Long Island’s longest barrier island lost more than half of its beaches and dunes when it was battered by Sandy last October, according to a federal study released Tuesday. Fire Island, which runs ...

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 ...

Beaches in the New York City area and New Jersey were open Saturday, but swimming advisories and bans remained in place as there continues to be a high rip current risk in Hurricane Erin's wake. The ...

A South Carolina man drowned while swimming at Sailors Haven Beach on Fire Island on Saturday afternoon, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Ishmoile Mohammed, 59, was caught in a rip current ...

Long Island's beaches hadn't been open for more than a few hours after Hurricane Erin forced them closed when a South Carolina man drowned Saturday, Aug. 23. Ishmoile Mohammed, 59, was swimming at ...