic Ocean welcomes
beachgoers, surfers and roller-bladers year
round. After dark, Long Beach hums with
nightlife. Park Avenue in Long Beach is lined
with many shops and restaurants and leads
east to the communities of Lido Beach and
Point Lookout, also havens of beaches
and restaurants.
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Eastward, world-famous Jones Beach State
Park in Wantagh is a glittering 2,000-acre playland
at the southern end of the Wantagh and
Meadowbrook Parkways. The big attractions
include The Jones Beach Boardwalk lined with
beautiful historic buildings, the Nikon at Jones
Beach Theatre, and, of course, the seven miles
of sparkling sand.
In Suffolk County, the South Shore barrier
beaches rank among the most scenic parks
in New York State. The westernmost island
includes the seaside communities and town
beaches of Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach and
Oak Beach and ends at the Captree State
Park Boat Basin. Suffolk’s other barrier island
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from the mainland by the Great South
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to the barrier island
Fire Island offers a wide range of tourist
attractions within the narrow shores of the
region’s most secluded barrier island.
A brief ferry ride from Bay Shore, Patchogue
and Sayville on Suffolk County’s South Shore,
Fire Island is an internationally known destination.
And yet for all its renown, Fire Island’s
vibe is decidedly off-the-beaten track. The 17
beachfront communities include the incorporated
villages of Saltaire and Ocean Beach
(the latter considered the social and commercial
hub of the island), laidback Kismet
and Lonelyville, and Davis Park, which has a
200-boat marina.
During the peak season from Memorial
Day to Labor Day, crowds gather at restaurants
and bars, which serve cocktails to a
Reggae or Calypso beat. The nightclubs include
some very popular spots in the traditionally
gay communities of Cherry Grove
and The Pines.
In true “vacation getaway” fashion, passenger
cars are not permitted on the island.
Visitors generally transport supplies across
the bay via private boat or ferry and then
load them into wagons. Small independent
stores sell necessities such as bathing suits,
sandals and ice cream.
Many day-trippers come for the beaches
and the nightlife. Family or group house
rentals and shares can be arranged, generally
in advance, for all or part of the season.
Overnight lodgings range from small hotels
to B&Bs.
The main attraction is the Fire Island
National Seashore (FINS), which stretches
between Robert Moses State Park and
Smith Point County Park. East of Robert
Moses State Park, on the west end of Fire
Island, is the historic Fire Island Lighthouse,
built in 1826. It has a museum and
gift shop, and offers tours of the 192-step
tower. FINS also contains wilderness trails
with plentiful wildlife including deer and
foxes, and the Sunken Forest, a maritime
woodland estimated to be between 200-
300 years old. For information on guided
tours, call the Fire Island National Seashore
at 631-289-4810.
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Parks
Bay Park
(County) (96 Acres), East Rockaway,
(516-571-7245). Golf, outdoor roller skating
rink, saltwater fishing, cross country skiing,
volleyball, basketball, tennis, baseball and
softball fields, jogging course. B3
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
(690 acres), Oakdale, (631-581-1002). Food
service, guided tours by reservation, hiking,
historic interest, arboretum. E3
Belmont Lake State Park
(459 acres), North Babylon, (631-667-5055).
Ballfields, bicycle path, rowboat rentals,
bridle path, freshwater fishing, food service,
hiking, picnicking, playgrounds. D3
Bethpage State Park
(1475 Acres), Farmingdale, (516-249-0701).
Ballfields, bicycle path, bridle path, food
service, five golf courses with pro shop,
hiking, picnicking, tennis with pro shop,
cross-country skiing, sled hills, site of 2002
and 2009 U.S. Open (golf). C3
Cantiague Park
(County) (84 Acres), Hicksville, (516-571-
7052). Horseshoes, bocci court, softball and
soccer fields, handball, paddleball, basketball,
golf, outdoor pool, indoor ice rink,
jogging course. C3
Captree State Park
(298 acres) South of West Islip, (631-669-
0449). Boat basin, open and charter fishing
boats, saltwater fishing piers, bait station,
Captree Cove restaurant, snack bar, picnicking,
playground. D3
Cedar Creek Park
(County) (265 Acres), Seaford, (516-571-
7470). Bicycle path, aerodrome field (for
radio-controlled model planes), archery,
basketball, handball, paddleball, tennis, soccer
and softball fields, outdoor rollerskating
rink, jogging course. C3
Centennial Park
(County) (2 acres), Roosevelt, (516-571-
8695). Small playground; basketball, tennis,
paddleball and handball courts, table games,
water sprinklers in season, picnic tables. C3
Connetquot River State Park
(3,473 Acres), Oakdale/Bohemia, (631-
581-1005). Bridle path, freshwater fishing,
guided tours by reservation, hiking, historic
interest, cross-country skiing. E3
Cow Meadow Park & Preserve
(County) (28 Acres), Freeport, (516-571-8685).
Jogging course, salt water fishing, marina,
tennis, basketball courts, handball/paddleball,
softball field, shuffleboard. C3
Eisenhower Park
(County) (930 Acres), East Meadow,
(516-572-0348). Jogging path, bicycle paths,
golf, driving range, baseball, softball, football,
soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, cricket, tennis,
horseshoes, shuffleboard, croquet, badminton,
lawn bowling, bocci, model boating,
cross country skiing, aquatic center. C3
Grant Park
(County) (35Acres), Hewlett, (516-571-7820).
Outdoor roller skating, outdoor ice rink,
horseshoes, shuffleboard, basketball, tennis,
handball, softball. B3
Heckscher State Park
(1657 Acres), East Islip, (631-581-2100).
Ballfields, bicycle path, boating ramp,
camping, saltwater fishing, food service,
hiking, picnicking, pool, bathhouse,
saltwater swimming, cross-country skiing,
playground. E3
Hempstead Lake State Park
(775 Acres), West Hempstead, (516-766-1029).
Ballfields, bicycle path, bridle path, freshwater
fishing, food service, hiking, picnicking, tennis,
cross-country skiing, carousel. B3
Inwood Park
(County) (16 acres), Inwood, (516-571-
7894).Surrounded by water, setting for
athletic and family activities. B3
Jones Beach State Park
(2,413 Acres), South of Wantagh, (516-785-
1600). Saltwater swimming on six-mile
ocean and bay beaches. Ballfields by
permit, bicycle path, boat basin, saltwater
fishing piers, bait station, snack bar, gift
shop, pitch-and-putt golf, picnicking, pool,
bathhouse, beach volleyball, mini-golf,
playgrounds and outdoor theater. C3
Mitchel Athletic Complex
Mitchel Field, Garden City, (516-572-0420).
A 10,000-seat stadium, hosted the 1998
Goodwill Games soccer matches and the
2000 U.S. Open Cup. Today, it serves as the
official indoor facility for the Long Island
Rough Riders, a professional A-League
men’s soccer team. B3
Nickerson Beach Park
(County) (121 Acres), Lido Beach,
(516-571-7700). Tennis, beach volleyball,
basketball, handball, outdoor swimming
pools with snack bars, on 3,500 feet of
ocean shoreline. B4
North Woodmere Park
(County) (150 Acres), North Woodmere,
(516-571-7800). Outdoor swimming pool,
diving pool, golf, baseball, football, softball,
tennis, basketball, handball, paddleball,
horseshoes, shuffleboard. B3
Rev. Arthur Mackey Sr. Park
(County) (27 acres), Roosevelt, (516-571-
8692) Recreational facilities, new playground,
lake surrounded by benches. C3
Robert Moses State Park
(1,000 Acres), Fire Island, (631-669-0449).
