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Montauk, New York

Montauk is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
(and census-designated place

Census-designated place

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) in Suffolk County

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....
, New York

New York

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on the South Shore

South Shore (Long Island)

The South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York, is the area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaway, Queens such as Belle Harbor, Queens, the term is generally used to refer to the Long Island coastline in...
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....
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the hamlet population was 3,851. It is the easternmost area in Long Island, and thus the easternmost area in New York State.

Strategically located on the tip of the South Fork

South Fork, Suffolk County, New York

The South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, New York is a peninsula in the southeast part of the county on the South Shore of Long Island. All of the South Fork is an area known as the Hamptons....
peninsula it has been used as an Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force base. Located off the Connecticut coast, it is home to the largest commercial and recreational fishing

Recreational fishing

File:Girl with her fish.jpgRecreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or Artisan fishing, which is fishing for survival....
fleet in New York State.

The Montauk Point Lighthouse

Montauk Point Lighthouse

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History

17th Century

Montauk derives its name from the Montaukett

Montaukett

The Montaukett is an Algonquian speaking Indigenous peoples of the Americas tribe native to eastern of Long Island, New York. In the late 17th Century Chief Wyandanch transferred much of the land to English settler Lion Gardiner....
tribe, an Algonquin

Algonquin

The Algonquins are an aboriginal peoples in Canada/Indigenous people of North American speaking Algonquin language. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Ottawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anishinaabe grouping....
speaking tribe who lived in the area.

In 1614 Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
explorer Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block was a Netherlands private trader and navigator who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson....
encountered the tribe at Montauk Point which he named Hoeck van de Visschers, or "Point of the Fishers."

In 1637 the Montauketts sided with the victorious English in the Pequot War

Pequot War

The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1636-1637 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony colonies, with Indigenous peoples of the Americas allies , against the Pequot tribe....
in Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
. In the aftermath the Montauketts were to sell Gardiners Island

Gardiners Island

Gardiners Island is a small island in eastern Suffolk County, New York in the U.S. state of New York, located in Gardiners Bay between the two peninsulas at the eastern end of Long Island....
. In 1658 what would become East Hampton (first Maidstone) was sold by them to the Connecticut colony while retaining the lands to the east from the hills rising above Napeague, New York

Napeague, New York

Napeague is a census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 223 at the 2000 census.It is located on a very narrow, low lying strip between the Atlantic Ocean and Gardiners Bay that was flooded in the Great Hurricane of 1938....
to Montauk Point. The western boundary of today's Hither Hills State Park is also known as the 1648 purchase line.

In 1653 Narragansett

Narragansett

Narragansett may refer to:*Narragansett *Narragansett, Rhode Island, a town*Narragansett Bay*Narragansett *Narragansett Turkey*Narragansett, a dialect of the Massachusett language...
s under Ninigret

Ninigret

Ninigret was a sachem of the Niantic Native Americans in the United States tribe. He did not participate in King Philip's War....
attacked and burned the Montaukett village, killing 30 and capturing one of Chief Wyandanch's daughters. The daughter was recovered with the aid of Lion Gardiner

Lion Gardiner

Lion Gardiner , an early English settler and soldier in the New World, founded the first English people settlement in what became the state of New York....
(who in turn was to get large portion of Smithtown, New York

Smithtown, New York

Smithtown is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Suffolk County, New York, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island....
in appreciation). The Montauketts, ravaged by smallpox and threatened by the Narragansetts, and were provided temporary refuge in East Hampton. The Narragansetts declared a war of genocide against the white settlers and many short but famous battles ensued. The skirmishes were to end in 1657. Fort Pond Bay derives its name from a Montaukett "fort" on its shore. A deed was issued in 1661 titled "Ye deed of Guift" which granted all of the lands East of Fort Pond to be for the common use of both the Indians and the Townsmen. After the 1658 purchase agreements were entered into in 1661, 1672 and 1686 which, among other things, allowed a group of Easthampton townsmen to graze cattle on the Montaukett lands. While some lands were protected in the agreements as forest land, for the most part all of Montauk was maintained by the townsmen as a private livestock and fisheries operation. As a result of Montauk being operated as a livestock operation it is considered to be the oldest cattle ranch in the United States.

