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
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Latitude

40.63899° or 40° 38′ 20″ north

Longitude

-73.42874° or 73° 25′ 43″ west

Open location code

87G8JHQC+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357593286

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5141272

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Localities in the Area

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