List of attractions in Long Island

The following is a list of attractions in 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, aka Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, aka 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

New York City - Long Island Landmark Photo Description Dates
Kings
Brooklyn Museum
Located on Long Island in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, it is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States.
1897
Kings
Brooklyn Tabernacle
The Brooklyn Tabernacle is one of New York City's largest churches and Grammy Award winning Choir.
1981
Kings
Brooklyn Bridge
Built in 1874, the Brooklyn Bridge is the oldest existing suspension bridge in the U.S.
1874
Kings
Coney Island
Between about 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States.
1880s to present
Kings
Prospect Park
The country's longest open park meadow, with ancient trees in Brooklyn's only extant forest.
1898
Queens
Citi Field
The home stadium of the New York Mets baseball team.
2009
Queens
Rockaway Peninsula
Also called The Rockaways, a popular summer resort area since the 1830s.
1830
Queens
The Unisphere
The symbol of Queens, the Unisphere is a giant globe in Flushing Meadows Park.
1964
Nassau
Jones Beach
Jones Beach Tower, now a familiar Jones Beach State Park landmark, was modeled on the campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
1928
Nassau
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The home arena of the New York Islanders hockey team.
1972
Nassau
Old Westbury Gardens
Charles II - Westbury House, style mansion designed by George A. Crawley, contains 23 rooms. The grounds cover 160 acres.
1903
Nassau
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
An arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres (160 ha) located in the Village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, New York.
1918 - 1921
Nassau
Sagamore Hill
Sagamore Hill was the home of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, from 1886 until his death in 1919.
1884
Nassau
Welwyn Preserve
Welwyn Preserve was the estate of Harold I. Pratt. It is now a 204 acre nature reserve, and the mansion houses a Holocaust museum
1913
Suffolk
American Airpower Museum
The American Airpower Museum, the former site of the Republic factory in Farmingdale, New York, maintains a collection of Republic artifacts, and an array of aircraft spanning the many years of the aircraft factory's history.
Post World War II
Suffolk
Bald Hill
Bald Hill Memorial is located in Farmingville, NY. This destination pays tribute to U.S. Veterans to honor the men and women that served the country during the Vietnam War.
1991
Suffolk
Captree State Park
A state park located on the south shore off Jones Island (the barrier island that includes Jones Beach), overlooking the Fire Island Inlet Bridge and the westernmost section of Fire Island. Captree is a fisherman's haven and a picnicker's delight.
1954
Suffolk
Fire Island Light
Fire Island Lighthouse is a 180 foot stone tower that began operation in 1858 replacing the 74 foot tower originally built in 1826.
1826 (Rebuilt) 1858
Suffolk
Great South Bay Bridge
The Robert Moses Causeway, over The State Channel and Fire Island inlet bridges to one of Long Island's great Atlantic coast islands such as Fire and Jones Beach Island connecting New York's Ocean Parkway.
1963
Suffolk
Long Island Game Farm
(Petting Zoo) with over 200 animals. The Long Island Game Farm is one of the island's oldest and most well-known establishments.
1970
Suffolk
Port Jefferson Harbor
Port Jefferson Harbor continues to attract mariners, visitors, tourists, and families to an area where natural beauty is the setting for a wide variety of activities, including a ferry service to Connecticut.
Early 1900s
Suffolk
Splish Splash
Splish Splash is a 96-acre water park in Riverhead, New York.
1991

Public beaches

Long Island is well known for its many public beaches. They include (from west to east):

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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cedar Creek Park Newsday

External links

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