About Long Island Waterfront Homes
Welcome to Long Island Waterfront Homes. We offer the largest number of authentic seaside, coastal, beach, lake and vacation style homes for sale Long Island, New York has available on the web.
We know that you're a fan of the water. That's why you've found your way to this site. What we don't know is which stage of the journey you are in. You may still be daydreaming of the day you can escape to your own piece of paradise, or may be deciding where to relocate. For this reason we'll be including information and resources that will help you in your quest to find all the information you’ll need to get your home on Long Island’s great waterfront.
Waterfront property is very scarce. Waterfront lots are finite. New York State has implemented restrictions on development of waterfront lots which makes new construction extremely difficult and expensive. So, the resale market is brisk.
Most waterfront properties are truly unique. Waterfront properties are difficult to price because there are seldom two alike. Individual property owners naturally try to sell their properties for as much as they can. Our job is to give you the facts so you can make realistic offers for the market.
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Some of the most beautiful waterfront property on the east coast of the United States can be found on Long Island. Long Island's 1,180-mile coastline offers an array of unobstructed waterfront and water views.
On the South Shore, the east-to-west flow of water and sand is disrupted by the 69 major groins and jetties built to protect favored stretches of beach and keep six navigable inlets for boats. On a placid summer day one could walk the length of Jones Beach State Park; along the 6.5 miles of oceanfront and the 8 sandy beaches one would feel inspired to explore any part of the 2,413 acres the park has to offer. Or, to at least visit any of the fine beaches and communities from Fire Island all the way to the Rockaways.
The east end of Long Island consists of the two forks. The north fork, which is also well known for its many fine wineries, and the south fork which may be best know for “The Hamptons”. The east end’s greatest asset may very well be the many small bustling waterfront communities sprinkled along its coastline. Many of these towns were originally populated in the early 1800’s as people were drawn to the fishing industry.
Shell fishing had begun in the Great South Bay centuries before with the Indians and expanded in the early 1800s as settlers dug oysters and clams from shallow water using open boats and long, iron-toothed rakes known as tongs. Rowboats gave way to sloops, and by 1890, there were 25 oyster processing factories known as shanties in Bay Shore, Oakdale, Sayville, Blue Point and Patchogue. The oysters were shucked and sent in wooden barrels to the city, first by boat and in the late 1860s by the Long Island Rail Road.
The whaling business made Sag Harbor a bustling port town. It was also home to a U.S. customs house that kept records of every ship and every ship's cargo. More than 60 whaling ships called Sag Harbor home; much smaller fleets worked out of Greenport and Cold Spring Harbor.
Sag Harbor's maritime history can be read in its streets -- they lead directly to the harbor. If a visitor were dropped into Sag Harbor blindfolded he would know immediately by the directions of the streets that he was in a place different from nearly every other community. In Long Island communities, streets were built around a commons area, or ran parallel to the water, not perpendicular to the water.
It's not hard to envision standing at the end of Long Island, atop the bluff at Montauk Point, blown by the prevailing northeast winds and gazing out into the beautiful blue Atlantic Ocean. Or boating in the waters, your ship passing the rounded bluff of Montauk, the famous lighthouse being the last thing the men aboard the vessel would see on Long Island as they headed out to sea; it would be the first thing they would see on their return trip.