Ballfields, boat basin, saltwater fishing, bait
station, food service, pitch-and-putt golf,
picnicking, bathhouse, saltwater swimming,
and a new 1,725-foot-long educational
boardwalk that connects to Fire
Island National Seashore. D3
Smith Point County Park
(2,295 Acres), Shirley (631-852-1313). Suffolk
County’s largest oceanfront park. Swim-
40 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012

Red Course at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Photo courtesy LICVB
ming, surfing, saltwater fishing, camping. F3
Southaven County Park
(1,338 Acres), Brookhaven (631-854-1414).
Hiking, picnicking, camping, freshwater
fishing, rowboat rentals, canoeing, hunting,
equestrian center, playground. F3
Timber Point County Marina East/West
(239 Acres), Great River, (631-854-4949).
Fuel dock, sewage pump-out station,
restrooms, electrical hookups and water.
Transient boat slips available for visitors. E3
Valley Stream State Park
(97 Acres), Valley Stream, (516-825-4128).
Ballfields, bicycle path, food service, hiking,
picnicking, cross-country skiing,
playground. B3
Wantagh Park
(County)(120 Acres), Wantagh, (516-571-
7460). Outdoor swimming pool, diving pool,
basketball, bocci, shuffleboard, horseshoes,
marina, saltwater fishing, baseball, soccer,
lacrosse, field hockey, football, bicycling. C3
West Hills County Park
(854 Acres), Huntington, (631-854-4423).
Hiking, youth group camping, picnicking,
horseback riding facility. C2
Aboretums
A walk in the woods is invigorating,
refreshing and even educational when
you visit an arboretum. Here are nature
preserves where you can see and learn all
about the region’s wide variety of flora.
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
Montauk Highway, Oakdale. Open yearround
(631-581-1002). Donated to the Long
Island State Park and Recreation Commission
in memory of William Bayard Cutting.
This 690-acre estate features an English
Tudor-style mansion and an arboretum
started in 1887. Many Pinetum specimens
date to the original plantings of fir, spruce,
pine, cypress, cedar, yew and hemlock. E3
Clark Botanic Garden
193 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson. This Town
of North Hempstead facility is a beautifully
designed, easily walked, 12-acre living
museum of over 1,000 labeled trees, shrubs
and garden plants. Specialty gardens feature
roses, wildflowers, herbs, daylilies, rock
garden plants, dwarf evergreens, unusual
annuals, low-maintenance perennials, small
flowering trees, early and late-flowering
shrubs, massed rhododendrons and azaleas,
and spring bulbs set among three brook-fed
ponds and linked by sweeping lawns and
gracefully curving paths. Open year-round
(516-484-8600). B3
At Exit 64
LIE
I-495
2695 Route 112
Medford NY 11763
631 654 3000
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Hofstra University
Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead. Hofstra’s
240-acre campus is an arboretum with more
than 12,000 evergreen and deciduous trees,
representing 625 different species and varieties.
The campus is a member of the American
Public Gardens Association. The arboretum
includes both native American, rare and exotic
trees, including a metasequoia (rare on the
east coast), the bald cypress (rare in the northeast),
and two unique varieties of pine: the
Dragon Eye and the Tamyosho (both rare in
this area). There is also a two-acre bird sanctuary.
Open year-round (516-463-6600). B3
At Exit 64 LIE (I-495)
2695 Route 112, Medford, NY 11763
631.447.6200
• Located minutes from MacArthur Airport
• Complimentary shuttle service to and from Long Island MacArthur
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• Complimentary breakfast, free wireless Internet, 32 in. LCD HDTV
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75 Comfortable Guest Rooms
Efficiency and Jacuzzi Rooms
Free Continental Breakfast
Fitness Room
Close to Islip airport & LIRR Station
Hi-Speed Wireless Internet
Cable/SAT TV
Business Center
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Close to historic villages/shopping
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 41

Zoos
Holtsville Ecology Site & Park
249 Buckley Road, Holtsville. Open yearround
(631-758-9664). Featuring goats,
sheep, mountain lions, bobcats, bald eagles,
deer, etc. E2
Animal Farm Petting Zoo
Long Island Expressway Exit 69 to Wading
River Road, Manorville. Open April – October
(631-878-1785). See, feed and pet the animals.
Shows, train and pony rides, playground
and picnic area. Large selection of animals
including parrots, camel, ostrich, kangaroos,
monkeys, llamas, reptiles and other exotics. F2
L.I. Game Farm Wildlife Park
& Children’s Zoo
Long Island Expressway Exit 70 to Chapman
Boulevard, Manorville. Open April – October
(631-878-6644). A complete zoo with
an 18-foot giraffe, red kangaroos, kinkajous,
cougars, Barbados sheep, peacocks, and the
only lemurs born and bred on Long Island.
Photo courtesy LICVB
Quality Lodging at Affordable Prices
ECONO LODGE HICKSVILLE • 429 Duffy Ave., Hicksville (516) 433-3900
www.econolodge-hicksville.com
• Luxurious air-conditioned guest rooms
• Color TVs, HBO, ESPN
• Free wireless Internet access
Located at Wantagh State Parkway
exit W2 east
• Free Continental breakfast
• AAA/Senior/Corp/Gov’t discounts
• Near major attractions and beaches
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• 2 miles from MacArthur Airport
• Free Continental breakfast
• Free newspaper
• Color TV with free HBO
• AAA/Senior/Corp/Gov’t discounts
• Air conditioned
• Non-smoking rooms
• Fitness Center 3 miles east of 495 exit 57
• Complimentary Hot Buffet Breakfast
• Microwave, Refrigerator & 32” Flat
Screen TV’s in all Rooms
• Glass Enclosed Indoor Pool
• 24 Hour Fitness & Business Center
• Minutes from Beaches, Fishing,
Shopping, Dining, Theaters,
Museums, Parks & Recreations
• Convenient to all Major Highways,
Airports, LIRR and NYC!
• Fresh Baked Cookies Upon Arrival
GARDEN CITY
516-227-2720 • www.gardencity-hamptoninn.com
Bambiland, carousel, animal feeding shows,
gift shop, etc. F2
Suffolk County Farm & Education Center
4600 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank. Open April
– late October (631-852-4600). A working
production farm featuring public workshops,
demonstrations, festivals and animal
petting and feeding. Sheep, goats, pigs, beef
cattle and other animals are residents of this
300-acre farm. F2
Watch them hit it
out of the park
From May through October, the Long Island
Ducks minor league baseball team plays
its regular season at the family-oriented,
6,000-seat Bethpage Ballpark in Central Islip.
Tickets are reasonably priced, and many
games feature special promotions including
fireworks shows and opportunities to meet
the team mascot, QuackerJack. (631-940-
DUCK or www.liducks.com) D3
He shoots…
he scores!!
The New York Islanders are Long Island’s
hometown professional NHL hockey
team. They play over 40 home games from
October to April at the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. If you are
visiting, there’s a good chance you can get
tickets to one of these exciting games.
Islanders home games are action-packed,
exciting and full of promotions and special
sideshows. The Ice Girls skate around the
rink dressed in team colors, and Islanders
mascot Sparky the Dragon cheers from the
sidelines. (1-800-882-ISLES or
www.newyorkislanders.com) B3
Winery
Loughlin Vineyards
South Main Street, Sayville, (631-589-0027). E3
— More wineries listed on pages 50 and 59
42 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012

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Tanger Outlets at The Arches in Deer Park.
Photo courtesy Tanger Outlets
Shopping
Visitor-oriented
shopping villages
(Phone numbers listed are for local chambers
of commerce or merchants associations).
Bellport
... is a seaside village where elegant
Victorian-style homes line a landscape
dotted with fine shops and restaurants.
