Fire Island Real Estate

Fire Island - Real Estate

With a gross area of 19,579 acres, only 20% of Fire Island is developed, including the total Fire Island National Seashore, a state park, a county park, two local town parks, and approximately 4,000 usable lots in 17 small communities, offering the major island's rentals and timeshare house resources for public access.

Fire Island boasts a dazzling nightlife, fine dining, and an amazing variety of activities with something for everyone, therefore investing in Fire Island Real Estate enables your access to exclusive and private communities and facilities that otherwise are not available for visitors. Pristine sand dune beaches and water-based entertainment year round is another reason to relocate to Fire Island.

Popularly known as a no-automobiles region, service and emergency vehicles are allowed on Fire Island, as well as special drive permits for residents, contractors, and off summer season visitors. People seeking commercial property that involves vehicles usage may have to obtain a permit from the National Park Service.

Fire Island is separated from Long Island by the 5-miles wide Great South Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean and natural harbor formed by Fire Island and the eastern end of Jones Beach Island. Fire Island is accessible from Long Island by the Robert Moses Causeway on its western end and by William Floyd Parkway (Suffolk County Road 46) near its eastern end.

Due to the limited road access to Fire Island, Real Estate investors and home owners are often concerned when it comes to buying property on this barrier island. However, all of Fire Island's resort towns are accessible by the numerous ferries traversing regularly the Great South Bay, although there are also water taxi and boats rentals available.

Fire Island is often described as "back-to-basics" environmentalist community. Residents enjoy walking or riding their bicycles instead of driving a car, maintaining unspoiled resources hard to find elsewhere in the United States and probably in any other place in the world. Visitors also find exploration enjoyable by foot so developing new facilities for them is a good real estate option.

However, Fire Island has a strong emphasis on residential living. There are many classic cottages on the island, but modern architecture is integrating every day as part of the island's landmark in most of the self-contained communities from Moriches Inlet on the east to Democrat Point on the west.

Fire Island is located in Suffolk County, the easternmost county in New York State and the New York Metropolitan Area, adjacent to Nassau County on the western border. Fire Island is composed of the following communities:

* Atlantique

* Bayberry Dunes

* Cherry Grove

* Corneille Estates

* Davis Park / Ocean Ridge

* Dunewood

* Fair Harbor

* Fire Island Pines

* Kismet

* Lonelyville

* Long Cove

* Ocean Bay Park

* Ocean Beach

* Point O'Woods

* Robbins Rest

* Saltaire

* Seaview

* Watch Hill

* Water Island

And two small island around; West Fire Island and East Fire Island.

As of census 2000, the population in Suffolk County was 1,419,369 inhabitants divided in a total area of 2,373 mi, divided into 10 towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Smithtown, Southampton, and Southold. Islip is the town which includes part of Fire Island, and the usual demographic reference when it comes to real estate.

According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 322,612 people and 98,936 households out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together as of 2000. There were 78,555 families residing in the town, and 104,278 housing units at an average density of 990.5 mi.

The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 3.55, with a median income for a household of $65,359, and the median income for a family ranging around $70,451. The per capita income for the town was $23,699, and only 4.4% of all families and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line.

Racial makeup of Islip was 77.25% White, 20.16% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 9.02% Black or African American, 2.17% Asian , 0.26% Native American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 8.32% from other races, and 2.93% from two or more races.

The favorite Islip's Real Estate slogan is "Need a car? Buy a house" in reference to the limited driving permits in Fire Island, a place of beautiful landscaping and majestic architecture. After Labor Day, inhabitants of Fire Island shares, rentals and real estate properties depart, leaving the island less crowded and more enjoyable for permanent residents.

Relocating to the island incorporates many of the off-season advantages, including reduced rates and prices everywhere. Fire Island ferry schedules also change. The ferry service runs fewer ferries off-season but enough to move around while enjoying with less maritime traffic.