Just because New York is one of the world's largest metropolitan areas doesn't mean it's without any natural attractions. From Coney Island to the Hamptons, here are some of New York's finest sand-filled getaways.
Seven and a half miles of Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Lifeguards are stationed on the beaches from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visitors enjoy basketball and handball courts, roller-hockey rinks, sitting areas and playgrounds along the boardwalk and adjoining areas. Recent im...
Located on the western end of Fire Island, Robert Moses State Park offers over five miles of ocean beach from which visitors can swim, surf and sun bath. 48 miles from Manhattan, via Southern State Parkway to Robert Moses Causeway (exit 40), south to Park at western end of Fire I...
Jones Beach State offers 6.5 miles of ocean beach, one-half mile of bay beach for stillwater bathing, and two swimming pools. The Beach also has a two mile boardwalk. Northwell Health Amphitheater draws big names for concerts throughout the season. Directions: 33 miles from Manha...
Ocean ParkwayTwo and a half miles on the Atlantic Ocean. Crowded but the easiest beach to get to from most parts of New York City. Almost a century before the boardwalk opened along the Atlantic Ocean, Coney Island was on its way to becoming the nation’s most popular pleasure ground. In 1824 ...
West 16 Street at Ancestors CircleOffers a 2.2 mile boardwalk where you may gain access to some of New York's best beaches, and a popular spot for surfers! You can gain access to the boardwalk from most boulevards in Long Beach. The community welcomes runners, walkers, baby stollers and cyclists. No roller blad...
1 West Chester StreetThe most commercial town on Fire Island offers the most popular beach.
Ocean BeachThe Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area offers visitors a blend of historical sites, ocean and bay beaches, swimming, hiking, birding, a spectacular holly forest, naturist areas and other recreation activities. The beach allows dogs, providing they are on a le...
From the City of New York/Parks & Recreation Historical Signs Program: This beach was formed nearly 20,000 years ago during the final stages of the last ice age. As the Wisconsin ice sheet advanced southward, it pushed vast amounts of clay, sand, and gravel along in a mass ca...
Popular public beach opened in 1932 and is part of Robert Moses' legacy. Famous Art-Deco Bathhouse is home to park ranger led activities and history exhibits. Mini-golf, playground, ball courts and concession stands available. Nearby Fort Tilden has bike and walking paths that me...
Gateway National Recreation AreaSeason runs from Memorial Day through Weekend after Labor Day The 115-acre, 1.1-mile-long engineering marvel was created on Long Island Sound by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses during the 1930s. "The Riviera of New York" consists of a 13-section sandy beach, a hexagonal...
Pelham Bay ParkNew Yorker's tend to focus on the Long Island beaches, forgetting that New Jersey has some of the most spectacular beaches in the North East. One of the largest, Point Pleaseant, lives up to it's name once you get beyong the hectic boardwalk. The clean sand stretches for miles, a...
Ocean AvenueThe Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach have long provided New Yorkers a refuge from the congestion and confinement of city life. Colonized in 1661 by a small Dutch community, the coastal neighborhoods of Middle and South Beach changed little until the l880s. Around tha...
Father Capadonno Blvd. (Sand Lane)Manhattan Beach was created by real estate developer Austin Corbin (1827-1896) in 1877 as a self-contained summer resort on 500 acres of salt marsh, the eastern peninsula of what was once Coney Island. Visitors stayed at the Oriental Hotel and the Manhattan Beach Hotel and attend...