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Watch Hill, Fire Island
631-567-6664
The most popular of all Fire Island camping, this spot is great for families, groups, boaters. It has 26 camp sites and is by far the most popular of all the camp sites.
Standard individual or small group camping.
1-5 adults with either two 2-man tents or one 5-man tent.
$25 per night: Two night minimum for Friday and Saturday night, one night minimum for Sunday through Thursday.
Individual campsite reservations can only be booked online and must be made at least 48 hours in advance.
Special Group Camping is exclusive for not-for-profit organizations (examples: scouting or church groups). These groups may reserve the group campsite for up to 40 people.
$35 per night with a two night minimum.
Features:
Marina
Campground
Beach
Restaurant
bird watching
Visitor center
Nature trail
Life-guarded beaches
Running water
Grills
Picnic tables
Showers and Bathrooms

Smith Point County Park, Fire Island
631-244-7275
Smith point camping lacks the all of the amenities that Watch Hill has but makes up for in beauty and the convenience of the Smith Point Bridge and William Floyd Parkway from the mainland, that puts you on the island without having to us the any of the Fire Island Ferries. It should also be noted that Smith Point is one of Fire Islands best surfing spots and is a popular fishing destination.
Features:
Swimming
Scuba diving
Surfing
Saltwater fishing
Camping
Outer beach access
Food concession
Playground
Showers

Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness
631-281-3010
At 1,380 acres, this federally protected area is one of the smallest wilderness areas managed by the National Park Service. You must have a Park ranger issues permit to camp here and it’s completely first come first serve. To get into the campsite you can walk from Watch Hill or From Smith Point Park.

For Fire Island Ferry Schedules visit here.

If you have an iPhone there is a great Fire Island Ferry App that is Free and has Ferry Schedules for all of Fire Island.

Fire Island ferries run from a number of mainland locations to various communities on Fire Island. Although, there is a bridge connecting Fire Island to the mainland local laws restrict the use of cars on the Island. Therefore, the only way to access Fire Island is by private boat, water taxi or the most common and affordable option one of three Fire Island Ferry Services.

Ferry companies that service Fire Island.

Fire Island Ferries Inc.
The largest of the Fire Island Ferry companies. Fire Island Ferries Inc, services Ocean Beach, Fair Harbor, Dunewood, Atlantique, Seaview, Ocean Bay Park, Saltaire, and Kismet.
Terminal:
99 Maple Ave
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Phone: 631-665-3600

Sayville Ferry Service
Serving Gay Fire Island
Located in the town of Sayville Long Island, this ferry service caters to the popular gay travel destinations of Cherry Grove, and the Fire Island Pines. It also services the Fire Island national seashore park, at Sailors Haven as well as the small community of Water Island.
Phone: 631-589-0810
Terminal:
41 River Road
Sayville, NY 11782-0626

Davis Park Ferry Co.
Transportation from Patchogue, Long Island to Davis Park and Watch Hill. Davis Park is a small family community of 250 houses. It is open to the public with a life guarded beach, public restrooms, store, snack bar, and an oceanfront bar and restaurant. Watch Hill is home to Fire Island most popular camp ground and marina.

The Davis Park Ferry Co, has been in operation since 1947 and continues to be family owned and operated.
Davis Park Ferry Co., Inc.
Terminal:
80 Brightwood Street
Patchogue, NY 11772
Phone: 631-475-1665

We suggest that you view the Fire Island classifieds. If you don’t find what you are looking for there we suggest you view our Fire Island Real Estate page. If you still don’t see what you need the the next best option is to search Craigslist, of course be very carefully as Craigslist is known for spam and scams. And if you still don’t see what you need online. You should take the next step to contact ones of Fire Island’s reputable Real Estate professionals. We have put a quick list together below of some of Fire Island’s most respected Real Estate agencies of 2012.

Fire Island Real Estate
A full service real estate brokerage located in the heart of Ocean Beach Fire Island, on the corner of Bay Walk and Bayberry Walk. Serving all of Fire Island for over fifty years, family owned and operated offering sales, rentals, and management for both residential and commercial properties.

