The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State. The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions.
In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City. The list also includes attractions further out on Long Island, those in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York, which are not parts of NYC but instead are parts of New York State.
Long Island attractions
Public beaches
Long Island is well known for its many public beaches. They include (from west to east):
- Coney Island (in Brooklyn)
- Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk
- The Rockaways (in Queens)
- Jacob Riis Park Beach
- Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
- Nickerson Beach, (Long Beach)
- Long Beach
- Town of Hempstead Beaches at Point Lookout and Lido
- Town of North Hempstead Beaches: Bar Beach and Hempstead Harbor
- Town of Oyster Bay Beaches: Tobay, Stehli, Centre Island
- Cedar Beach (Fire Island)
- Jones Beach (Nassau County) - one of the most famous in the world
- Captree State Park
- Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk County)
- Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park in Suffolk County
- Town of Islip Beaches: Islip, East Islip, West Islip, Bayport and Ronkonkoma Beaches, Sayville Marina Park, Benjamin Beach at Bay Shore Marina, and several along the barrier beach of Fire Island, including Atlantique, Kismet, Dunewood, and Fair Harbor
- Town of Babylon Beaches: Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach, and Overlook Beach
- Town of Brookhaven Beaches: West Meadow, Cedar, Shirley, Shoreham, Stony Brook, Cedar Beach
- Town of Riverhead beaches, including Iron Pier Beach
- Town of Southold Beaches: Kenny's Road, Horton Lane, and Hashamomuck Beaches.
- Town of Smithtown Beaches: Short Beach, Long Beach, Callahan's Beach
- Town of Huntington Beaches: Asharoken, Centerport, Crab Meadow, Crescent, Gold Star Battalion, Hobart, Fleets Cove, West Neck
- Southampton Town Beaches: Tiana, Ponquogue, and various others on Dune Road and Gin Lane
- Smith Point County Park (Suffolk County)
- Cupsogue Beach County Park
- Hampton Bays in Town of Southampton area Suffolk County (Beaches: Ponquogue Beach, Meshutt Beach on Peconic Bay, Shinnecock Inlet Beach, K Road, L Road, Tiana Beach, and Road I on both Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.)
- East Hampton Main beach
- Hither Hills State Park
- Montauk Point State Park
Public parks and nature preserves
Country clubs
Long Island is also home to numerous country clubs, polo clubs, golf clubs, and other private recreational organizations, including:
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