Townsend Island
Townsend Island is an island in Nassau County, New York. Townsend Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nassau Shores, as well as near Bar Harbour.Places of Interest
Highlights include South Oyster Bay and 112 Ocean Avenue.
South Oyster Bay
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Oyster Bay is the portion of the Town of Oyster Bay roughly south of the Long Island Expressway, in Nassau County, New York. Its most prominent communities are Hicksville, Plainview, Bethpage, Farmingdale, and Massapequa.
112 Ocean Avenue
Public building
Photo: Seulatr, Public domain.
112 Ocean Avenue is a public building.
Fort Massapeag Archeological Site
Archaeological site
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Massapeag Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site at Sunset Park in Massapequa, New York. It is believed to be the site of a New Netherland trading post built in the mid-17th century to facilitate trade with local Native Americans, and possibly serve as a wampum factory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Gilgo Beach and Gilgo.
West Gilgo Beach
Hamlet
West Gilgo Beach is a small private gated community located in the town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is part of the Gilgo census-designated place.
Gilgo
Hamlet
Photo: Derekakinnear, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gilgo is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 185 at the time of the 2020 census.
East Massapequa
Town
East Massapequa is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.
Townsend Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.63899° or 40° 38′ 20″ northLongitude
-73.42874° or 73° 25′ 43″ westOpen location code
87G8JHQC+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 357593286OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5141272
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