In 1660 Wyandanch's widow sold all of Montauk from Napeague to the tip of the island for 100 pounds to be paid in 10 equal installments of "Indian corn or good wampum

Wampum

Wampum is a string of creamy white colored shell beads fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell, and is traditionally used by Indigenous Americans, First Nations peoples, Native Americans in the United States, hobbyists, business people, and Merchant, who regarded it as a sacred or trade representative of the value of the arti...
at six to a penny". However the tribe was to be permitted to stay on the land and to hunt and fish at will on the land and to harvest the tails and fins of whales that washed up dead on the East Hampton shores. Town officials who bought the land were to file for reimbursement for rum

Rûm

R?m, also Roum or Rhum , is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to the Balkans and Anatolia generally, and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of R?m in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey territory as well as for Greek Cypriots....
they had plied the tribe. The tribe was to continue residence until the 19th century in the area around Big Reed Pond in what was to be called "Indian Fields."

In 1686 English New York Governor Thomas Dongan issued a patent

Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
creating the governing system for East Hampton. The patent did not extend beyond Napeague to Montauk. This lack of authority has formed the basis for various control disputes ever since.

In 1699 the pirate Captain Kidd was said to have buried treasure at the tip of Montauk at what today is called Money Ponds.

18th Century

In 1775 during the Siege of Boston

Siege of Boston

}|-||}The Siege of Boston was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War, in which New England militiamen?who later became part of the Continental Army?surrounded the town of Boston, Massachusetts, to prevent movement by the British Army garrisoned within....
in the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
a British ship visited Fort Pond Bay

Fort Pond Bay

Fort Bond Bay is a bay off Long Island Sound at Montauk, New York that was site of the first port on the end of Long Island.The bay has a long strategic history....
in search of provisions -- notably cattle. John Dayton who had limited troops at his disposal on a hill above the bay feigned that he had more by walking them back and forth across a hill turning their coats inside out to make it look like there more of them (a tactic referred to as Dayton's Ruse).

In 1781 the British HMS Culloden (1776)

HMS Culloden (1776)

HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford, England, and launched on 18 May 1776. She was the fourth warship to be named after the Battle of Culloden, which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite Rising....
while pursuing a French frigate ran aground near what today is called Culloden Point

Culloden Point

Culloden Point is a small peninsula north of Montauk, New York that that marks the east side entrance to Fort Pond Bay off Long Island Sound....
. The ship was scuttled. Remains of the ship were discovered in the 1970s. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
and is the only underwater park in the state of New York.

The first hamlet of Montauk was built on Fort Pond Bay near what is the train station for the Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York that has been classified as a Class II railroad by the Surface Transportation Board....
.

In 1792 Congress under George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
authorized construction of the Montauk Lighthouse. It was completed in 1796.

19th Century

In 1839 slaves who had seized the Amistad (1841)

Amistad (1841)

The Amistad, also known as United States v. The Amistad Africans Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States case resulting from the rebellion of slavery on board the Spain schooner La Amistad in 1839....
came ashore in the hamlet looking for provisions after being told by the white crew that they had returned to Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. American authorities were alerted and the slaves were recaptured and ultimately freed in a much publicized trial.

In 1867, Stephen Talkhouse

Stephen Talkhouse

Stephen Talkhouse was a Montaukett Native American of the late 19th century who was famed for his 25-50 mile daily round trip walks from Montauk, New York to East Hampton , New York and Sag Harbor, New York....
was displayed by P.T. Barnum as the "the last king of the Montauks." Talkhouse became legend for his walks from Indian Fields to New York City.