(631-776-9268) F3
Freeport
The “Nautical Mile” on Woodcleft Avenue is
well known for commercial fishing, charter
and open boats, open-air fish markets, a
nautical museum, restaurants and shops
with a maritime flavor. (516-377-2200) C3
Garden City
Specialty shops abound, and famous department
stores include Sears, Talbots and
Lord & Taylor. (516-746-7724) B3
Patchogue
... features a large downtown shopping
district along Montauk Highway (Main
Street) including restaurants, clothing
boutiques and other specialty shops.
(631-475-0121) E3
Sayville
... is a small South Shore community with
shop-lined streets. (631-567-5257) E3
Major Indoor
Shopping Malls
Broadway Mall
Route 106/107, Hicksville, 130 stores including
Target, IKEA. (516-939-0679) C3
Green Acres Mall
Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, 200 stores
including Sears, Macy’s, JC Penney.
(516-561-1157) B3
Roosevelt Field
Old Country Road, Garden City. 215 stores
including Macy’s, JC Penney, Nordstrom,
Bloomingdale’s. (516-742-8000) B3
The Mall at the Source
Old Country Road, Westbury. Featuring
Cheesecake Factory, Saks Off Fifth, Nordstrom
Rack and Dave & Buster’s.
(516-228-0303) C3
Westfield Shopping Town
Sunrise Highway, Bay Shore. 100 stores
including Macy’s, JC Penney, Sears, Lord
& Taylor. (631-665-8600) D3
Westfield Sunrise Mall
Sunrise Highway, Massapequa. 160 stores
including Macy’s, JC Penney, Sears.
(516-795-3225) C3
Factory
Outlet Centers
Outlets at Bellport,
Sunrise Hwy., Bellport (631-286-3872) F3
Tanger Outlets at The Arches
152 The Arches Circle, Deer Park.
(631-667-0600) D3
Flea Market
Tri-County Unique Bazaar,
Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown. Indoor.
(516-579-4500) C3
44 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012

Join Us
in
Hempstead Town
Your Four Season Destination
Mill Pond, Wantagh
Norman J. Levy
Park & Preserve, Merrick
Highly-rated Hotels, Pristine Beaches,
Competitive Sports, Fabulous Fishing,
Theatre, Museums, State-of-the-art
Parks & Recreational Facilities…
fun for the whole family
Jones Beach, Wantagh
Rock Hall, Lawrence
KATE MURRAY
Supervisor
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
One Washington Street
Hempstead, New York 11550
516 / 489-5000 ext. 3601
Council Members
Anthony J. Santino
Angie M. Cullin
Dorothy L. Goosby
Gary Hudes
James Darcy
Edward A. Ambrosino
Mark A. Bonilla
Town Clerk
Donald X. Clavin, Jr.
Receiver of Taxes
Diane Conlon
Director, Office of Tourism
Belmont Racetrack
Our 84th Year
Anniversary!
WATERSIDE
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On Freeport’s Nautical Mile
Serving Lunch 12-3pm
Dinner ‘til 12am
Late Nite Snacks ‘til 1am
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271 Woodcleft Ave. Freeport, NY
516-378-9480
Free Parking by Land or Sea
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...after dining don’t forget to visit
TheShoppesatCrows’NestCove
Ahab’s Attic
Nautical Emporium
featuring
gifts & antiques
‘Tis The
Season
Shoppe
Year-round
Christmas,
T-Shirts, Garden &
Seasonal Shoppe
The Beach Shack &
The Candle Cove
Specializing in Candle
& Gifts of all types
Woodcleft Ave, Freeport • (516) 379-9590
(Across from Otto’s Sea Grill Restaurant)
VISIT
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Located On Freeport’s
Nautical Mile
Birthday Parties,
Camps & Fundraisers Welcome!
516.223.0497
Entrance In The Main Municipal Parking Lot
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 45

Photo courtesy LICVB
46 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012

North Fork
The North Fork is a region of extraordinary natural beauty, where charming historic communities
have thrived for centuries amid wide expanses of productive farm fields. And, with its agricultural traditions
and history dating to pre-Colonial Days, the North Fork offers visitors some of the most delightful
experiences you will find anywhere on the island. Shop for produce and flowers at secluded farm stands
along winding country roads, discover quiet beachfronts on the Long Island Sound or Peconic Bay, and
savor the products of Long Island Wine Country with its growing list of vineyards and wineries.
Although some arrive on the North Fork by car or public transportation, the adventure begins for
others with a scenic ferry ride to Orient Point from New London, Conn.
You’ll want to experience first hand why the region has gained a worldwide reputation for its vineyards,
wineries and wines, which have earned excellent reviews and many prizes. At “pick-your-own
farms,” you can delve into farm life by gathering strawberries in June, tomatoes, peppers, peaches and
apples in summer and pumpkins in October. You can purchase fruit pies, roasted local corn, homemade
preserves and other cooked treats at farm stands.
For many visitors, the big attraction is Riverhead, an emerging tourist destination including the huge
Splish Splash Water Park, Riverhead Raceway and the Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center. The
Tanger Outlet Center just off I-495 in Riverhead features more than 165 brand name outlets. You can go
antiquing at small shops in quaint North Fork villages. Food shops located in the North Fork’s small downtown
areas specialize in putting together packages of cheese, chocolate and fruit, which can be paired
with the vintages at a nearby winery.
In Greenport, you can enjoy seafood and shopping at one of Long Island’s historic deep water
ports. In addition to the harborfront restaurants and arts & crafts galleries, there’s an all-weather carousel,
and the East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation. A ferry makes regular trips to picturesque
Shelter Island, with its charming bed & breakfast inns and 2,039-acre Mashomack Preserve.
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 47

North Fork
museums
& historic sites
East End Seaport Maritime Museum
End of 3rd Street, Greenport. Open May
– December (631-477-2100). Located in
the historic former Long Island Rail Road
terminal adjacent to the municipal pier and
featuring L.I. maritime artifacts and records,
displays of shipbuilding tools, boats, sea life
and history of Greenport Village. I1
Fort Corchaug & Downs Farm Preserve
County Route 25, Cutchogue. Fort Corchaug
Archeological Site was originally a log fort built
by Native Americans of the area. H1
Hallockville Museum Farm
163 Sound Avenue, Riverhead. Open yearround
(631-298-5292). The 1765 homestead
presents Eastern Long Island farm traditions
and lifestyles. Home furnished in the style of
1880-1910; English barn exhibits, farm equipment
and photos of the area during the 19th
Century; tours. G2
Horton Point Lighthouse &
Nautical Museum
Lighthouse Road, Southold. 1847 structure
built on a site recommended in 1757 by
a young George Washington. Now operated
by the Southold Historical Society, the
Lighthouse features a Nautical Museum
with journals kept at sea, sea chests, paintings,
maps, scrimshaw, tools and various
artifacts. Open Memorial Day – Columbus
Day (631-765-5500). H1
Old House, Old Schoolhouse Museum
and Wickham Farmhouse
Cutchogue Village Green. Open July and
August (631-734-7122). The Old House,
built in 1649, is the state’s oldest domicile.
Furnished with 17th and 18th Century
items. Schoolhouse first in area, built 1840.
Wickham farmhouse built 1740. H1
Oysterponds Historical Society
Village Lane, Orient. Open June –
September (631-323-2480). Everyday
life of Orient and East Marion hamlets
preserved in 19th-century Village House,
Hallock building exhibits, Old Point
Schoolhouse, 18th-century Orange Webb
house and the Red Barn with its carriage
collection. I1
Railroad Museum of Long Island
End of 3rd Street, Greenport. Open weekends
May – December (631-477-0439). Located in a
historic freight station, featuring railroad equipment,
artifacts, old photos and gift shop. I1
416 Griffing Avenue, Riverhead (631-727-
7920). Steam locomotives, diesel engine
and other vintage equipment. G2
Southold Historical Society Museums
Main Road and Maple Lane, Southold.
