First time heading to Fire Island? Here’s what you need to know about the 17 residential beach communities as well as the two beach areas that are part of the Fire Island National Seashore. "We ...

The Fire Island beaches look as beautiful as postcards with plentiful dunes and wide expanses, in part due to massive amounts of sand used to replenish them. And summer winds have been shifting sand ...

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 ...

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 ...

FIRE ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A small plane made a hard, emergency landing on a beach on Fire Island Friday afternoon. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers responded after a six-seat Cessna ...

The Fire Island Inlet Bridge, the only bridge to one of New York's most popular ocean beaches, was closed for hours Monday for an unscheduled safety inspection. State engineers abruptly shut down the ...