Fire Island Living
Are you looking for Fire Island Real Estate or a Fire Island rental? Fire Island real estate for sale in Saltaire, Fair Harbor, Kismet, Dunewood, Lonelyville, Seaview, Ocean Beach, Summer Club & Atlantique as well as Fire Island rentals in Saltaire, Fair Harbor, Dunewood, Kismet and Lonelyville.

Fire Island Pines Real Estate ” Pines Harbor Realty”
Offering Rentals and sales in the Fire Island Pines, and Water Island.

Fire Island Homes
One of Fire Island’s top rental agencies you can compare listings side by side or keep a list of favorites.

Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines.
Serving gay Fire Island communities Prudential Douglas Elliman is an industry leading full service real estate brokerage. They provide our customers with a comprehensive range of services to meet their every need. This is one of Fire Island’s most exclusive and popular rental and sales agencies for the gay communities.

Saltaire Fire Island Rentals and Sales.
Barrier Beach Properties is the leading agent for Saltaire real estate offering the largest selection of Saltaire homes for sale and for rent.

As summer gives way to fall, Fire Island becomes a hot spot for hurricane activity. These storms bring large surf, high winds and at times potentially damaging storm surges. This historically begins as early as August and can run into October.

Despite hurricane activity Fire Island is an amazing place to visit in the late summer and fall. It’s a time where the crowds start to thin out, the surf can be world class, and the water temperatures as well as air can be very pleasant.

As the winter rolls in Fire Island becomes a little bit desolate. The Island is home to a few hundred families that remain on the Island throughout the winter. Many of the stores and restaurants close for this time, however it is a very unique and special time to visit the island. If you plan to visit the island during this time is advised that you check the Fire Island Ferry Schedules to make sure that boats will be running as they stop frequently in inclement weather.

Some interesting Fire Island weather facts:

• The average warmest month is July.
• The highest recorded temperature was 102°F in 1999.
• January is the average coolest month.
• The lowest recorded temperature was -7°F in 1988.
• The maximum average precipitation occurs in March.

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The talented and always entertaining Eugene J. Demers, Jr. or as many Fire Islanders called him, “Gene The Machine” has left this world way to early but not without sharing some amazing music and great memories. If you are one of the lucky ones who got to listen to Gene as he played on the deck of Schooners in Ocean Bay Park as the sun was setting, you know just how magical those memories are.

All of us here at FireIsland.com were saddened to hear of this untimely passing, our love, thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Thanks for the great tunes Gene, Fire Island will not be the same without you.

Please enjoy a sample of Gene’s music.

• Standards
• Fifties
• Early Sixties
• Late Sixties
• Seventies

Funeral Information
Home: Islip Terrace, NY
Eugene J. Demers, Jr.

Date of Death: January 18, 2012
Place of Birth: Bay Shore, NY
Birthdate: June 27, 1961
Age: 50
Visitation: Friday, January 20, 2012 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. at Albrecht, Bruno & O’Shea Funeral Homes, Inc., East Islip, NY
Interment: LI Cremation Co., West Babylon, NY
Biography

Demers, Jr., Eugene J. “Gene” of Islip Terrace on January 18, 2012. Beloved husband of Valerie T. (nee) Boos). Loving son of Eugene J. and Evelyn M. Demers. Fond brother of Donald Demers. Cherished grandson of Margaret Byrnes. Dear son-in-law of Vivian Boos. Cremation was private. A memorial visitation will be held Friday January 20th 2-5 & 7-9pm with remembrance and euologys at the evening visitation, at the Albrecht, Bruno & O’Shea Funeral Home, Inc. 62 Carlton Avenue, E. Islip. Pre funeral gathering 9:30 am Saturday at Funeral Home. Interment to follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

Late in the evening on Monday, November 14, 2011 20 fire departments were called to support the Fire Island Pines Fire Department. According to early reports the Fire destroyed numerous landmark buildings including the Pavilion, the town’s premier nightclub, LaFountaine’s, Sip N’ Twirl, and the Pines Bistro.  Unconfirmed reports suggest the fire started around 9:00 pm at the Sip N’ Twirl before igniting gas tanks at La Fountaine which spread to the Pavilion. It is very likely heavy wind apparently played a role in the spread of this Fire.  If these reports are valid this could be the worst Fire in the community since 1959.

