Bay Shore is located in the town of Islip, Suffolk County on the South Shore of Long Island. For a detained description of Bay Shore NY we advice you read the Wikipedia page for Bay Shore, NY. 

From Bay Shore NY you can take the Fire Island Ferry to the following towns:

• Ocean Beach
• Ocean Bay Park
• Fair Harbor
• Kismet
• Saltaire
• Seaview
• Dunewood
• Atlantique

We have selected a few of our Ocean Bay Park  favorites to make sure you get the most out of your travels.

Ocean Bay Park Restaurants and  Bars

Flynn’s

Schooner Inn

Ocean Bay Park Hotels

Fire Island Hotel 

Seashore Condo Motel

Ocean Bay Park Ferry Schedule 

Ocean Bay Park Ferry Schedule Spring 2012

Fire Island Map Ocean Bay Park

We have selected a few of our Cherry Grove  favorites to make sure you get the most out of your travels.

Cherry Grove Restaurants and  Bars

Cherry’s 

The Ice Palace

Cherry Grove Hotels

The Grove Hotel

Belvedere

Cherry Grove Ferry Schedule 

Cherry Grove Ferry Schedule Spring 2012

Sayville Ferry Service Inc.
41 River Road
Sayville, NY 11782

We have selected a few of our Fire Island Pines favorites to make sure you get the most out of your travels.

Fire Island’s Best

Fire Island Pines Restaurants and Bars

The Blue Whale

Sip N’ Twirl

More Fire Island Pines Restaurants and Bars can be found on CherryGrove.com – It not just the grove.

Best Fire Island Pines Hotels

The Madison Fire Island Pines
631-597-6061

Pines Bluff Overlook
631-597-3064

Fire Island Pines Ferry

Fire Island Pines Ferry Schedule Spring 2012

Sayville Ferry Service Inc.
41 River Road
Sayville, NY 11782

The unofficial capital of Fire Island, Ocean Beach is a 600-home community with the greatest concentration of bars, restaurants and stores on the entire island. Overflowing with small-town charm reminiscent of a simpler time, main street walks are lined with mom and pop markets and boutiques. Local children sell painted shell souvenirs out of red radio-flyer wagons. Just outside of town, Ocean Beach walkways are lined with traditional summer cottages that are both home to longtime Fire Island families and home away from home for many share-house transients.

We have selected a few of our Ocean Beach favorites to make sure you get the most out of your visit.

Fire Island’s Best

Ocean Beach Restaurants and Bars

Albatross 
320 Bay Walk, Ocean Beach
631-583-5697

Matthew’s 
935 Bay Walk, Ocean Beach
631-583-8016

Houser’s 
785 Bay Walk, Ocean Beach
631-583-8900

CJ’s 
479 Bay Walk, Ocean Beach
631-583-9890

Reviews of Fire Island Restaurants

Ocean Beach Restaurants

Ocean Beach Bars

Over the years a few fire island writers have writer some great reviews, the may be old but these are still pretty darn accurate so we wanted to share them with you. 

Rachel’s Restaurant

Flynn’s Fire Island

The Albatross

The Chowder Bar

Maguire’s Restaurant

Ocean Beach Hotels

Our Pick for Fire Island’s Best hotel is simple. Year after year reviews prove The Palms Hotel in Ocean Beach to be the only place to stay!
This plush boutique resort boasts two locations centered in the village of Ocean Beach. Popular for the luxurious accommodations, the rooms at the Palms are bright and meticulously tended to. The rooms are furnished with the finest amenities including: flat screen TV, Wi-Fi, ipod accessibility, and a refrigerator. The customer service is friendly and incredibly efficient.
The Palms Hotel
631-583-8870

View a full list of Ocean Beach Fire Island Hotels.

To get to Ocean Beach Fire Island you need to jump on Fire Island Ferries Ocean Beach line.  The most recent Ferry Schedule is below:

Ocean Beach Ferry Spring 2012

Check out the complete list of Fire Island Ferries 

Download the new Fire Island Ferry App for up to date Ferry Schedules.

Read more about Ocean Beach and other Fire Island towns.