In 1879 Arthur W. Benson

Arthur W. Benson

Arthur W. Benson was a president of KeySpan who developed Bensonhurst and Montauk, New York.Brooklyn Gas Light, founded in 1823, when Brooklyn had 9,000 people....
paid US$151,000 for 10,000 acres (40 km²) for the east end (with Benson only fronting 10% down). Benson also got clear title to the Montaukett property at Big Reed Pond

Big Reed Pond

Big Reed Pond in Montauk, Long Island in New York State is a freshwater pond that is mostly undeveloped. It was where the Montaukett tribe lived until the mid 1800s....
buying it from tribesmen for $10 each and one case one of the tribesmen houses was burned. The legitimacy of the transaction is still being contested in court by the tribe.

In 1882 construction began on six shingle-style "cottages" designed by Stanford White

Stanford White

Stanford White was an United States architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts architecture firms....
became the centerpiece of Benson's plans. The most prominent of the six Montauk Association houses is Tick Hall belonging to Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett is an United States former television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues....
.

In 1895 the first train from the Austin Corbin

Austin Corbin

Austin Corbin consolidated the rail lines on Long Island bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road.Corbin's most ambitious plan was the 20 mile extension of the rail line from Bridgehampton, New York to Montauk, New York where he planned to open a deep water port so that trans-Atlantic passengers could shave...
extension of the Long Island Rail Road pulled into Montauk (the land having been bought in 1882). Corbin planned to turn Montauk into a "shortcut" saving a day each way for voyages to between New York City and London (ships would dock at the Fort Pond Bay terminal and travel to New York City at 60 mph). Corbin built the dock on Fort Pond Bay but the plans never materialized when, among other things, Fort Pond Bay was found to be too shallow and rocky to handle ocean going ships.

In 1898 after the Benson/Corbin plan did not work out as planned, the United States Army bought the Benson property to establish an army base called Camp Wikoff to quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease....
Army personnel returning from the Spanish American War. The most prominent of the returning quarantined soldiers were Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
and his Rough Riders

Rough Riders

The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the United States' war with Spain and the only one of the three to see action....
. Several soldiers died during the quarantine prompting a visit from President William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected....
.

20th Century

In 1924 Robert Moses

Robert Moses

Robert Moses was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second French Empire Paris, and is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of urban planning in the United States....
began condemning Benson land to establish state parks on either end of Montauk — Hither Hills State Park

Hither Hills State Park

Hither Hills State Park is a state park located on the southern shore near the eastern tip of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York in the USA....
in the west and the Montauk Point State Park in the east. The two parks were to be connected via the Montauk Point State Parkway.

In 1926 Carl G. Fisher

Carl G. Fisher

Carl Graham Fisher was an United States entrepreneur. Despite having severe astigmatism , he became a seemingly tireless pioneer and promoter of the automotive, auto racing, and real estate development industries....
bought most of the east end, planning to turn Montauk into the "Miami Beach of the North." His projects included blasting a hole through the fresh water Lake Montauk

Lake Montauk

Lake Montauk is a 900-acre embayment in Montauk, New York that is home to the largest commercial and sporting fish fleets in the state of New York....
to access Block Island Sound

Block Island Sound

Block Island Sound is a strait in the open Atlantic Ocean, approximately wide, separating Block Island from the coast of Rhode Island in the United States....
to replace the shallow Fort Pond Bay as the hamlet's port, establishing the Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island in Lake Montauk, building the Montauk Manor a luxury resort (pictured to the right), Montauk Playhouse and the six-story Montauk Improvement Building, which today remains East Hampton's tallest occupied building as zoning ordinances restrict heights of buildings, and established the Montauk Downs Golf Course. Other hotels opening then included Gurney's Inn, built by W. J. and Maude Gurney, who had managed a Fisher hotel in Miami Beach. Fisher lost his fortune in the Crash of 1929 and most of his enterprises were shuttered.

