List of tourist attractions on Long Island

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The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State. The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions.

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In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City. The list also includes attractions further out on Long Island, those in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York, which are not parts of NYC but instead are parts of New York State.

Long Island attractions

New York City - Long IslandLandmarkPhotoDescriptionDates
Kings Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum June 2008 sunset jeh.JPG Located on Long Island in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, it is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States.1897
Kings Brooklyn Tabernacle Brooklyn-Tab.jpg The Brooklyn Tabernacle is one of New York City's largest churches and Grammy Award winning Choir.1981
Kings Brooklyn Bridge Pont de Brooklyn de nuit - Octobre 2008 edit.jpg Built in 1874, the Brooklyn Bridge is the oldest existing suspension bridge in the U.S.1874
Kings Coney Island Nathan's Coney Island July 2007.jpg Between about 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States; today, it contains two amusement parks and several other attractions clustered around the Riegelmann Boardwalk.1880s to present
Kings Prospect Park Long-Meadow-Panorama-M01.jpg The country's longest open park meadow, with ancient trees in Brooklyn's only extant forest.1898
Queens Citi Field Citi FIeld Night.jpg The home stadium of the New York Mets baseball team.2009
Queens Rockaway Peninsula Rockaway Boardwalk jeh.JPG Also called The Rockaways, a popular summer resort area since the 1830s, containing the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk and Jacob Riis Park on its southern shore.1830
Queens The Unisphere Unisfera Flushing.jpg The symbol of Queens, the Unisphere is a giant globe in Flushing Meadows Park.1964
Nassau Jones Beach Jones Beach WantaghPkwy Approach.jpg Jones Beach Tower, now a familiar Jones Beach State Park landmark, was modeled on the campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.1928
Nassau Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum NVMC 3.jpg Former home arena of the New York Islanders hockey team.1972
Nassau Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury Gardens 10.JPG Charles II - Westbury House, style mansion designed by George A. Crawley, contains 23 rooms. The grounds cover 160 acres.1903
Nassau Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Plantfield5597.JPG An arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres (160 ha) located in the Village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, New York.1918 - 1921
Nassau Sagamore Hill SagamoreHill.JPG Sagamore Hill was the home of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, from 1886 until his death in 1919.1884
Nassau Welwyn Preserve Welwyn mansion in Welwyn Preserve.JPG Welwyn Preserve was the estate of Harold I. Pratt. It is now a 204 acre nature reserve, and the mansion houses a Holocaust museum1913
Suffolk American Airpower Museum The American Airpower Museum, the former site of the Republic factory in Farmingdale, New York, maintains a collection of Republic artifacts, and an array of aircraft spanning the many years of the aircraft factory's history.Post World War II
Suffolk Bald Hill Bald-hill-memorial.jpg Bald Hill Memorial is located in Farmingville, NY. This destination pays tribute to U.S. Veterans to honor the men and women that served the country during the Vietnam War.1991
Suffolk Captree State Park Captree state park NY docks.jpg A state park located on the south shore off Jones Island (the barrier island that includes Jones Beach), overlooking the Fire Island Inlet Bridge and the westernmost section of Fire Island. Captree is a fisherman's haven and a picnicker's delight.1954
Suffolk Fire Island Light Fire Island Lighthouse 09.jpg Fire Island Lighthouse is a 180 foot stone tower that began operation in 1858 replacing the 74 foot tower originally built in 1826.1826 (Rebuilt) 1858
Suffolk Great South Bay Bridge GreatSouth-B-B.jpg The Robert Moses Causeway, over The State Channel and Fire Island inlet bridges to one of Long Island's great Atlantic coast islands such as Fire and Jones Beach Island connecting New York's Ocean Parkway.1963
Suffolk Long Island Game Farm LI Game Farm Sign; Looking South.jpg (Petting Zoo) with over 200 animals. The Long Island Game Farm is one of the island's oldest and most well-known establishments.1970
Suffolk Port Jefferson Harbor Port Jefferson Harbor.jpg Port Jefferson Harbor continues to attract mariners, visitors, tourists, and families to an area where natural beauty is the setting for a wide variety of activities, including a ferry service to Connecticut.Early 1900s
Suffolk Splish Splash Water pluss water.jpg Splish Splash is a 96-acre water park in Riverhead, New York.1991

Public beaches

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Long Island is well known for its many public beaches. They include (from west to east):

Public parks and nature preserves

Country clubs

Long Island is also home to numerous country clubs, polo clubs, golf clubs, and other private recreational organizations, including:

See also

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