New York
Suffolk County
Islip

Great River

Great River is a suburban hamlet and CDP in the in , , United States. It is situated approximately 50 miles east of New York City on the South Shore of , adjoining the , protected from the Atlantic Ocean by .
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  • Type: Village with 2,010 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York
  • Also known as: “Great River, New York” and “Great River, NY”
  • Postal code: 11739

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heckscher State Park and Great River station.

Park
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 1,657-acre state park on the shore of the at in , , USA.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great River is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, at Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in . The station opened in 1897.

Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oakdale is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, on the corner of Oakdale-Bohemia Road and Montauk Boulevard in view of Montauk Highway across Norman DeMott Park, in . is situated 2 miles northeast of Great River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Islip and Oakdale.

Town
is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of , , United States. The population was 13,931 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great River.

Village
is a hamlet in , , United States, situated on the South Shore of . The hamlet's population was 7,974 at the 2010 census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Great River.

Hamlet
is a hamlet and census-designated place in the in , on the South Shore of , in , United States. The population was 5,323 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great River.

Great River

Latitude
40.72121° or 40° 43′ 16″ north
Longitude
-73.15761° or 73° 9′ 27″ west
Population
2,010
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87G8PRCR+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158860396
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5119232
Wiki­data ID
Q3460817
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Great River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غريت ريفر”
  • Basque: “Great River”
  • Catalan: “Great River”
  • Cebuano: “Great River”
  • Chinese: “大河 (紐約州)”
  • Chinese: “大河”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جريت ريفر”
  • French: “Great River”
  • German: “Great River”
  • Gilaki: “گریت ريور (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “گریت ريور”
  • Hungarian: “Great River”
  • Irish: “Great River”
  • Italian: “Great River”
  • Ladin: “Great River”
  • Malagasy: “Great River, New York”
  • Malagasy: “Great River”
  • Persian: “گریت ریور، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “گریت ریور”
  • Polish: “Great River”
  • Russian: “Грейт-Ривер”
  • Serbian: “Грејт Ривер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Great River, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Great River”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قریت ریور، نیویورک”
  • Spanish: “Great River”
  • Swedish: “Great River”
  • Tatar: “Грейт-Ривер”
  • Turkish: “Great River”
  • Ukrainian: “Грейт-Рівер”
  • Volapük: “Great River, New York”
  • Volapük: “Great River”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include US Post Office - Great River, NY 11739 and Emmanuel Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great River”. Photo: Eheik, Public domain.