South Shore (Long Island)

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The South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York, is the area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to the Long Island coastline in Nassau and Suffolk counties. It is often used as a generic name for the entire southern half of Long Island rather than just the area immediately adjacent to the coastline.[1]

The South Shore tends to be diverse in culture and income as it varies from one hamlet or village to another. In Suffolk County, there still remains pockets of old money from the Gilded Age, including the country seats of families from the Vanderbilts, Havemeyers, and Bournes to the Gardiners, Bayard-Cutting as well as many others. The South Shore is also home to the world-renowned seaside resort of The Hamptons on its east end, located on the South Fork of Long Island.

South Shore communities [edit]

Beaches [edit]

In approximate west to east order:

References [edit]

  1. ^ Cook, Samantha; Ward, Greg; Perry, Tim (2004), The Rough Guide to the USA, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-262-X 
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