In the Great Hurricane of 1938 water flooded across Napeague, turning Montauk into an island. Flood waters from the hurricane inundated the main downtown and it was moved three miles (5 km) to the south, immediately next to the 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....
.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
bought most of the east end including Montauk Manor to turn it into a military base. Fort Pond Bay became a seaplane base. The United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
established Camp Hero with guns to protect New York shipping lanes. Several concrete bunker observation posts were built along the coast, including one immediately to the east of the Montauk Lighthouse. Base buildings were disguised so they appear from above as a New England fishing village.

In 1951 sport fisherman Frank Mundus

Frank Mundus

Frank Mundus was a sport fisherman at Montauk, New York who is said to be the inspiration for the character Quint in the movie and book Jaws ....
began to lead charter fishing trips out of Lake Montauk initially looking for bluefish

Bluefish

The bluefish , called tailor in Australia, is a species of popular marine game-fish found in all climates. It is the sole species of the Pomatomidae family....
but soon found fishing for sharks more lucrative. The sport of "monster fishing" became Montauk's signature draw.

On September 1, 1951, the Pelican
Pelican (Fishing Vessel)

The SS Pelican was a party boat, or head boat, operating out of Montauk, New York, which capsized on September 1, 1951, killing 45 passengers, including the captain Eddie Carroll....
captained by Eddie Carroll, capsized in the shoals off Montauk Point resulting in the deaths of 45 passengers and crew. The Pelican was carrying 64 souls, most of whom had taken the Fisherman's Special trains to Montauk LIRR

Lirr

Lirr or LIRR may refer to:*Long Island Rail Road, a railroad on Long Island, New York, USA*Lapeer Industrial Railroad*Leeds Inner Ring Road, a motorway and A-road circling Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
station from New York City. The boat left the Fishangrila Dock at Fort Pond Bay at 7:30 a.m. severely overloaded. After fishing in the Atlantic Ocean on the south side of Montauk for several hours, it returned home, encountering engine trouble on the way. The weather turned stormy and a northeast wind developed against an outgoing tide, resulting in standing waves of several feet at Endeavor Shoals, just off the Point. The vessel, wallowing in the heavy seas, became unstable in its overloaded state, capsized and then foundered at 2:10 p.m. Nearby vessels were only able to rescue 19 passengers. The wreck was secured by fabled sport fisherman Frank Mundus

Frank Mundus

Frank Mundus was a sport fisherman at Montauk, New York who is said to be the inspiration for the character Quint in the movie and book Jaws ....
and towed into Lake Montauk by the Coast Guard. As a result of the disaster, strict new regulations regarding overloading of fishing vessels were adopted nationwide.

In 1957 the Army closed Camp Hero and it was taken over by United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
which in 1958 built a wide AN/FPS-35

AN/FPS-35

The AN/FPS-35 radar was a long range radar used in the early 1960s.Sperry Corporation built 12 long range radars in the 1960s to succeed existing Semi Automatic Ground Environment to provide enhanced electronic countermeasures ....
radar to detect incoming Soviet bombers. A massive building was built to house its computers. The radar quickly became obsolete.

In 1959, following the Kitchen Debate

Kitchen Debate

The Kitchen Debate was an impromptu debate between then United States Vice President of the United States Richard Nixon and Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, on July 24, 1959....
between United States Vice President Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, following the death of Joseph Stalin, and Premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964....
, the designers of the kitchen, including Raymond Loewy

Raymond Loewy

Raymond Fernand Loewy was one of the best known industrial designers of the 20th century. Born in France, he spent most of his professional career in the United States where he influenced countless aspects of North American culture....
, announce plans to sell affordable prefabricated houses, called Leisurama

Leisurama

Leisurama is a development of vacation homes in Montauk, New York that was constructed between 1963 and 1965 following the developer's success with a model home at the 1959 American Exhibition in Moscow....
, to be used for second homes. One of the houses was exhibited on the 9th floor of Macy's

Macy's

Macy's is a chain of mid to high range United States department stores. Its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City has been billed as the "world's largest store" since 1924, although today it ties with London's Harrods in vastness of selling space....
. Two hundred of the houses, the largest installation, were assembled at Culloden Point

Culloden Point

Culloden Point is a small peninsula north of Montauk, New York that that marks the east side entrance to Fort Pond Bay off Long Island Sound....
.

