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Jones Beach Island is a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. It is named for the father of Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones (historian)

Judge Thomas Jones was a member of the Provincial Supreme Court of Province of New York. He lived in Bayside, Queens County, Long Island. Opinion in the colony was sharply divided in 1775 when Massachusetts rebelled against British rule, and Judge Jones came down squarely on the side of loyalty to Crown authority....
. It is sometimes referred to as Oak Beach Island, and the former home of the infamous Oak Beach Inn
Oak Beach Inn

The Oak Beach Inn, commonly referred to by the abbreviation OBI, was a Long Island nightclub located in Oak Beach, on Jones Beach Island in the Babylon , New York, Suffolk County, New York...
.






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Jones Beach Island is a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. It is named for the father of Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones (historian)

Judge Thomas Jones was a member of the Provincial Supreme Court of Province of New York. He lived in Bayside, Queens County, Long Island. Opinion in the colony was sharply divided in 1775 when Massachusetts rebelled against British rule, and Judge Jones came down squarely on the side of loyalty to Crown authority....
. It is sometimes referred to as Oak Beach Island, and the former home of the infamous Oak Beach Inn
Oak Beach Inn

The Oak Beach Inn, commonly referred to by the abbreviation OBI, was a Long Island nightclub located in Oak Beach, on Jones Beach Island in the Babylon , New York, Suffolk County, New York...
. It is separated from Long Island by Great South Bay
Great South Bay

The Great South Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 45 mi long, forming a large natural harbor on the southern side of Long Island in the U.S....
. The island straddles the county line between Nassau
Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
 and Suffolk
Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island....
 counties and includes the Census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 of Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York
Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York

Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree is a census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, New York and the Babylon , New York. The population was 333 at the 2000 census....
.

The southern side of the island is known for its beaches that face the open Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. Jones Beach State Park
Jones Beach State Park

Jones Beach State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County, New York, in the hamlet of Wantagh, on Jones Beach Island, a Bar linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway and Wantagh State Parkway across the Great South Bay....
, on the western tip of the island is a summer recreational destination for the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 area.

It is accessible from Long Island on its western end by the Meadowbrook Parkway to Merrick, New York
Merrick, New York

Merrick is a Administrative divisions of New York#hamlet in Nassau County, New York, New York, United States.As of the 2000 census, the Census-designated place population was 22,764....
, the Loop Parkway
Loop Parkway

The Loop Parkway is a spur off the Meadowbrook State Parkway on Long Island in the State of New York. After crossing over Reynolds Channel, the parkway ends at Lido Boulevard on the border of Lido Beach, New York and Point Lookout, New York....
 to Long Beach, New York
Long Beach, New York

Long Beach is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City in Nassau County, New York, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities in the county....
 and the Wantagh Parkway to Wantagh, New York
Wantagh, New York

Wantagh is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet and census-designated places in Nassau County, New York, New York, United States....
. Its eastern end is linked to Babylon, New York
Babylon (village), New York

Babylon is a political subdivisions of New York State#village in Suffolk County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 12,615 at the 2000 census....
 as well as to Fire Island, New York
Fire Island, New York

Fire Island is one of Long Island's south shore outer barrier islands, approximately 31 miles long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile to 0.25 mile wide....
 by the Robert Moses Causeway
Robert Moses Causeway

The Robert Moses Causeway is an long parkway in Suffolk County, New York. The parkway, originally known as the Captree Causeway, connects West Islip, New York on Long Island to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island, Jones Beach Island, and the western tip of Fire Island, to the south....
. The Ocean Parkway connects all three causeway
Causeway

In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated on a sandbank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. A transport corridor that is carried instead on a series of arches, perhaps approaching a bridge, is a viaduct....
s and runs the length of the island.

See also


  • Fire Island
    Fire Island, New York

    Fire Island is one of Long Island's south shore outer barrier islands, approximately 31 miles long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile to 0.25 mile wide....
  • Great South Bay
    Great South Bay

    The Great South Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 45 mi long, forming a large natural harbor on the southern side of Long Island in the U.S....
  • West Gilgo Beach
    West Gilgo Beach

    West Gilgo Beach is a small private gated community located in the Babylon , New York in Suffolk County, New York. The census considers it part of Gilgo-Oak Beach-Captree, New York...
  • Outer Barrier
    Outer barrier

    The Outer barrier, also known as the Long Island and New York City barrier islands, is the series of barrier islands which divide the lagoons of Great South Bay, South Oyster Bay, and Jamaica Bay south of Long Island from the Atlantic Ocean....
  • Fire Island National Seashore
    Fire Island National Seashore

    Fire Island National Seashore is a United States National Seashore that protects a 26 mile section of Fire Island, New York, an approximately 30 mile long barrier island separated from Long Island by the Great South Bay....


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