Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island

Fireworks by Grucci is the Long Island outfit that turned the night sky into a family business plan and then exported it worldwide. What began […]

By Matthew Figueroa On August 24, 1839, nearly two centuries ago, the Spanish schooner La Amistad was seized off the coast of Montauk by American […]

Debbie Gibson didn’t just grow up in Merrick—she grew up on the Billboard charts, Broadway stages, and TV screens across the world. From writing her […]

It took five decades, countless town meetings, a dogged legislator with a bone, and even a global pandemic, but Long Island finally has its own […]

If you think paying your PSEG Long Island bill is painful now, wait until you hear the wild power history of how Long Island first […]

If you’ve ever dreamed of walking across the length of Long Island without setting foot on a sidewalk or waiting at a red light—good news, […]

Long before social media turned sunsets into advertising, the Long Island Rail Road was already on the case—using photography to market the island’s natural beauty. […]

For Long Islanders, a summer night at Jones Beach Theater is almost a rite of passage: the sun setting over Zach’s Bay, the smell of […]