Fire Island Pines Fire : Pines Pantry Web Cam

The Fire Island News reported that Walter Boss of the Pines Fire Department confirmed late Monday night that the fire destroyed the Pavilion, La Fountaine and a bay-front home. Businesses north of the Pavilion along the harbor appear to have been unscathed, he told The News.

Walter Boss

Unfortunately, Fire Island has seen its share of disasters from fires to flooding, hurricanes to nor’easters. Fire Island is a very sensitive environment and disaster can be elevated by the very things we love most about it, in particular the lack of roads and the beautiful isolation. As one local resident pointed out “When a fire breaks out on the island, it spreads quickly and access to it is limited”

With a very limited off season population, the pines Fire department was joined by other fire island firefighters from: Ocean Bay Park, Davis Park, Point O’ Woods, Cherry Grove, Ocean Beach, Fair Harbor, Saltaire, Kismet, as well as mainland departments including Bay Shore, East Islip, West Islip, Sayville, Bellport, Green River, to name just a few.

Pines Fire Department

The news of this fire spread quickly through social media outlets. The Fire Island Facebook page that reaches over 12,000 people had 100’s interacting late into the evening and early hours Tuesday.  Fire Island related tweets were also on the rise. Josh Ocean  re-tweeted on the Fire Island Pines Cherry Grove page  “Omg! RT @cherry_grove: A fast moving fire destroyed Pavilion and at least two other structures in the Fire Island Pines”  DJ James Anthony tweeted @fireislandnews - “my thoughts and prayers are with the FIP community this evening” on the Fire Island News Twitter page, and Jess Freund tweeted: “Thoughts with the OBFD. Be safe! @fireisland” Fire Island twitter page.

However, nothing was as moving as what Andrew Kirtzman co-owner of FIP Ventures, which owns the Pavilion, Blue Whale, Canteen, Hotel Ciel, Deck, Rack Gym, Pines Supply Co.  Sugar Shack Spa and whom is largely responsible for the Pines major redevelopment over the past few years posted on the Pines Facebook page. His message was so important I felt it best to attach it in its entity.

“This is is obviously a very difficult night for all of us, and I wanted to give everyone a status report from the scene of the fire. I am outside the Pavilion building, surrounded by over 100 firefighters from across Long Island. The fire is under control but is not completely out. Both the Pavilion and LaFountaine buildings are still standing, but they have been completely gutted by fire and water. Sip n’ Twirl, the Bistro and the stores below them are in ruin. Then roof over the Pavilion is gone, and the high tea deck has been destroyed. Small fires are still burning inside the Pavilion – the dance floor – and it’s too dangerous for firefighters to enter inside. The department has called for bulldozers to be brought here from across the bay, as it may be safer to destroy the Pavilion altogether rather than fight the remaining blazes. It is an unfathomable moment. The air in the harbor is still thick with smoke, but the fire has not spread anywhere else, thanks to the incredible work of the Pines Fire Department and the departments that raced to its aid. Firefighters will be here through the night to ensure that no flames re-ignite and create a new threat to the other properties. Canteen, Blue Whale, the hotel and Pantry are all fine. The Suffolk Country Fire Department believes the fire began outside the LaFountaine office, engulfed that building and then spread to the Pavilion. Officials tell me they don’t believe the fire to be suspicious. Seth, Matt and I want to thank you all for your notes and phone calls. Everyone has a stake in these properties, and the love and passion we all feel for them are ringing loud and clearly this painful evening. Tomorrow morning, Seth, Matt and I will begin the process of renewing this beautiful property and making it even more spectacular than it was before. Our hearts go out to Nicole LaFountaine, Patrick, PJ, Bob Howard and others in the LaFountaine building, and we will help one another get the commercial district ready for summer 2012. There is a lot of hard work ahead for all of us. We feel blessed that no one was injured, and proud to be part of this beautiful community. –Andrew”

It was a long night for all Fire Islanders.  Most of all it was a long night for the hundreads of  Firefighters who worked into the night risking their lives to protect our beloved Island.  I want to personally give thanks to each and everyone of you and a special thanks specifically to the Fire Island Pines Fire Department.

We will rebuild.

