Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island

No, we’re not talking about the bass at a Billy Joel concert or the time Metallica melted faces at Nassau Coliseum. We’re talking real, ground-shaking, […]

You’re standing on the leftovers of a 60,000-year-old glacier. Seriously. Long Island didn’t just show up one day with bagels and beach traffic. It was […]

Sure, Long Island isn’t exactly medieval England but if you’ve got a craving for castles, turrets, and Gatsby-level grandeur, you’re in luck. From Cold Spring […]

Long before social media and smartphones, a proud 1964 promotional film captured the essence of midcentury Long Island—and the newspaper that helped shape it. Titled […]

Billy Joel might be the only person alive who can sell out Madison Square Garden for the hundredth time and still seem like someone you […]

By Isabella Scuteri In 1791, the burial grounds of Lakeview Cemetery began behind the Union Church located on the corner of Waverly Avenue and West […]

Before he was a symbol of hope, a civil rights hero, or an Oscar-winning biopic, Harvey Milk was just a Jewish kid from Woodmere with […]

By Sumaq Killari You might not know but Long Island, a place famous for its quiet suburban life, has also been home to a vibrant […]

Off the eastern tip of Long Island, just past Orient Point, sits Plum Island—a place most Long Islanders know by name, but few know much […]