In 1967 the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
announced plans to tear down the Montauk Lighthouse and replace it with a taller steel tower. Erosion had reduced its buffer from the edge of a cliff from when it was built to less than . The Coast Guard backed down after protests.

In 1982 the Air Force Base formally closed and the military began selling its surplus property.

In 1992, Long Island residents Preston B. Nichols and Peter Moon

Peter Moon

Peter Moon is the co-author and editor of a series of books revolving around 'The Montauk Project'.The first in the series is titled 'The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time' released in June 1992....
wrote a science fiction novel, The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time
Montauk Project

The Montauk Project was alleged to be a series of secret United States government projects conducted at Camp Hero or Montauk Air Force Station on Montauk, New York, Long Island for the purpose of developing psychological warfare techniques and exotic research including time travel....
(ISBN 0-9631889-0-9) in which it was claimed the radar was used by the government to conduct time travel experiments. Among the claims is that it drove the residents of Montauk mad and that their children were kidnapped. The book and its follow-up books were to expand on many Montaukett tales and other East End stories. The book has been perceived by some to be true and the base has assumed something of a cult status among conspiracy buffs. It was also featured in a segment of the X-Files television series.

21st century

In October 2007 a fishing boat dragged up a large 19th century anchor, which was speculated to have been lost by the Great Eastern

Great Eastern

Great Eastern may refer to:* SS Great Eastern, a steamship built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1858, one of the largest ships in its era* Great Eastern Railway, an English railway company formed in 1862 from a merger of several smaller companies...
in 1862.

In July 2008 a reported "Montauk Monster

Montauk Monster

The "Montauk Monster" was an unidentified creature which allegedly washed ashore dead on a beach near the Montauk, New York, New York business district in July 2008....
" washed up on the shore and was not identified.

Tourism

Montauk is considered a beach resort, using its position at the tip of Long Island to promote itself as "The Living End" or "The Last Resort" and become one of the busiest tourist locations within the town of East Hampton. The small town is host to many restaurants, bed and breakfasts, and hotels and is a popular vacation spot in the warm weather months. Such accommodations are rarer elsewhere in the Hamptons. Many of the Montauk hotels are only open April through November, some for shorter time periods, while a few serve fishermen and other customers year round.

The Long Island Rail Road

Montauk (LIRR station)

Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, and as such is the easternmost train station on Long Island. The station is located on Edgemere Street and Fort Pond Road west of Montauk Harbor, New York....
provides train service to Pennsylvania Station, New York, and Hampton Jitney

Hampton Jitney

Hampton Jitney is a for profit bus company based in Southampton, New York, operating three primary routes from the East End of Long Island to New York City, as well as charter services, along with local transit bus service in eastern Suffolk County under contract with Suffolk County Transit....
provides bus service to the Upper East Side

Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side is within an area surrounded by 59th Street, 96th Street, Central Park, and the East River....
of Manhattan. Suffolk Transit's 10C

List of bus routes in Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County Transit operates a number of bus routes in Suffolk County, New York, United States; a few in the town of Huntington, NY are operated by Huntington Area Rapid Transit....
and seasonally-operated S94

List of bus routes in Suffolk County, New York

East Hampton (village), New York

East Hampton is an incorporated Administrative divisions of New York#village in Suffolk County, New York, New York on the South Shore of the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York of eastern Long Island....
, and the Amagansett

Amagansett (LIRR station)

Amagansett is a train station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Railroad. It is located at Main Street and Abrahms Landing Road, in Amagansett, New York....
, East Hampton

East Hampton (LIRR station)

East Hampton is a train station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located officially on Railroad Avenue between Newtown Lane and Race Lane, in East Hampton , New York, however parking is available along Railroad Avenue as far west as King Street....
and Montauk

Montauk (LIRR station)

Long Island Rail Road

Montauk Branch

The Montauk - Babylon Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east....
, and the seasonally-operated S94 connects the village with the Montauk Point Light.