Open July – August (631-765-5500). Village
complex consisting of period houses, blacksmith
shop, carriage house, 18th-century
barn with early farming equipment, glass,
silver, quilts and coverlets. Also, Horton Pt.
Lighthouse Marine Museum. H1
KKM Photo/LICVB
48 Long Island Travel Guide | 2012
Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead.

Southold Indian Museum
Main Bayview Road, Southold. Open
year-round (631-765-5577). Permanent
exhibits of Native American evolution
with large collection of artifacts. H1
Suffolk County
Historical Society Museum
300 West Main Street, Riverhead.
Open year-round (631-727-2881).
Indian artifacts, crafts, furniture, fine
arts, whaling, transportation, spinning
and weaving, gift shop. G2
Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
18 Peconic Ave., Riverhead. Open year-round
(631-727-5782). Built in 1881 as a theater and
public meeting space, Vail-Leavitt features local
and internationally recognized performers
of music, comedy and drama. G2
Long Island
Aquarium &
Exhibition Center
431 E. Main St. Riverhead, 631-208-9200, ext.
H2O (426) Located along the Peconic River.
Two family attractions in one destination: a
full-scale aquarium and brand-new exhibition
center. The aquarium features one of
the largest all-living coral reef displays in this
hemisphere, a 120,000-gallon shark tank, yearround
sea lion shows, numerous touch tanks,
and more than 100 exhibits and interactive
experiences, including Shark Dive, Penguin
Encounter, Pirate Snorkel Adventure, Atlantis
Explorer Tour Boat and Sea Lion Kiss. Long
Island Exhibition Center’s first exhibit is Butterflies
& Birds. (Limited engagement) Open daily,
year-round. Closed Christmas Day.
www.LongIslandAquarium.com. G2
Tour boat and (inset) sea lion at the Long Island
Aquarium & Exhibition Center in Riverhead.
Photos courtesy LI Aquarium
www.DiscoverLongIsland.com 49

Tour
the vineyards
If you are looking for warm hospitality, gorgeous scenery, and a world-class wine-drinking
experience, take a trip to Long Island Wine Country. The Long Island wine industry began over 35
years ago and is now a major New York State agricultural phenomenon. The region encompasses
almost 3,000 acres of vines and about four dozen wineries with tasting rooms. Most of the Island’s
vineyards produce six million bottles of Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and
other varietals each year. They are concentrated in the Town of Southold, with several more in
the Town of Riverhead. The region produces many kinds of wine grapes but is especially noted for
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Shiraz.
Most wineries are open year-round for tasting, tours and events. Stroll along vineyards, step
inside wine cellars stacked with fine oak barrels of aging wine and sample the season’s harvest.
Raise a glass lounging inside elegant tasting rooms or seated on an outdoor deck. The view often
includes the vineyard where the grapes were grown and harvested. All wineries offer their products
for sale and some even display local artists’ work or provide live music for guests on weekends.
Before making the trip to wine country, call the wineries to confirm their hours and days of
operation or visit www.discoverlongisland.com.
For a free winery guide, call the Long Island Wine Council at 631-722-2220 or write P. O.
Box 74, Peconic, NY 11958. You can also get information online from the wine council by visiting
www.liwines.com. G2, H1, I1
Year-round North Fork wine country touring & tasting
Photo courtesy LI Farm Bureau
Ackerly Pond Vineyards,
631-765-6861, Peconic Lane, Peconic
Anthony Napa Wines-The Winemaker
Studio, 774-641-7488, 2885 Peconic Lane,
Peconic (Also featuring wines from The
Grapes of Roth and Suhru Wines.)
Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard,
631-369-0100, 2114 Sound Ave., Baiting Hollow
Bedell Cellars,
631-734-7537, Rte. 25, Cutchogue
Bella Vita Vineyard,
631-734-8282, 1375 Peconic Lane, Peconic
Castello di Borghese Vineyard & Winery,
631-734-5111, Rte.48, Cutchogue
Clovis Point,
631-722-4222, Main Rd., Jamesport
Comtesse Thérèse,
631-779-2800, 739 Main Rd., Aquebogue
Corey Creek Vineyards,
631-765-4168, Main Rd., Southold
Croteaux Vineyards,
631-765-6099,
1450 South Harbor Rd., Southold
Diliberto Vineyard & Winery,
631-722-3416, 250 Manor Lane, Jamesport
Duck Walk Vineyards North,
631-765-3500, 44535 Main Rd., Southold
Harbes Family Farm & Vineyard,
631-298-0800, 715 Sound Ave., Mattituck
Jamesport Vineyards,
631-722-5256, Rte. 25, Jamesport
Jason’s Vineyard,
631-238-5801, 1785 Main Rd., Jamesport
Laurel Lake Vineyards,
631-298-1420, 3165 Main Rd., Laurel
Lenz Winery,
631-734-6010, Rte. 25, Peconic
Lieb Family Cellars,
631-298-1942, 35 Cox Neck Rd., Mattituck
Macari Vineyards & Winery,
631-298-0100, Bergen Ave., Mattituck
Martha Clara Vineyards,
631-298-0075, 6025 Sound Ave., Riverhead
Mattebella,
888-628-8323, 46005 Main Rd.
(Rte. 25), Southold
McCall Vineyards,
404-274-2809, 22600 Main Rd., Cutchogue
The Old Field Vineyards,
631-765-2465, 59600 Rte. 25, Southold
One Woman Vineyards,
631-765-1200, 5195 Old N. Rd., Southold
Osprey’s Dominion Vineyards,
631-765-6188, Rte. 25, Peconic
Palmer Vineyards,
631-722-4080, Sound Ave., Aquebogue
Paumanok Vineyards,
631-722-8800, Rte. 25, Aquebogue
Peconic Bay Winery,
631-734-7361, Rte. 25, Cutchogue
Pellegrini Vineyards,
631-734-4111, Rte. 25, Cutchogue
Pindar Vineyards,
631-734-6200, Rte. 25, Peconic
Pugliese Vineyards,
631-734-4057, Rte. 25, Cutchogue
Raphael,
631-765-1100, Rte. 25, Peconic
Roanoke Vineyards,
631-727-4161, 3543 Sound Ave., Riverhead
Sannino’s Bella Vita,
631-734-8282, 1375 Peconic Lane, Peconic
Sherwood House Vineyards,
631-779-2817, Oregon Rd., Mattituck
Shinn Estate Vineyards,
631-804-0367, Oregon Rd., Mattituck
Sparkling Pointe,
631-765-0200, 39750 Rte. 48, Southold
Vineyard 48,
631-734-5200, Rte. 48, Cutchogue
Waters Crest Winery,
631-734-5065, 22355 Rte. 48, Cutchogue
— More wineries listed on pages 42 and 59.
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See a galaxy far, far away
Custer Institute. Main Bayview Road in Southold. Small astronomy museum
with exhibits and artifacts, including meteorites, an observatory
with 10-inch reflecting and 5-inch refracting telescopes, and the world’s
largest pair of refracting binoculars at 10 inches of aperture. Museum open
Saturday afternoons for tours. Observatory open Saturdays after 8 p.m. for
public viewing, weather permitting, and for special astronomical events.
