Thousands of people have once again descended upon a stretch of sand on a barrier island in the Great South Bay, an approximately 700-home community with an enormously outsized cultural influence: The ...

There was no sleeping on Fire Island last weekend. While that may be the norm for some visitors of the gay beach oasis, it becomes almost mandatory during Pines Party weekend. Now on its 26th year, ...

For decades local ecologists have watched with concern as Fire Island’s burgeoning deer populations consumed native understory plants, threatening the health of the Sunken Forest Preserve’s delicate ...

At a party and fund-raiser put together by trans artists and activists, guests ate Filipino food and danced to Euro-pop by the beach. Guests sit shoulder-to-shoulder at a kamayan dinner to mark the ...

Summer is heating up, and many gays are already packing their bags for their annual sojourn to the queer mecca, Fire Island—don’t forget the sunscreen! Whether you’ve never been, or have visited ...

A wave of relief washed over Fire Island this summer thanks to new funding intended to prevent the beloved shoreline from becoming New York’s own Atlantis. The money — $1.7 billion secured in this ...

The National Park Service plans to allow more off-road driving for Fire Island residents and workers during the nonpeak summer months, a move the agency contends will balance the need for greater ...