Lake Montauk

Lake Montauk

Lake Montauk is a 900-acre embayment in Montauk, New York that is home to the largest commercial and sporting fish fleets in the state of New York....
, a small bay on the north side of town, is home to a US Coast Guard station and a small fishing fleet, both commercial and recreational.

In 2007, Newsday

Newsday

Newsday is a daily tabloid-size, Pulitzer Prize-winning, United States newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the New York City metropolitan area....
listed 47 businesses in the category of "Hotel" in Montauk. They represented 2,030 rooms.. None of the hotels are operated by a chain as East Hampton town zoning regulations forbid chains (likewise there are no fast food or other restaurant chains in Montauk).

State Parks

Six state parks are in Montauk. They are from west to east:

Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park

Hither Hills State Park is a state park located on the southern shore near the eastern tip of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York in the USA....
Shadmoor State Park
Shadmoor State Park

Shadmoor State Park is a state park located in Suffolk County, New York in the USA. The park is in the East Hampton , New York on the South Fork of Long Island, east of Montauk village....
Montauk Downs State Park
Montauk Downs State Park

Montauk Downs State Park is a state park in New York, USA. The park is located in Suffolk County, New York near the eastern tip of the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York of Long Island....
Amsterdam Beach State Park
Amsterdam Beach State Park

Amsterdam Beach State Park is a New York State Park on the Atlantic Ocean in East Hampton , New York just east of Montauk, New York.The park was formally acquired in 2005 and is between Shadmoor State Park and the Andy Warhol Preserve owned by the Nature Conservancy....
Camp Hero State Park
Camp Hero State Park

Camp Hero was a military base at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. It was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now owned by the New York State Parks as Camp Hero State Park....
Montauk Point State Park
Montauk Point State Park

Montauk Point State Park is located in the hamlet of Montauk, New York at the eastern tip of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York , New York....

In addition there is Theodore Roosevelt County Park

Theodore Roosevelt County Park

Theodore Roosevelt County Park is just east of Montauk, New York and includes:* Montaukett Village where the Native Americans originally settled and home of Chief Wyandanch and Stephen Talkhouse...
and several East Hampton parks and Nature Conservancy areas.

In popular culture

The Memory Motel
Memory Motel

"Memory Motel" is a song from rock and roll band The Rolling Stones' 1976 in music album Black and Blue.A ballad, the song is credited to singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards ....
is in Montauk on Long Island and near the Church Estate (also known as Eothen) that Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola , more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an United Statesn Painting, Printmaking, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the Art movement known as pop art....
bought in 1972. According to Arthur Schneider, who owns the Memory Motel, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
stayed at Warhol's estate when they were on tour in 1975-76. (They were good friends with Warhol, who designed the Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers is an album by English Rock music band The Rolling Stones, released in April 1971. It is the band's first release on the band's newly-formed label, Rolling Stones Records, after having been contracted since 1963 with Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US....
album cover.) The Memory Motel was said to be the only place in the area with a pool table and a piano, and The Stones were purported to come by and hang out at the bar. The song "Memory Motel" was written during this period.
Montauk is nostalgically praised by singer/songwriter Billy Joel
Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an United States rock music musician, singer-songwriter, and Classical music composer. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man ", in 1973....
, who had summered in this posh hamlet for years. The song "The Downeaster 'Alexa'", from his album Storm Front
Storm Front (album)

