Thousands of people have once again descended upon a stretch of sand on a barrier island in the Great South Bay, an approximately 700-home community with an enormously outsized cultural influence: The ...

There was no sleeping on Fire Island last weekend. While that may be the norm for some visitors of the gay beach oasis, it becomes almost mandatory during Pines Party weekend. Now on its 26th year, ...

At a party and fund-raiser put together by trans artists and activists, guests ate Filipino food and danced to Euro-pop by the beach. Guests sit shoulder-to-shoulder at a kamayan dinner to mark the ...

On Fire Island, Labor Day doesn’t mark the season’s end. For Long Islanders looking for a last-minute summer escape, September and October in hot spots like Ocean Beach, Seaview and Ocean Bay Park are ...

A wave of relief washed over Fire Island this summer thanks to new funding intended to prevent the beloved shoreline from becoming New York’s own Atlantis. The money — $1.7 billion secured in this ...