Short Beach, Jones Beach Island

#4 among attractions in Jones Beach Island

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Short Beach is the beach on the northern shore of the western end of Jones Beach Island. The beach faces South Oyster Bay instead of the Atlantic Ocean, thereby providing some shelter from storm waves. Since 1851 it has been the home of a coastal lifesaving station operated by the United States Life-Saving Service and later by the United States Coast Guard. The current facility, Station Short Beach, typically does around 500 search and rescue missions each year —one of the busiest units in the Coast Guard's 1st District. The Jones Beach State Park's West End Boat Basin is also on Short Beach. The Jones Beach West End barracks of the New York State Park Police is around 200 feet south of the Short Beach shoreline. An uninhabited islet, Short Beach Island, is usually just offshore, but occasionally connects to the beach when low tide exposes sandbars to the surface. ()

Coordinates: 40°35'23"N, 73°33'21"W

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Short Beach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jones Beach State Park, Jones Beach Theater, Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve, Rockville Cemetery.

2 miE
Park
Jones Beach State Park, Jones Beach Island
52 min walk • Jones Beach State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway.
2.9 miE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Music venue
Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach Island
74 min walk • Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater is an outdoor amphitheatre at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York. It is one of two major outdoor arenas in the New York metropolitan area, along with PNC Bank Arts Center.
3.8 miN
Park
Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve, Merrick
98 min walk • Norman Levy Park and Preserve is a man-made park on the South Shore of Long Island in Merrick, New York. The park is situated on a hill formerly part of a landfill and has excellent views of the Manhattan skyline and Long Island.
7.3 miNW
Cemetery
Rockville Cemetery, Lynbrook
186 min walk • Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument is a historic cemetery located at Lynbrook in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery started as a small local burial ground in 1799.
6.8 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre
173 min walk • St. Agnes Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. It is the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
5.3 miW
View point, Bridge
Long Beach Bridge, Long Beach
136 min walk • The Long Beach Bridge is a twin drawbridge crossing Reynolds Channel, connecting Long Beach and Island Park, New York. There is no toll. The bridge starts in Long Beach as Long Beach Boulevard. At Barnum Island, the main road continues northeast as Austin Boulevard, while Long Beach Road branches to the north.
4.6 miNE
Park
Wantagh Park, Long Island
117 min walk • Wantagh Park is a county park located in southeastern Nassau County, New York within the hamlet of Wantagh. At 111 acres the park provides various recreational activities along a picturesque waterfront location.
6.6 miNE
40°40'4"N • 73°28'60"W
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Massapequa
169 min walk • Museum
5.2 miNW
Amusement park
Nunley's, Freeport
133 min walk • Nunley's was a carousel and amusement park that was located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York from 1940 to 1995. The namesake carousel was located in Golden City Park, within the neighborhood of Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York City, from 1912 to 1939.
6 miNE
Entertainment district
Wantagh, Long Island
152 min walk • Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 18,871 at the time of the 2010 census. Wantagh is known as "The Gateway to Jones Beach".
5.5 miW
Spanish colonial revival architecture
Granada Towers, Long Beach
141 min walk • Granada Towers is a historic apartment building located at Long Beach in Nassau County, New York. It was designed in 1929 in the Spanish Revival style. It consists of three connected towers, each seven stories tall. It is built of orange-brown brick with terra cotta and stucco trim.