Open year-round (631-765-2626). H1
Riverhead Raceway
Route 58, Riverhead, (631-842-RACE/7223). Features NASCAR stock car racing
every Saturday night and Sunday afternoon from May until late September. G2
Splish Splash Waterpark
Located off LIE (I495) exit 72, Splish Splash in Riverhead is a 96-acre waterpark
with rides for the entire family to enjoy. Splish Splash is the largest waterpark
in New York and was named one of the top waterparks in America
by the Travel Channel. It includes 20 water slides, two 300,000-gallon wave
pools, Kiddie Cove, Monsoon Lagoon, Hollywood Stunt Rider, Dragon’s
Den, Alien Invasion, Dr. VonDark’s Tunnel of Terror, a 1,300-foot-long Lazy
River, Kahuna Bay and Surf City wave pools, a tropical bird show, food
court, kiosks and gift shops. Open weekends from Memorial Day to mid-
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Tanger Outlets in Riverhead. (Above) Downtown Greenport.
Public golf courses
on the North Fork
Photo courtesy Tanger Outlets
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Cutchogue Cedars GC 631-734-6363
Greenport Island’s End G & CC 631-477-0777
Riverhead Sandy Pond GC 631-727-0909
Indian Island CC 631-727-7776
Cherry Creek Golf Links 631-369-6500
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Parks
Indian Island County Park
(287 Acres), Riverhead (631-852-3232). Hiking, camping, picnicking,
golf, bike hostel, bridle paths, playground, activity fields. G2
Orient Beach State Park
(357 Acres), Orient, (631-323-2440). Ballfields, saltwater fishing,
food service, hiking, picnicking, bathhouse, saltwater swimming,
bicycle path, bicycle rentals. I1
Shopping
Tanger Factory Outlet Center
Tanger Drive at LIE Exit 73, Riverhead. Open year-round
(1-800-4-TANGER). Shopping becomes an adventure at Tanger,
the sprawling shopping complex located at the eastern terminus
of the Long Island Expressway. You can spend a day or more
shopping at Long Island’s premier outlet shopping center, which
features over 165 designer and famous brand manufacturers.
The amenities include food courts and a playground for kids.
Strollers and wheelchairs are available. Tanger hosts special
events and offers sales and gift certificate promotions. A Tanger
coupon book is available from the Visitor Center and at vending
machines throughout the complex. G2
Visitor-Oriented Shopping Villages & Farm Stands
Old-fashioned retailing thrives in the North Fork’s quaint shops and
farm stands. North Fork villages such as Aquebogue, Jamesport,
Laurel, Mattituck, New Suffolk, Cutchogue, Peconic, Southold,
Greenport, East Marion and Orient offer shopping along charming
country roads. Roadside farm stands, another feature of this
agriculturally rich region, include Harbes Family Farms in Mattituck
and Jamesport, Gabrielson’s in Aquebogue, Krupski’s in Peconic,
Wickham’s Fruit Farm in Cutchogue, and others. The stands sell fresh
produce, flowers and other farm products, including “pick-yourown”
strawberries and pumpkins in season, and they feature special
promotions such as fall festivals, hayrides and corn mazes. The North
Fork region is also the center of Long Island Wine Country. For more
information, call the North Fork Promotion Council at 631-298-
5757; www.northfork.org. G2, H1, I1
Shelter Island
This tranquil New England-flavored getaway is nestled in the
bay between Long Island’s North and South Forks. Accessible
by a modern, 10-minute auto/passenger ferry ride from either
Greenport on the North Fork, or North Haven near Sag Harbor
on the South Fork, Shelter Island maintains a delightful New
England atmosphere and unhurried pace. It is a place of scenic
shorelines, sloping hillsides and pristine white sand beaches on
the bay. The quiet summer resort community also offers several
charming country inns and lodges. Spend your day shopping at
boutiques, dining in fine restaurants, playing golf or tennis, or
swimming or boating in protected harbors. For nature enthusiasts,
there’s 2,039-acre Mashomack Nature Preserve (631-749-
1001). You can hike, participate in group tours and see educational
displays. For further information about Shelter Island, call
the Chamber of Commerce at 631-749-0399. I1
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South Fork
For many tourists, the South Fork – the region encompassing the Hamptons and Montauk – needs
no introduction. Generations have celebrated summer in the posh villages of the Hamptons, and no angler
worth his or her salt can forget high seas adventure on a Montauk fishing trip. The South Fork keeps
hopping year round whether you are a member of the international elite or part of a family looking for a
region full of historic sites and recreational activities.
The South Fork bustles with upscale shops, fabulous restaurants, trendy nightlife and world-class
beaches. Among the annual events are the star-studded Hampton Classic Horse Show and the equally
star-studded Hamptons International Film Festival.
Hamptons summerwear includes sandals and casual attire. Among the inexpensive attractions are
museums, historic windmills and centuries-old sites that date to Colonial days.
Those who enjoy the outdoors can revel in sailing, boating and fishing. There are beautiful parks and
preserves, which can be explored on a hike or a bike, or, in winter, on cross-country skis. The South Fork
also features a small number of farm stands and wineries. Summer visitors shouldn’t miss the Sag Harbor
Whaling Museum, which chronicles the village’s 19th century whaling heyday with photos and artifacts.
The museum is housed inside a national treasure – an 1845 former whaling magnate’s home.
Among major year-round cultural attractions are The Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, Guild Hall
in East Hampton, the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor,
and, in Bridgehampton, The Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE) and the South Fork Natural History
Museum & Nature Center.
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LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton.
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South Fork/
Hamptons
museums &
historic sites
Amagansett Historical Association
Route 27 (Montauk Highway) at Watermill
Lane, Amagansett. Open July and August (631-
267-3020). Operates Miss Amelia’s Cottage,
built in 1725 by the founders of Amagansett,
Abraham and Jacob Schellinger. It houses a
museum furnished with finely crafted Dominy
furniture and a rare clock. Also on the property
is the Roy K. Lester Carriage Museum featuring
28 horse-drawn vehicles. J2
Bridgehampton Historical Society
Main Street, Bridgehampton. Open yearround
(631-537-1088). The Corwith House
(early 19th Century) has rooms representing
different time periods. Nearby are two barns
with turn-of-the-century steam engines, and a
building with a blacksmith shop. Also features
a 1902 jailhouse. I2
Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE)
376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton.
Open year round (631-537-8250).
Celebrates and explores the history, beauty
and treasures (including potatoes) of the East
End with interactive exhibits, farm stand, fishing
and wind science experiments, tree house
room, village replica. I2
East Hampton Historical Society
Main Street, East Hampton. Open July – Labor
Day (631-324-6850). Operates six local historic
sites and museums including Clinton Academy
(C.1784), Town House (C.1731), Osborn-
Jackson House (C.1740), and Mulford Farm
(C.1680), all in East Hampton, as well as the
Town Marine Museum in Amagansett and the
Boat Shop in Three Mile Harbor. J2
East Hampton Town Marine Museum
Bluff Road, Amagansett. Open July – Labor Day
(631-324-6850). Features the whaleboat of
a local captain, Joshua Edwards, and many artifacts
pertaining to the off-shore whaling heyday
of Amagansett as well as items from the
many shipwrecks off this part of the Atlantic
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Coast. Includes a Discovery Room for children
and models showing the techniques used by
past and present fisherman of the area. J2
Guild Hall Museum of East Hampton
158 Main Street, East Hampton. Open yearround
(631-324-0806). A fine arts museum
with changing exhibitions, primarily on artists
of the region; lectures, films, music, special
events and John Drew Theater. J2
Halsey Homestead Museum
South Main Street, Southampton. Open
mid-June – September (631-283-3527).
Built in 1648, the oldest English frame house
in New York. Displays furniture from the
17th and 18th Centuries. I2
Home Sweet Home Museum
14 James Lane, East Hampton. Open yearround
(631-324-0713). C.1680 saltbox house
museum with Buek collection of English ceramics,
American furniture and textiles. Guided
tours on collections, and 19th-century poet,
playwright and actor, John Howard Payne; also
1804 Pantigo Mill and 1806 Old Hook Mill. J2
LongHouse Reserve
Hands Creek Rd., East Hampton. Open May
- Labor Day (631-329-3568). Dedicated to
art in all its forms, this 16-acre site features
a house full of art with an ethnographic
and handicraft tone. LongHouse Gardens
features landscaped art. Includes a number
of pieces of blown glass sculpture by
renowned American artist Dale Chihuly.
