From Nassau County to Suffolk and all the way to the East End, Long Island has creative play spaces, wonderful children’s museums, farm fun, great parks and playgrounds, over-the-top seasonal celebrations, and even amusement and water park fun.Without further delay, our childhood bucket list for Long Island kids. Is Long Island good for families? LONG […]

The minimum wage for employees in Long Island and Westchester Counties is $14.00 per hour. Employees working in these regions will see incremental increase of $1.00 per hour each year until the minimum wage reaches its desired maximum when it becomes $15.00 per hour effective December 31, 2021. What is the minimum wage on Long […]

Unfortunately, there are ordinarily no waves in Long Island sound. You need the ocean for wave riding. Is the Long Island Sound rough? There is no doubt that tides and hellish currents, square waves and boiling waters, a rocky shoreline, hard bottom, tricky inlets, fog, thunderstorms, and lots of boat traffic (including some VERY BIG […]

Long Island’s sandy soil helps filter and purify the water.Read below for some of the differences between private wells and public water. Private Wells. According to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, there are an estimated 40,000 – 45,000 private water wells in use in Suffolk County alone. Does Long Island use well water? […]

Long Island offers quaint small towns, rolling landscapes, and secluded beaches, but New York City is always there when you need it. Farm-fresh produce is always readily available. Long Island is home to countless farms and farm markets, which means you and your family can eat the fresh bounty of the season year-round. What is […]

glacial moraine. Long Island, as part of the Outer Lands region, is formed largely of four spines of glacial moraine, with a large, sandy outwash plain towards its barrier islands and the Atlantic Ocean. Is Long Island a glacial Drumlin? Spectacle and Long Islands are two of the drumlins that can be found in Boston […]

The distance between Long Island and New York, NY is 49 miles. The road distance is 51.7 miles. How do I travel from Long Island to New York, NY without a car? The best way to get from Long Island to New York, NY without a car is to train which takes 2h 20m and […]

Property values are high on the Island in part because Nassau and Suffolk are New York City suburbs. Property taxes are disproportionately high because more than 60% goes to fund public education. About 17% of the average property tax bill is levied by the counties. Why is property tax so high in Long Island? Property […]

West Sayville. Bayport. Bellport. Blue Point. Brookhaven. Oakdale. Patchogue. Sayville. What is considered central Long Island? The short answer: It’s in Ronkonkoma – or Farmingville. It depends on what you mean when you say “Long Island,” which is another burning question altogether. The long answer: The Island is about 118 miles from New York Harbor […]

New York state. Long Island, island in the Atlantic Ocean that comprises the southeasternmost part of New York state, U.S. The island lies roughly parallel to the southern shore of Connecticut, from which it is separated to the north by Long Island Sound. Long Island’s western end forms part of the harbour of New York […]

The Long Island Sound is an estuary, a semi-enclosed coastal body where fresh and salt water mix. Is the Long Island Sound salt water or freshwater? Long Island Sound is an estuary, a place where saltwater from the ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers draining from the land. Estuaries are among the most productive […]

In 1985, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Long Island Sound is a juridical bay. Why is Long Island Sound not a bay? Long Island Sound is an estuary, a place where saltwater from the ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers draining from the land. Was the Long Island Sound a […]

However, people in the New York metropolitan area colloquially use the term Long Island (or the Island) to refer exclusively to Nassau and Suffolk counties, and conversely, employ the term the City to mean Manhattan alone. Long Island. Native name: Paumanok Population 8,063,232 (2020) Pop. density 5,859.5/sq mi (2262.37/km2) Is Long Island bigger than NYC? […]

With awesome food, great beaches, and Manhattan next door, Long Island is one of the coolest places to live in America. If an out-of-towner visits, especially during the summertime, there’s a good chance they’ll fall in love and never want to leave. Is Long Island a cool place to live? Long Island is one of […]

New York State’s safest community is East Hampton Town, an affluent Long Island community which logged a very high 1.29 score on the Safety Index. East Hampton enjoys a low violent crime rate of 0.85 per 1,000 and a property crime rate of 11.34 per 1,000. Where is the safest place on Long Island? The […]