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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fire Island Inlet Bridge, the only bridge to one of New York's most popular ocean beaches, was closed for hours Monday for an unscheduled safety inspection. State engineers abruptly shut down the ...

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 bridge linking to some of Long Island's most iconic beaches reopened Monday afternoon after an emergency inspection forced its partial closure, but authorities will continue to monitor and restrict ...

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 ...

Feral cats are flourishing on Fire Island — and that surge is putting one of the region’s most fragile bird species at risk. Since 2015, researchers led by wildlife biologist Christy Wails have ...