Lectures and garden tours are scheduled
during the summer. J2
Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum
Montauk Point State Park. Open year-round
(631-668-2544). 1796 National Historic
Landmark overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is
the oldest lighthouse in New York State, fourth
oldest in the nation. 137 spiral steps lead to the
top of the 80-foot tall sandstone tower; museum
in the former keeper’s home. Lost-at-Sea
Memorial. Gift shop, Visitors Center. K1
Old Custom House
Main Street and Garden Street, Sag Harbor.
Open June – September (631-692-4664).
Built in 1789 when Sag Harbor and NYC were
designated the first port of entry in the U.S.
Also housed the first post office on LI in 1794.
Furnishings, documents, etc. I1
Old Hook Mill
North Main Street, East Hampton. Open July
and August, grounds accessible year-round
(631-324-0713). Built in 1806, the mill is still in
working condition. J2
Old Schoolhouse Museum
Quogue Street, Quogue. Open July and August
(631-653-4111). Circa 1822 schoolhouse
with memorabilia of Quogue, including
photographs, toys, farm equipment and early
utensils. G2
The Parrish Art Museum
25 Jobs Lane, Southampton. Open year-round
(631-283-2118). Founded in 1898, the museum
is devoted to American art of the 19th
and 20th Centuries; major works by William
Merritt Chase and Fairfield Porter; sculpture
garden and arboretum; changing exhibitions,
lectures and concerts. I2
Pollock-Krasner House
830 Springs-Fireplace Road, East Hampton
(631-324-4929). Open May 1 – October 31.
The former home of Jackson Pollock and Lee
Krasner, two of the foremost Abstract Expressionist
painters. The national historic landmark
features a permanent exhibit about the artists
and changing exhibits by guest artists. J2
Sag Harbor Fire Department Museum
Sage and Church Streets, Sag Harbor. Open
July and August (631-725-0779). The Sag

Harbor Fire District was created in 1803 and is the
oldest volunteer fire department in the state. The
building, erected in 1833, was once both the village
hall and fire department headquarters. Displays
equipment dating to the 19th century and a mural
depicting early fires. I1
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
Main Street and Garden Street, Sag Harbor.
Open May – September (631-725-0770). Built
in 1845, mansion featuring historical boat collection,
ship models, whaling tools and artifacts,
period furnishings, oil paintings, scrimshaw,
toys and documents. I1
Second House Museum
Montauk Highway, Montauk. Open May –
October (631-668-2544). The second house
built in Montauk, it features changing exhibitions
and local history artifacts. K1
Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center
and Museum
Montauk Hwy., Southampton. Open year-round
(631-287-4923). Native American-owned-andoperated
museum founded in 2001 on the Shinnecock
Indian Reservation. Features permanent
exhibit of the Shinnecock people, along with
sculptures, artifacts and historical objects. I2
South Fork Natural History Museum
& Nature Center
377 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton.
Open year-round. (631-537-9735) A
state-of-the-art history museum for adults and
children, SoFo features nature murals, a video on
how glaciers created Long Island, interactive habitat
exhibits, live native reptiles and amphibians, marine
touch tank and Vineyard Nature Trail. I2
Southampton Historical Museums and
Research Center
17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. Open June
– September (631-283-2494). This was a whaling
captain’s home built in 1843. The museum encompasses
six other buildings; a country store, pre-
Revolutionary War barn, carpenter and blacksmith
shops, and an old-fashioned drug store. Collection
of dolls, costumes, pictures, Indian artifacts, toys
and whaling artifacts. I2
Water Mill Museum
Located on Old Mill Road in the South Fork community
of Water Mill, it’s Long Island’s oldest functioning
water mill dating back to 1644. The working
mill is run by a 12-foot undershot water wheel fed
by seven nearby ponds. The museum features early
grain grinding tools, Colonial crafts, special exhibits,
an art gallery and a craft shop. Open from Memorial
Day – mid-September (631-726-4625). I2
Westhampton Historical Museum
Mill Road, Westhampton. Open May – September
(631-288-1139). A circa 1800s house with changing
exhibits, including photographs of early
Westhampton Beach. G2
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Parks
Camp Hero State Park
(755 acres) Montauk, (631-669-1000).
Surfcasting, birdwatching, hiking, surfing.
An AN/FPS-35 radar system is on view. K1
Cedar Point County Park
(608 Acres), East Hampton (631-852-7620).
Hiking, picnicking, camping, rowboat
rentals, saltwater fishing, hunting, scuba
diving, swimming, bicycling and outer
beach recreational use. J2
Hither Hills State Park
(1755 Acres), Montauk (631-668-2461).
Ballfields, camping, saltwater fishing, food
service, hiking, picnicking, bathhouse,
saltwater swimming. K1
Montauk Downs State Park
(160 Acres), Montauk, (631-668-5000).
Food service, golf with pro shop, pool
swimming, tennis with pro shop. K1
Montauk Point State Park
(724 Acres), Montauk Point (631-668-2461).
Saltwater fishing, food service, hiking,
historic interest, lighthouse, picnicking. K1
Sears Bellows County Park
(979 Acres), Hampton Bays (631-852-8290).
Hiking, picnicking, camping, freshwater
fishing, rowboat rentals, horseback riding,
swimming and a bike hostel. H2
Shadmore State Park
(98.7 acres), Montauk (631-669-1000).
Bird sanctuary, with beaches, bluffs and
hiking trails. K1
Shinnecock East County Park
(89 Acres), Southampton (631-852-8899).
Outerbeach camping for self-contained
vehicles only; saltwater fishing. I2
Shinnecock Canal County Marina
(seasonal)(6.5 Acres), Southampton
(631-854-4952). Fuel dock, sewage pumpout
station, restrooms, electrical hookups,
and water. Transient slips available for
visitors. I2
Theodore Roosevelt County Park
(1185 Acres), Montauk (631-852-7878).
Hiking, camping, picnicking, saltwater
fishing, canoeing, hunting, horseback riding
facility, swimming, bicycling and outer
beach recreational use. K1
Fishing
The South Fork attracts anglers of all
ages and interests for fishing trips in canals,
sheltered bays and the wide ocean. You can
drop a fishing line in the Shinnecock Canal,
or board a charter boat in Hampton Bays,
the latter a historic commercial and sport
fishing capital located between the Atlantic
Ocean, and Shinnecock and Peconic bays.
Other places to fish include Sag Harbor, and
Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton. However,
the best known South Fork attraction
for anglers is Montauk. Charter and open
boats leave Montauk for the open ocean
to seek big gamefish such as tuna and
sharks. And one of the great surf-casting
spots in the world is found at the foot of the
Montauk Point Lighthouse. On many a fall
day, dozens of anglers cast from the rocky
shoreline for striped bass and bluefish.
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Arboretums
Bridge Gardens
Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. Open
May 29 – September. (631-537-7440)
Landscaped gardens open for viewing
and tours; Sunday talks held throughout
the summer. I2
MaDoo Conservancy
Sagaponack. Open May – September
(631-537-8200). The gardens of artist
Robert Dash, this “artist’s garden” opened
to the public in 1994. Features two acres of
landscaped gardens. I2
The Big Duck
(631-852-3377)
Route 24, Flanders. (631-852-3377) This
unique white, duck-shaped building, listed
on the National Register of Historic Places,
measures 30 feet long by 20 feet tall. A
former duck farmer’s poultry store built in
1931, The Big Duck is both a classic and influential
piece of roadside architecture and
a tourism information center with a
gift shop selling “duck-a-bilia” souvenirs.