Storm Front is the eleventh studio album by Billy Joel and his first to be recorded digitally. Released in 1989. . The album featured one of Joel's three #1 hits, "We Didn't Start the Fire", a fast-paced song mentioning some of the major historical events that took place in his time....
, tells the story of a Long Island fisherman's journey through Montauk Sound on his ship, named after Joel's daughter
Alexa Ray Joel

Alexa Ray Joel is an United States singer, songwriter and piano.She is the daughter of popular singer Billy Joel and his second wife, supermodel Christie Brinkley....
.
Montauk also is the title of a novel by the Swiss writer Max Frisch
Max Frisch

Max Frisch was a Switzerland architect, playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity , individuality, responsibility, morality and political commitment....
(1974), and is centered around the narrator's open relationship with Lynn, an American journalist. Their key scenes are located there.
Montauk is mentioned on the final track of Long Island band Brand New
Brand New

Brand New is an American band from Levittown, New York, New York, formed in 2000. The band currently consists of lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist Jesse Lacey; guitarist Vincent Accardi; bassist Garrett Tierney; rhythm guitarist, keyboardist Derrick Sherman; and drummer Brian Lane....
's acclaimed album Deja Entendu
Deja Entendu

Deja Entendu is the second album from Long Island based band Brand New, released in 2003. Vastly different from their first release, Your Favorite Weapon, Deja Entendu was positively received by critics for the meaningful songs and lyrics....
. The track is called "Play Crack The Sky" and mentions Montauk Point and the lighthouse.
Montauk plays a prominent role in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 in film United States drama film film by France director Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction film and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and Romantic love....
.
The final track on Circa Survive
Circa Survive

Circa Survive is an experimental rock band consisting of vocalist Anthony Green and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward. They have released two albums since 2005 and are currently writing material for a third that is due to be released in 2009....
's album Juturna
Juturna (album)

Juturna is experimental rock band Circa Survive's debut album, released on April 19, 2005 by Equal Vision Records. It reached #183 on the Billboard 200 on May 7, 2005....
is entitled "Meet Me in Montauk", a reference to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 in film United States drama film film by France director Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction film and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and Romantic love....
.
The fifth track on Bayside
Bayside (band)

Bayside is an American rock band signed to Victory Records from Bayside, Queens, Queens, New York, from which their named is derived. They have released four full length albums on Victory, as well as a live album and an acoustic album....
's self titled album released in 2005 is entitled "Montauk", another reference to the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 in film United States drama film film by France director Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction film and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and Romantic love....
.
Montauk is referenced in an episode of The Office in which the character of Andy Bernard
Andy Bernard

Andrew "Andy" Baines Bernard is a fictional character from the United States television series The Office . He is played by Ed Helms....
mentions that he "caught an eighty-pound shark off of Montauk."
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales....
featured Veronika Vareková
Veronika Vareková

Veronika Varekov? is a Czech Republic model. Her name in the English-language press is often given as Veronica Varekova....
as photographed by local resident Walter Iooss
Walter Iooss

Walter Iooss Jr. has been a professional Photojournalism since the age of 19. He is perhaps best known for his work with Sports Illustrated magazine and for his portraits of famous sportspersons like Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken, Jr....
on its beach for the 2004 cover.
Montauk is the setting of the 2005 ESPN sportfishing-based reality show "Guide House: Montauk."
In the July 2007 issue of Playboy
Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, with a presence in nearly every medium....
Magazine a nude pictorial called "Girls Of Montauk" features photos of local women - Jamie Rae, Reby Sky
Reby Sky

Rebecca Victoria Reyes , professionally known as Reby Sky, is an United States glamour model, classical pianist, dancer and actress....
and three others - on Montauk beaches.
Montauk is the site of the alleged government Montauk Project
Montauk Project