Map of Ocean Beach

Map of Ocean Beach Fire Island

Fire Island Maps

Fire Island Ferry Route

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Fire Island Ferry LIRR Map for Sayville, Pachogue, and Bay Shore stops.

LIRR Map for Fire Island Ferries

Fire Island Towns

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Fire Island Nautical Chart

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Ocean Beach Fire Island Map

Cherry Grove
Considered to be the foremost gay friendly summer retreat in the United States, Cherry Grove is home to most of Manhattan’s Chelsea community. Often compared to Cape Cod’s Provincetown, Cherry Grove is traditionally LGBT enclave. Downtown features a range of amenities, including several restaurants, clubs, bars, and boutiques. Cherry Grove is known for its artistic expression, most evident in creative landscaping, murals, mosaics, and paintings produced by locals. There are around 300 houses in Cherry Grove known for their meticulous sense of design.  Please visit www.cherrygrove.com for more information.

Corneille Estates
Located just to the west of Ocean Beach, Corneille Estates is most popular among single young professionals. The compact community is accessible by winding boardwalks and defined by lush wooded areas that provide shade from the summer sun. Corneille Estates residents have easy access to the downtown Ocean Beach scene, as well as, the Fire Island School’s baseball field and basketball courts.

Davis Park
A relatively new Fire Island community, Davis Park is located at the far eastern end of the island. Davis Park encompasses three areas: Leja Beach, Ocean Ridge, and Davis Park. It is a true boaters’ community with huge 250-boat marina. The Park maintains an even balance between a young single share house crowd and family-oriented homeowners. The Casino is an important Davis Park hub; a combination restaurant and bar is where the entire town comes together.

Dunewood
Dunewood is a small, family-oriented community made up of about 100 homes with a “no shares allowed” policy. This sleepy beach town is preserved by its lack of restaurants, bars, and stores. The Dunewood Yacht Club offers sailing lessons and sponsors a well-known sailing regatta. With a strong homeowners association, Dunewood has bloomed into a beautifully maintained retreat for Fire Island visitors who prefer privacy to parties.

Fair Harbor
Known as a refuge from the urban grind, Fair Harbor is a sanctuary for New York City inhabitants who find solace in its unbuttoned atmosphere. Fair Harbor features a well-stocked downtown district made up of an upscale food market, post office, and most importantly, Le Dock (the acclaimed restaurant with spectacular bay views). Fair Harbor is famous for its annual Arts and Crafts Fair, a Fire Island favorite, which adds to this community’s bohemian beach vibe.

Fire Island Lighthouse
The Fire Island Lighthouse is Fire Island’s most historically significant landmark. Originally built in 1857, the lighthouse has been restored by the Fire Island Preservation Society and open to the public as a museum and observatory.

Fire Island Pines
The Pines features zigzag boardwalks that lead to the island’s most ritzy real estate. The Pines turnout is known to be a bit more subdued than its neighboring Cherry Grove. Charitable fundraisers and cocktail parties fill the Fire Island Pines’ social calendar, with the annual “Invasion of the Pines” event being perhaps the most notable. The Pines caters to its Manhattan weekenders and features delightful markets, boutiques and restaurants.

Fire Island Summer Club
One of Fire Island’s most prestigious communities, the Fire Island Summer Club is privately owned. Similar to its western equivalent Point O’ Woods, the Summer Club yacht club, tennis court, beach and bay area are only accessible to homeowners. Residents of this family oriented summer sanctuary only have a ten-minute walk to the excitement of Ocean Beach. The Summer Club offers a few rental opportunities each summer season.

Kismet
Kismet is Fire Island’s westernmost party hub. Kismet’s young New Yorker singles scene hosts never-ending happy hours, disco dancing, and boisterous house parties. A popular Fire Island summer share house destination, Kismet is home to many seasoned Fire Islanders. Kismet nightlife is upheld by two popular bayside bar and grills, The Inn and Surf’s Out. Kismet has a beautiful 100-slip commercial marina that is always packed with boaters. This quaint country-like atmosphere is a refuge from the seemingly congested beaches and towns to its east.

