chrismorley

interested in recommendations of places to stay on south coast of long island east of jfk but west of the hamptons

Rhea58

Where particularly do you want to visit? There's quite
a few miles between JFK & the Hamptons.

IMDonehere

And a very small note, local people call it the south shore and north shore. And as Rhea noted, Long Island is about 120 miles long and it also depends on how long you want to stay.

ekscrunchy

There are not many, if any, hotels on the ocean on that stretch, unless I am forgetting something. It is mostly residential development and state parks. If you want a beach vacation, you could try Fire Island, a barrier island off the south shore of Long Island. You get there by ferry from the "mainland" of Long Island.

http://www.fireisland.com/


I know nothing about any of the hotels there; the various communities have very different demographics so you might want to inquire about this before you select a place to stay if you go this route:

http://palmshotelfireisland.com/fire-island/

nytraveler

You need to understand that much of Long Island west of the east end is a massive suburban area - not resorts that you get from the Hamptons and east.

There are lots of public beaches along the south shore - if you're ready for the north atlantic (chilly water and pounding surf). But the area doesn;t have much in the way of places to stay since most are state parks.

As for other sights there are a bunch: Old Bethpage Village Restoration (with colonial and later houses and docent demonstrating life and crafts in earlier days), the Cradle of AViation Museum in Garden City as well as spots on the north shore such as Teddy Roosevelt's Home at Sagamore Hill.

Fire Island is a barrier island that runs along a good part of the south shore with a number of different villages reachable by ferry - some family, some singles, some gay - but I don't know about lodging except rental houses.

This area is NOT rich in places to stay - since thee sights are visited mostly by locals and fire island is mainly long-term rentals.

It would help if you tell us what you plan on doing, who and how many you are and what your nightly budget is.

AJPeabody

You told us where. Now: Why? When?

chrismorley

thanks for info
date wise mid may 2 adults say $250 a night
sightseeing,beach walking

HappyTrvlr

Head to the Hamptons, Sag Harbor or Montauk areas.

nytraveler

West of Hamptons you will not find much you want. There are lots of motels in/near the numerous office parks - but not really beach towns with lodgings nearby. Even in the Hamptons most of the shore ie either private property (of the uber wealthy) or town or state beaches. Typically the inns or motels are in the town and a drive or bike ride from the beach.

Montauk/Amagansett have a couple of condo colonies right on the beach but I think they usually rent by the week Sat to Sat. You might look at those. But realize that mid May is still pre season (Memorial day - end May is the real start) and a lot of restaurants will be open only weekends until then.

330east

Well, good luck. As stated above there for all intents and purposes no hotels/motels on the south "coast" of Long Island, esp. to the west of the Hamptons. You might google LI Mcarthur airport, Smithtown, Hauppage, Islandia etc to find lodging w/in easy driving distance of the south coast.

330east

You might look into the Garden City Hotel. It's easy to get the south coast from there.

nytraveler

Garden City Hotel is about 30 minutes from Jones Beach - a huge state park with beach access via numerous parking lots, one of which has a boardwalk with a variety of services (chair rental, mini-golf, etc) and a concert venue. This is populated almost exclusively by locals - and the areas in between are back to back suburbs with tons of traffic.

On busy days the beaches will have in the area of 100K people - and upward of 8 million visitor per year,

Don;t know the parking/entrance rates since I haven;t been in more than 10 years - but infested it as a child since we lived about 30 minutes away.

SusieQQ

There are a few hotels in the Rockville Centre area. I've stayed there for family business.

Not far (5-6 miles) from the beaches in Long Beach.

chrismorley

thanks to all,looking forward to scenery,people at a time just before the busy/expensive slot...chris

mclaurie

Sounds like you booked something but you don't tell us what. There is very little in the way of hotels on the south shore before the Hamptons. The Allegria in Long Beach could be great but it isn't...hugely overpriced with awful service. There are a few inns and b & b's in Eastport but imo, for what you want, you might as well head to the Hamptons. Hampton Maid in Hampton Bays fits your budget and is a nice place. You are not far from Southampton there.