The Montauk Project was alleged to be a series of secret United States government projects conducted at Camp Hero or Montauk Air Force Station on Montauk, New York, Long Island for the purpose of developing psychological warfare techniques and exotic research including time travel....
.
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Grammy Award-winning Canada singer of Portuguese people ancestry. She is a singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress....
sings that she has "Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
to Montauk on lock" in the 2007 song 'Give It To Me
Give It to Me

Give It to Me can refer to:*"Give It to Me", a 1990 song by Stray Cats*"Give It to Me", a 2001 song by Kylie Minogue from her album Fever ...
' by Timbaland
Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapping, and singer. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day....
, also featuring Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
.
Montauk is mentioned in the television show Friends
Friends

Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
in the episodes "The One at the Beach" and "The One with the Jellyfish", in which the gang goes to Montauk and find Phoebe
Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan is a fictional character from the popular United States TV series sitcom Friends , played by Lisa Kudrow. Her claims to fame include her guitar playing in Central Perk and her elaborate, improbable stories about her previous lives....
's (Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow

Lisa V. Kudrow is an Emmy Award- and Screen Actors Guild-winning United States actor, best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in the popular television situation comedy Friends and as Valerie Cherish in the HBO series The Comeback , which she produced and co-created....
) birth mother (Teri Garr
Teri Garr

Terry Ann "Teri" Garr is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian....
).
Montauk is featured in the first episode of John Lurie's television series Fishing with John
Fishing with John

Fishing with John is a 1991 in television Cult television TV series directed by and starring actor and musician John Lurie. On the surface, the series resembles a standard travel or Fishing television series: In each episode, Lurie takes a famous guest on a fishing expedition....
.
Montauk is mentioned in the television show The OC when Sandy Cohen
Sandy Cohen

Sanford "Sandy" Cohen is a fictional character on the Fox Broadcasting Company series The O.C.. He is portrayed by Peter Gallagher.Sandy, a lawyer, raconteur, and son of Sophie Cohen , is married to Kirsten Cohen....
mentions that he's been surfing in Montauk.
Montauk is mentioned in the 2004 movie "White Chicks
White Chicks

White Chicks is a 2004 in film United States mockumentary film Film director by Keenen Ivory Wayans and Screenwriter and Film producer by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans....
".
Montauk is the residence of "Trenker" in the book "Gentlehands" by Marijane Meaker
Montauk is the vacation spot of "General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
" lovebirds Jason Morgan
Jason Morgan

Jason Morgan is a fictional character and the current main protagonist on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, General Hospital and has appeared on its SOAPnet spin-off series, General Hospital: Night Shift. He is one of the longest-running characters on the show, having been played by various actors since the character's bi...
and Robin Scorpio
Robin Scorpio

Dr. Robin Scorpio Drake is a fictional character from the American Broadcasting Company soap opera General Hospital, a main protaganist on its spinoff SOAPnet's General Hospital: Night Shift and one half of supercouple Patrick Drake and Robin Scorpio....
in a 1996 episode.
A reference to Montauk is made in the Will & Grace 2005 season 7, episode 18 "The Fabulous Baker Boy", when Will asks millionaire Karen if he can use her house in Montauk for a romantic getaway weekend with her pastry chef Edward, played by guest star Stuart Townsend.

Geography

Montauk is located at (41.038310, -71.950608).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the hamlet has a total area of 19.8 square miles (51.2 km²), of which, 17.5 square miles (45.3 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it (11.53%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 3,851 people, 1,593 households, and 992 families residing in the CDP. The population density

Population density

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was 220.1 per square mile (85.0/km²). There were 4,815 housing units at an average density of 275.2/sq mi (106.3/km²). The racial makeup of the hamlet was 87.04% White, 0.86% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 9.76% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.92% of the population.

There were 1,593 households out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 105.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.2 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $42,329, and the median income for a family was $50,493. Males had a median income of $40,063 versus $28,299 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the hamlet was $23,875. About 8.3% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Montauk, New York

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