Fair Harbor, New York
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Fair Harbor is a community in Fire Island. It is located in the Town of Islip on Long Island, New York, to which it pays taxes. Although it is not an incorporated village, most of its residents think of Fair Harbor as an independent town. Fair Harbor has its own volunteer fire department, and is under the police jurisdiction of Suffolk County Marine Bureau. Saltaire, is the Incorporated Village immediately west of Fair Harbor. Fair Harbor, like all Fire Island communities, is mostly a summer community. There are only a handful of families who live there year-round. Children attend the Fire Island School District in Corneille Estates until grade 6, at which point they are bussed to Long Island for grades 7-12, usually to Bay Shore Middle School and High School, or to one of the many private and parocial schools on the mainland.
Tourism: Fair Harbor, like its neighbor Saltaire, is a very quiet, family-centered community. It is not a party town like Ocean Beach. Most residents have had homes there for generations and take pride in their rustic beach shack ambience that is a true escape from the outside world. It's all about lounging on the beach or strolling along the serene boardwalks. There is a local store on the bay side that offers groceries and newspapers, but it is very expensive, since everything must be brought over from the mainland by boat. Fair Harbor is not really a tourist destination, so if you visit be prepared for little to do and to be very quiet. If you want to party at night you must walk eastward to Ocean Beach, or just to have dinner you can walk west to Kismet where there are two restauants. Like the rest of Fire Island there are no cars, so walk or bike you must!
[edit] Geography
Fair Harbor is located on the western part of Fire Island between the Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
[edit] Medical Care
During the summer months a Physician is available for "office visits" from 11 am till Noon, and 5PM till 6 pm, seven days a week. A different physician is there almost every week with an occasional physician being there for two weeks or longer, but this is the exception. Emergency medical services are available thru the local fire department with back up from the Coast Guard as needed.
Town of Islip, New York | |
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| County | Suffolk County, New York |
| Villages | |
| Hamlets | Bay Shore · Bayport · Baywood · Bohemia · Brentwood · Central Islip · Dunewood · East Islip · Fair Harbor · Great River · Hauppauge · Holbrook · Holtsville · Islip · Islip Terrace · Lake Ronkonkoma · Oakdale · Ronkonkoma · Sayville · West Bay Shore · West Islip · West Sayville |
| Website: islip.org | |
