The planned suburb
Garden City and Levittown show how different ideas about building a community leave a lasting mark.
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Long Island, Explained
50 Communities, Local Quirks, and the Geography Behind the Attitude
Fifty Nassau and Suffolk communities. The local quirks, rivalries, maps, and geography that make each place its own—from Great Neck to Montauk.
Start with your hometown. Then look up the one everyone argues about.
- 50 communities across Nassau and Suffolk
- Original locator maps
- Local history, geography, and personality
- From Great Neck to Montauk
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The places are familiar.
The stories might surprise you.
Life by the water
Port Washington, Long Beach, Freeport, and other waterfront communities make the shoreline part of the story.
The names everyone knows
Patchogue, the Hamptons, Montauk—and the details behind their familiar reputations.