Shop open May – December. Closed
Mondays. H2
Golf
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in
Southampton was founded in 1891, the
first golf club in America. This exclusive private
course hosted the U.S. Open in 1896,
1986, 1995 and as recently as 2004. H2
Montauk Downs is a picturesque state
park facility, which is considered one of the
top 50 public courses in the nation. K1
While most Long Island vineyards are located
on the North Fork, three “agritainment”
centers are located in the Hamptons, offering
tours and tastings to fans of East End varietals.
South Fork
wineries
Channing Daughters Winery
1927 Scuttlehole Rd.,
Bridgehampton, 631-537-7224 I2
Duck Walk Vineyards South
231 Montauk Hwy.,
Water Mill, 631-726-7555 I2
Fishing in Montauk; The Big Duck in Flanders;
South Fork sunset.
Wölffer Estate Vineyard
139 Sagg Rd. and Montauk Hwy.,
Sagaponack , 631-537-5106 I2
— More wineries listed on pages 42 and 50.
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Shopping
Shoppers have many, many choices when
they visit the South Fork. Communities such
as Southampton, East Hampton, Westhampton,
Westhampton Beach, Bridgehampton,
Water Mill, Quogue, Sag Harbor, Amagansett
and Montauk all feature outstanding
downtown shopping areas. You can pick
up anything from a jar of fresh preserves to
original art, antiques or the latest fashions
from top designers. In summer you’ll find
swimwear, sporting goods and all the other
trappings for a beach day.
Windmills of the East End
The East End’s beautiful scenery not only features beaches, farmland and picturesque
villages, but also rare and historic wooden windmills, 11 of which survive from the late
1700s and early 1800s.
With oversized blades and wood-shingle construction, the East End’s windmills were
originally created by skilled artisans to convert wind into energy through the rotation of
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Windmills show what Long Island’s past was like, and also provide a history and
science lesson for children. Although modern technology put most windmills out of
business, interest in wind technology is
enjoying resurgence as an energy-efficient
alternative to fossil fuels. In some
cases, windmill museums allow children
to participate in hands-on activities.
The following are some of the
restored historic East End windmills currently
available for public viewing:
East Hampton – The Pantigo Windmill,
Old Hook Mill and Gardiner Windmill.
For visitor information, call Home Sweet
Home Museum, 631-324-0713. J2
Bridgehampton – The restored Beebe
Windmill is located at Ocean and Hildreth
roads. For information about
tours, call the Bridgehampton Historical
Society, 631-537-1088. I2
Water Mill – Corwith Windmill on the
Village Green, Montauk Highway. (631-
726-5984; call for tour appointment) I2
Photo by Robert Lipper
Corwith Windmill, Watermill.
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Those famous
Hamptons beaches
Hamptons beaches are heralded as some of
the best in the world, offering visitors 50 miles
of uncrowded fun in the sand. Their reputation
goes beyond the local scene to attract national
recognition. Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida
International University (aka Dr. Beach) perennially
rates Coopers Beach in Southampton and
Main Beach in East Hampton among the top 10
beaches in America.
Ocean and bay-lovers have their pick of
beaches and activities. While some beaches are
geared toward families, with sandcastle contests
and quiet sunbathing, other beaches draw the
college and 20-something crowds, with surfing,
volleyball competitions, rock bands and clubs.
All offer a great opportunity for a leisurely stroll
or more strenuous jog down the shoreline to
take in the hypnotic sights, sounds and smells
of thrashing ocean waves, and a chance to
recharge from the stresses of daily life. And
when the weather cools down, a brisk winter
beach stroll offers the ultimate solitude, where
the shoreline becomes all your own, but for a
strolling sea gull or two.
Bordered by high dunes and bluffs, many
beaches are lined with opulent mansions and
award-winning resorts, denoting the Hamptons’
exclusive aura. The bay waters surrounding the
Hamptons, reaching from Westhampton to
Montauk Point, are also a magnet for boating,
fishing and windsurfing.
Indeed, the area abounds with maritime
charm, with quaint villages and noted restaurants
complementing its aura as a haven for celebrities.
Parking and/or non-resident entrance
fees are required for most beaches from Memorial
Day weekend to Labor Day. Check with the
local chamber of commerce, village or town hall
for specific fees, as prices may vary.
See a dazzling
sunrise in Montauk
Montauk, a famous resort town located
just east of the Hamptons, combines both
trendy and traditional attractions. Watching
Montauk Point Lighthouse
sunrise from a Montauk beach is a longstanding
tradition.
The End, as Montauk is nicknamed, features
trendy nightlife clubs, upscale restaurants,
ritzy lodgings and yacht-filled marinas.
But in Montauk you can also enjoy more
modest pleasures. You can go fishing for anything
from fluke and striped bass to shark and
other gamefish. You can go horseback riding
on the beach, sightseeing at the Montauk
Point Lighthouse or shopping in an open-air
market. At restaurants right on the waterfront,
you can order some of the freshest
seafood you’ll find anywhere – lobster being a
local specialty.
Montauk is an international seaside resort
community with outstanding beaches, golf, fishing
and boating. The Montauk area is also home
to several state parks and one of Long Island’s
most famous landmarks, the Montauk Point
Lighthouse in Montauk Point State Park. Montauk
Point’s dazzling coast attracts surfers, hikers
and anglers who cast from the rocky, windswept
beach. Whether you are taking a tranquil walk
along the beach at sunrise, or dining alfresco
as the sun sets on the horizon, the views and
serenity of the waterfront are sure to launch a
daydream or two about maybe extending your
visit here on Long Island a little longer. K1
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Letter and number next to each community below refers to
the location on the map grid starting on page 64
Albertson
Amagansett
Amityville
Aquebogue
Asharoken
Atlantic Beach
Babylon
Baiting Hollow
Baldwin
Bay Shore
Bayport
Bayville
Bellmore
Bellport
Bethpage
Blue Point
Bohemia
Brentwood
Bridgehampton
Brightwaters
Brookhaven
Brookville
Calverton
Carle Place
Cedarhurst
Center Moriches
Centereach
Centerport
Central Islip
Centre Island
Cherry Grove
Cold Spring
Harbor
Commack
B3
J2
C3
G2
D2
B4
D3
G2
B3
D3
E3
C2
C3
F3
C3
E3
E3
D3
I2
D3
F3
C2
G2
B3
B3
F3
E2
D2
D3
C2
E3
C2
D2
Copiague D3
Coram
E2
Cutchogue H1
Davis Park F3
Deer Park D3
Dix Hills
D2
East Hampton J2
East Islip E3
East Marion I1
East Meadow C3
East Moriches G2
East Northport D2
East Norwich C2
East Quogue H2
East Rockaway B3
East Setauket E2
Eastport G2
Eaton's Neck D2
Elmont
B3
Elwood
D3
Fair Harbor E3
Farmingdale C3
Farmingville E2
Fire Island Pines E3
Flanders H2
Floral Park B3
Fort Salonga D2
Franklin Square B3
Freeport C3
Garden City B3
Garden City Park B3
Gilgo/Oak Beach D3
Glen Cove B2
Glen Head B2
Glenwood Landing B2
Great Neck B2
Great River E3
Greenlawn D2
Greenport I1
Greenvale B2
Hampton Bays H2
Hauppauge D2
Hempstead B3
Hewlett
B3
Hicksville C3
Holbrook E3
Holtsville E2
Huntington C2
Huntington
Station D2
Inwood
B3
Island Park B3