It was business as usual for much of Fire Island on Tuesday afternoon, just two days after Hurricane Irene pelted the barrier island with up to 70mph winds and far higher than normal tides.

LIPA restored power to the island on Monday and local town authorities worked through the day to remove downed tree branches and clear debris. Videos on the internet showed walkways in Ocean Bay Park turned to rivers just the day before, as overflow from Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean met with rainfall and winds from Irene. Residents were allowed back onto the island on Tuesday morning, with many catching the first ferry out at 7am. By 4pm, little evidence remained that a hurricane had passed at all.

Huge brown puddles remained on Baywalk in Ocean Bay Park, just outside the market and on several side streets. Several visitors donned rainboots and walked swiftly through 6-10 inches of standing water. Over at the Seashore Condo Motel, proprietor Jeremy Geard noted thankfully, “We were all lucky – no damage and the water’s going down already. Looks good!” Geard further noted that once power was restored, there were no issues with phone, internet or satellite, unlike some boroughs of NYC and on Long Island. At the Bayshore ferry docks, one Sayville family was heard to remark “I have no power or phone at home, so I’m off to the beach, where everything’s okay.”

Beach access at Oneida showed the ocean depositing several feet of sand across the area, with the dunes covered anew. Wooden fencing washed onto the dune road, twisted like candy wrappers, while staircases were buried to the 4th and 5th step in sand. At evening high tide, the water reached a high mark only 10 yards from them.

Further west in Seaview, Irene left virtually no mark.

“It wasn’t so bad, just like a bad rainstorm. When they cut off power, we turned on the generator, made coffee, and whoever was around came in for some,” summarized Lynn, owner at the Seaview Market. “We didn’t get the flooding Ocean Beach and OBP got.”

Indeed, Seaview was the perfect picture of an undisturbed beach town, enjoying its last weeks of the season. Only two houses on the bay remained boarded up at all. Music floated from backyards and children pedaled along on bicycles, laughing and calling for a lost puppy named “Rover”.

Still further west in Ocean Beach, the entire dock area outside the Ocean Beach police station was shown on Sunday to be underwater with rain and overflow from the bay. But by Tuesday afternoon, only small pools remained and shops along the main strip buzzed with activity and lazy summer laughter. Over at CJ’s, a staffer worked diligently to remove adhesive residue on a glass door – the giant “X” stubbornly remained long after its silvery duct tape was removed.

As Wednesday dawns, Fire Island is back to normal signs of life. Bicycle bells warn the 8am joggers and pleasant morning greetings pass at the Ocean Bay Park market. Despite reported washovers and temporary evacuation inconvenience, the resilient island is back to pre-Irene paradise.

Friends of FireIsland.com shared: stories, news, images and videos throughout the storm, proving that sometimes the most reliable source of information comes from our peers.

The following video was shared using the Fire Island iPhone App.
This free application has updated Ferry schedules, Long Island Rail Schedules, Events, Pictures, Videos and more. Over 40,000 people have downloaded the Fire Island app since it was released in 2010.

The picture set below came from users of the Fire Island iPhone App as well as through our Fire Island Facebook group that now has over 12,000 fans.

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Officials assess Damage on Fire Island.
Suffolk county officials have visited Fire Island to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Irene. The report corroborates resident’s accounts that we have been publishing on the Fire Island Facebook page and on FireIsland.com for the past few days.

With great relief we can confirmed that no homes were lost on the island as a result of this storm and damages are minimal, and mostly a result of coastal flooding. Fire Island has a sensitive ecosystem and the effects of this storm could have been a lot worse.

As of Monday, August 29, 2011 Fire Island Ferries has announced it will resume Service to all Fire Island communities on Tuesday, August 30th.

Officials have confirmed:
No major damage to homes on the barrier island.
No actual breaks in the beach.
Protective dunes have been washed away, in numerous areas.
Flooding is still a problem with a few feet of water still in the village of ocean beach as well other low lying areas of Fire Island

Fire Island’s shores have suffered from erosion for years, and every storm that passes over our island is puts us at risk. I want to thank everyone for sharing information and pictures during this event. The best source for information is each other.

Below is a gallery of images posted by members of the Fire Island community.  Feel free to share yours.