West Island

West Island is an island in Nassau County, New York. West Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Harbor Green, as well as near Bar Harbour.

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Oyster Bay and Fort Massapeag Archeological Site.

South Oyster Bay

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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.

Fort Massapeag Archeological Site

Archaeological site

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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.

Grace Church Complex

Heritage site

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The Grace Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex in Massapequa, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the church, surrounding parish cemetery, the Floyd-Jones family cemetery, and the DeLancey Floyd-Jones Free Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Gilgo Beach and East Massapequa.

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.

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.

Gilgo

Hamlet

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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.

West Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.6351° or 40° 38′ 6″ north

Longitude

-73.44179° or 73° 26′ 30″ west

Open location code

87G8JHP5+27

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357595764

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5143877

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