Lonelyville
One of the first communities to be established on Fire Island, Lonelyville is true to its namesake. The secluded scene attracts those who wish to get away from it all. Lonelyville’s real estate includes a mix of modest beach cottages, largely concentrated at the east end; and more modern homes that were built on the west end. Lonelyville’s inhabitants enjoy the best of both worlds; choosing between the quietude of their own community or the amenities offered by neighboring communities a short beach walk away.

Ocean Bay Park
Ocean Bay Park is a small town with big personality. Largely populated by share houses, OBP knows how to throw a beach barbeque blowout. The riotous weekend warrior reputation is reinforced by the serious drinking and all night dancing at Flynn’s, Schooners, and The Inn Between. This town’s laid-back, non-restrictive lifestyle is especially appreciated by the waves of young renters seeking a beach party environment.

Ocean Beach
The unofficial capital of Fire Island, Ocean Beach is a 600-home community with the greatest concentration of bars, restaurants and stores on the entire island. Overflowing with small-town charm reminiscent of a simpler time, main street walks are lined with mom and pop markets and boutiques. Local children sell painted shell souvenirs out of red radio-flyer wagons. Just outside of town, Ocean Beach walkways are lined with traditional summer cottages that are both home to longtime Fire Island families and home away from home for many share-house transients.

Point O’ Woods
As Fire Island’s oldest community, Point O’ Woods is self-contained and offers a clubhouse, tennis courts, park, and market to homeowners. Point O’ Woods insular nature is exemplified by its massive fence that encloses the community. POW residents are preppies that treasure their private community, and do their best to discourage visitors from passing through. This rustic neighborhood has a strong emphasis on family living and the look and feel of a bygone era, burrowed in wooded terrain sits a collection of old houses and ancient bicycles.

Robert Moses State Park
Attached to the mainland by the Robert Moses Causeway, this state park offers incredible surfing, fishing, public parks, and facilities. Robert Moses is the perfect escape for city day-trippers working on a tan.

Robins Rest
Nestled in the midst of Federal Seashore wilderness, Robbins Rest is a quiet, low-key beach break with approximately 40 residential houses. The sand dune walkways make Robbins Rest a true barefoot society. RR residents treasure their privacy, but frequent Ocean Beach for all its amenities.

Sailors Haven
Maintained by the National Seashore, Sailors Haven is a Fire Island day-tripper destination with no residential living. With access to Sunken Forest, this boaters’ sanctuary is well equipped with a public beach, picnic area and snack bar.

Saltaire
Saltaire is an ideal Fire Island community for families seeking a little R&R. The well-maintained, manicured village is full of recreation, with acclaimed youth programs, sports fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a Yacht Club. Complimenting the family-oriented atmosphere, the boardwalk promenade of town features a library, post office, food market and town hall.

Seaview
This scenic area boasts what is perhaps the most convenient location on the Fire Island map, snugly wedged between Ocean Bay Park and Ocean Beach. With a strong emphasis on residential living, Seaview maintains a kid friendly feel with the community playgrounds, tennis and basketball courts, ball field, and lifeguard surveyed beach. Seaview is home to Fire Island’s only Synagogue, which also runs a youth program and community activities.

Smith Point
At the easterly point of Fire Island, Smith Point is accessible from the mainland by the Smith Point Bridge and William Floyd Parkway. Smith Point offers campgrounds at one of the most spacious areas of the island. Vast beaches and high sand dunes characterize this end of the island. Smith Point boasts Fire Island’s only surfing competition.

Sunken Forest
A natural wonder and beautiful canopy of tangled flora, Fire Island’s Sunken Forest is completely unique. This below sea level hideaway is protected by the National Seashore. A leisurely stroll through Sunken Forest is a fantastic way to spend the day out of the sun, and features some of Fire Island’s best bird watching and wildlife.

Watch Hill
Part of the Fire Island National Seashore this beautiful segment of the island offers a campground, backcountry trails, nature tours, one restaurant, and a large public boat marina for the more rugged retreat.

Water Island
Water Island is a small, extremely private Fire Island beach community comprised of about 50 houses on modest plots of Fire Island real estate. With Davis Park to the East and Barrett Beach to the west, Water Island is far from the Fire Island beach civilization, creating a sense of privacy that is well-appreciated by its residents.