Islandia
E2
Islip
D3
Islip Terrace E3
Jamesport H2
Jericho
C3
Kings Park D2
Kings Point B2
Kismet
D3
Lake Grove E2
Lake Success B3
Lattingtown B2
Laurel
H2
Lawrence B3
Levittown C3
Lido Beach B4
Lindenhurst D3
Lloyd Neck
Locust Valley
Long Beach
Lynbrook
Malverne
Manhasset
Manorville
Massapequa
Massapequa
Park
Mastic
Mastic Beach
Mattituck
Medford
Melville
Merrick
Middle Island
Mill Neck
Miller Place
Mineola
Montauk
Moriches
Mount Sinai
Nesconset
New Hyde Park
New Cassel
New Suffolk
North Babylon
North Hills
Northport
Noyack
Oakdale
Ocean Bay Park
Ocean Beach
C2
C2
B4
B3
B3
B3
F2
C3
C3
F2
F3
H2
F2
C3
C3
F2
C2
F2
B3
K1
F2
E2
E2
B3
C3
H2
D3
B3
D2
I2
E3
E3
E3
Oceanside
Old Bethpage
Old Field
Old Westbury
Orient
Oyster Bay
Patchogue
Peconic
Plainview
Point Lookout
Point O’ Woods
Port Jefferson
Port Jefferson
Station
Port Washington
Quogue
Remsenburg
Ridge
Riverhead
Rockville Centre
Rocky Point
Ronkonkoma
Roosevelt
Roslyn
Roslyn Heights
Sag Harbor
Sagaponack
Sailors Haven
Saint James
Saltaire
Sands Point
Sayville
Sea Cliff
Seaford
B3
C3
E2
B3
I1
C2
E3
H1
C3
B4
E3
E2
E2
B2
G2
G2
F2
G2
B3
F2
E2
C3
B3
B3
I1
I2
E3
E2
D3
B2
E3
B2
C3
Selden
E2
Setauket E2
Shelter Island I1
Shelter Island Hts. I1
Shirley
F3
Shoreham F2
Smithtown D2
Sound Beach F2
South Jamesport H2
Southampton I2
Southold H1
Speonk
G2
Stony Brook E2
Syosset
C2
Uniondale C3
Upton
F2
Valley Stream B3
Wading River F2
Wainscott I2
Wantagh C3
Watch Hill F3
Water Mill I2
West Babylon D3
West Hempstead B3
West Islip D3
West Sayville E3
Westbury C3
Westhampton G2
Westhampton
Beach G2
Williston Park B3
Woodbury C2
Woodmere B3
Wyandanch D3
Yaphank F2
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Getting | here
By Land
Seven bridges and two tunnels within the City of New York connect to the boroughs of
Brooklyn and Queens in the western end of Long Island. From there it’s a short drive east to
Nassau and Suffolk counties. Three major express routes run east and west through Long
Island. The Long Island Expressway (Interstate Route 495) runs from Manhattan to Riverhead,
Northern State Parkway from Queens to Hauppauge and Southern State Parkway from
Brooklyn and Queens (called the Belt Parkway in those two boroughs) to Oakdale. Other local,
but major, east-west routes include Northern Boulevard (Route 25A), Jericho Turnpike (Route
25) on the north shore and Sunrise Highway (Route 27) and Merrick Road - Montauk Highway
(Route 27A) on the south shore. One alternative to driving is to take the train to Long Island.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), one of the nation’s largest commuter railroads, operates 740
passenger trains daily on three major east-west routes from New York City along the entire
length of the Nassau-Suffolk County region. The LIRR services 124 stations in communities
throughout Long Island. For schedules and rates call 516-822-LIRR.
Another alternative is to take a bus to Long Island. Several motorcoach companies offer
scheduled service and tours from New York City to various communities, such as Hampton
Jitney and Hampton Luxury Liner offering service to Long Island’s East End.
Long Island is also served by an extensive network of mass transportation bus routes.
Several hundred buses offer continuous service on more than 100 routes throughout the
Nassau-Suffolk region. Buses serve most of the Island’s communities and stop at many railroad
stations, shopping malls, airports, colleges and even beaches. For bus routes and schedules in
Nassau call 516-228-4000 and in Suffolk call 631-852-5200.
By Air
Three major airports serve Long Island. Long Island MacArthur Airport, located in
Ronkonkoma in the central portion of Long Island, offers scheduled flights through a number
of different airlines. A Southwest Airlines terminal in the Veterans Memorial Concourse
features multiple gates, shops and eateries, with flights to 40 destinations. Just over the Nassau
border in adjacent Queens County are JFK International and LaGuardia airports.
Four additional airports located on Long Island feature full-service, fixed-based operators, and
also serve executive and privately owned planes. They are Republic Airport in East Farmingdale,
Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley and East
Hampton Airport.
By Sea
Long Island is served by two year-round ferry lines that cross Long Island Sound and
connect Bridgeport, Conn., to Port Jefferson, LI, and New London, Conn. to Orient Point, LI.
Sometimes getting there is half the fun, and a ferry trip is an enjoyable boat ride as well as
transportation. And if you want to visit the Long Island resort communities on Fire Island
where no cars are allowed, the most convenient way in is to take one of the six passenger
ferry routes.
Also, you can get from the North Fork to the South Fork of Long Island through Shelter
Island using two short ferry rides. All Long Island ferries are listed here — call for current
schedules and rates.
Ferry Services from
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Block Island
New London, CT to Orient Point, LI
Cross Sound Ferry, Inc., Dock Road, Orient Point. 631-323-2525. Cars, passengers,
motorcoaches, trucks. 1-hour 20-minute trip each way. Year-round. (I1)
Bridgeport, CT to Port Jefferson, LI
Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry Company, 102 West Broadway, Port Jefferson. 631-
473-0286. Cars, motorcoaches and passengers. 1-hour 15-minute trip each way.
Year-round. (E2)
Block Island; Newport, RI; New London, CT and Martha’s
Vineyard, MA, to Montauk
Viking Ferry, West Lake Drive, Montauk. 631-668-5709. Passengers only. Bicycles
accommodated. 1-hour 30-minutes, each way. Seasonal. (K1)
To Shelter Island
North side Shelter Island to Greenport
North Ferry Company, Route 114, Shelter Island. 631-749-0139. Carries cars, passengers,
motorcoaches, trucks. Seven minutes each way. Year-round. (I1)
South side Shelter Island to North Haven
near Sag Harbor
South Ferry, Inc., Route 114, Shelter Island. 631-749-1200. Carries cars, passengers,
motorcoaches, trucks. Five minutes each way. Year-round. (I1)
To Fire Island
Patchogue to Davis Park, Watch Hill &
Fire Island Seashore
Davis Park Ferry Company, Patchogue River, Patchogue.
631-475-1665. March to September. No vehicles. 20 minutes each way. (E3)
Bay Shore to Saltaire, Ocean Beach, Atlantique, Kismet,
Dunewood, Fair Harbor, Seaview & Ocean Bay Park
Fire Island Ferries, Maple Avenue, Bay Shore. 631-665-3600. Peak service May thru
September. Limited service year-round, weather permitting. No vehicles. 30 minutes
each way. (D3)
Sayville to Fire Island Pines, Cherry Grove
Sayville Ferry Service, River Road, Sayville. 631-589-0810.
April to October No vehicles. 20 minutes each way. (E3)
Sayville to Fire Island National Seashore,
Sailor’s Haven/Sunken Forest
Sunken Forest Ferry Service, River Rd., Sayville. 631-589-0810. May to Oct. No
vehicles. 30 minutes each way. (E3)
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Nassau
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Suffolk
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See page 63 for details)
(Ferry from Montauk to RI, CT & MA -
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Note: This map is intended as a community locater. It is not intended
to be a detailed road map as many roads and highways are not listed.
Those listed are for orientation only.
An index to communities appears on page 62.
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