PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. — A 40-foot boat moored in Port Jefferson Harbor caught fire overnight Thursday, according to the Port Jefferson Fire Department. In a […]
Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island
Crazy Facts About Debbie Gibson
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 […]
Crazy Facts About the North Shore Rail Trail: From Abandoned Tracks to a Biker’s Paradise
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 […]
Crazy Facts About Long Island’s Power: From Freeport’s First Lights to Montauk’s Wind-Powered Future
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 […]
10 Crazy (and True) Facts About the Long Island Paumanok Trail
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, […]
A Glimpse of Fire Island in 1901: Rare Photo from the LIRR Archives
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. […]
Jones Beach Theater History: From Wooden Stage to Rock Legend
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 […]
Updated: JetBlue Flight From Islip Makes Emergency Landing at JFK After Mid-Air Engine Failure
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on August 13th after one of its engines suffered a […]
Quack, Crack, and Swing: Crazy Facts About the Long Island Ducks Baseball Team
When the Long Island Ducks took the field for the first time on April 28, 2000, at the brand-new EAB Park in Central Islip, fans […]
History Photo: Long Beach Lager Delivery, 1890 Style
It wasn’t always flip-flops and sunscreen along Nassau County’s southern shore. Sometime around 1890, beachgoers in what is now Long Beach might have caught sight […]