Fire Island is both the name of an island and the name of a census-designated place (CDP).
The island is one of Long Island's south shore outer barrier islands, approximately 31 miles (50 km) long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile (160 m) to 0.25 mile (400 m) wide. Fire Island passes through southern Suffolk County, New York, and is southeast of Long Island separated from the main land by the Great South Bay in the U.S. state of New York...
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Fire Island is both the name of an island and the name of a census-designated place (CDP).
The island is one of Long Island's south shore outer barrier islands, approximately 31 miles (50 km) long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile (160 m) to 0.25 mile (400 m) wide. Fire Island passes through southern Suffolk County, New York, and is southeast of Long Island separated from the main land by the Great South Bay in the U.S. state of New York, running approximately SW to NE.
The CDP does not cover the entire area of the landmass, nor is it limited to the single island. The CDP includes all of the island except for the villages of Saltaire and Ocean Beach, and includes the Brookhaven portion of the island that lies to the east.
The land area is 8.687 sq. mi. (22.5 km), and a permanent population of 491 people was reported as of the 2000 census. (There are hundreds of thousands of summertime residents, groupers and daytrippers.) The stated land area and population figures result...
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