The Hamptons

For other uses, see The Hamptons (disambiguation).

The Hamptons, highlighted (center) on South Fork of Long Island, an island 118 miles (190 km) long.

The Hamptons may refer to several villages and hamlets in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on the far east end of Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. These townships occupy the South Fork of Long Island, stretching into the Atlantic Ocean. The Hamptons form a popular seaside resort, one of the historical Summer Colonies of the American Northeast. They have some of the most expensive residential properties in the U.S.^{[citation needed]}

The Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, Montauk Highway, and the Hampton Jitney provide connections to the rest of Long Island and to New York City, while ferries connect North Haven and Montauk to Shelter Island and Connecticut.

West to East

The Hamptons include^{[citation needed]} hamlets and villages in the town of Southampton

• Southampton (village)
• Water Mill
• Bridgehampton
• Sagaponack (village)
• Sag Harbor (village, shared with East Hampton)
• Hampton Bays, New York
• Quogue, New York (village).
• Westhampton, New York (village).

The Hamptons include the following hamlets and villages in the town of East Hampton:

• Sag Harbor (village, shared with Southampton)
• Wainscott
• East Hampton (village)
• Amagansett

The hamlet Northampton, Suffolk County, New York, further west in the Town of Southampton, is not generally included.

Summer Colony

These areas constitute the core vacation area of this end of Long Island.^{[citation needed]} Only Southampton Village, East Hampton Village, Sag Harbor and Sagaponack are incorporated as villages. All the other areas rely on the towns (East Hampton Town and Southampton Town) for government services.

Village/Hamlet	Town	Population (2000 Census)[citation needed]	Total Area	Land Area
Southampton	Southampton Town	3,965[citation needed]	6.8 sq mi (18 km2)	6.3 sq mi (16 km2)
Water Mill	Southampton Town	1,724	12.5 sq mi (32 km2)	11.0 sq mi (28 km2)
Bridgehampton	Southampton Town	1,381	11.2 sq mi (29 km2)	9.3 sq mi (24 km2)
Sagaponack	Southampton Town	582	8.0 sq mi (21 km2)	6.2 sq mi (16 km2)
Sag Harbor	60% Southampton; 40% East Hampton Town[citation needed]	2,313	2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2)	1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Wainscott	East Hampton Town	628	7.3 sq mi (19 km2)	6.2 sq mi (16 km2)
East Hampton	East Hampton Town	1,334	4.9 sq mi (13 km2)	4.8 sq mi (12 km2)
Amagansett	East Hampton Town	1,067	8.0 sq mi (21 km2)	6.2 sq mi (16 km2)

The Summer Colony's residents include many of New York City's affluent residents^{[citation needed]}, as well as a number of affluent people from other nearby states^{[citation needed]}, executives, and increasingly, foreigners from Europe and South America.^{[citation needed]}

Villages and the hamlets of the Summer Colony are distinguished by their significant population increases during the summers^{[citation needed]}, a large number of retail shops and restaurants and extensive arts community^{[citation needed]}. Residential real estate prices in the Hamptons rank among the highest in the nation^{[citation needed]}. In particular, Sagaponack, Water Mill and Bridgehampton were cited by^{[citation needed]} Business Week magazine as being the 1st, 6th and 8th most expensive zip codes in the nation, respectively (see their articles).

Other amenities in the area include Sebonack Golf Club, the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, National Golf Links of America in Southampton and the Maidstone Club in East Hampton. The Shinnecock and National golf clubs were recently voted as the #3 and #10 ranked courses in America by Golf Digest magazine. Exclusive private clubs provide additional recreational resources to the very affluent^{[citation needed]} in the area. These clubs include The Bathing Corporation of Southampton, the Southampton Bath and Tennis Club, and the Meadow Club in Southampton Village and the Maidstone Club in East Hampton.

In popular culture

The Hamptons and Hamptons society are frequently featured on-screen and mentioned in films and television.

In films

• Rachel, Darcy, Dex, Ethan, Marcus and Claire take a couple of weekend trips to the Hamptons in Something Borrowed (2011)
• The Hamptons are depicted and mentioned as the home of Declan and Fiona's aunt Kate in Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010).
• In Inside Job, a 2010 documentary film about the financial crisis of 2007–2010 directed by Charles H. Ferguson, The Hamptons is shown as hub for Wall Street traders and investment bankers. The film covers a bird's eye view of the beaches and homes in the area.
• The Hamptons location and white upper-class society feature prominently and are parodied in White Chicks (2004).

In television

• In the 2011 TV series Revenge, Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) moves to The Hamptons to take revenge on the people who caused the destruction of her family and death of her father.
• The TV show Castle also makes several references to The Hamptons as a favorite vacation spot for the famous character Rick Castle.
• The TV series Royal Pains is set in the Hamptons, where the main character Doctor Hank Lawson becomes a concierge doctor in The Hamptons and starts his own Concierge doctor business with his younger brother Evan R. Lawson.
• In Josh Schwartz's Gossip Girl, The Hamptons are mentioned on numerous occasions in the first two episodes of season two. Many of the characters in the show reside or vacation in The Hamptons during the summer.
• Derek Shepherd and Addison Montgomery of the medical drama, Grey's Anatomy, are known to have once owned property in The Hamptons.
• Numerous episodes of The Real Housewives of New York City are filmed in and around The Hamptons, where the cast members participate in the East End social life and charitable events and several cast members own (or previously owned) eastern Long Island homes, e.g., Cindy Barshop, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, and Jill Zarin. (Exemplary episodes include 1.3 "The Hamptons"; 2.2 "Hamptons Retreat, No Surrender"; 2.3 "On Their High Horses"; and 4.4 "Ramona'd".)
• George Costanza claimed to have a home in The Hamptons in Seinfeld, but it wasn't true. He kept the lie going to the bitter end.

External links

• Town of East Hampton official website.
• Town of Southampton official website.
• "Real Estate 101 in the Hamptons", New York Times.
• "Studios by the Sea", Vanity Fair, August 2000.
• "The Most Expensive Golf Courses in the Country", Forbes magazine.
• “Ruffling A Few Feathers In One Of America’s Most Exclusive Retreats, The Hamptons” Tayfun King, Fast Track, BBC World News (2008-08-01)