Have a Favorite Story About Fire Island?
Please DO tell!

For summer fun there’s no place like Fire Island, and no one ever comes home without a story to tell or picture to share.

Don’t be shy, other people really do want to read your stories and see your photos.

The topic can be anything Fire Island related that you think others would be interested in reading.

Click here if you’re ready to tell your story.

Or...

Read the Fire Island stories others have written.

Need help getting started? Here are some story ideas to jog your brain:

  • First time visitor and can’t believe what you’ve been missing all this time? Tell us what impressed you the most. Was it the beaches or the bars? The shops or the restaurants? The nightlife or the family fun? What are you looking forward to the most on your next trip?
  • Are you a Fire Island regular? Please share your Fire Island travel tips. You favorite things to do, places to shop, favorite dinner, music and party spots, your favorite towns or quiet beaches. What are your tips for getting there? Train, taxi and ferry hints are always appreciated.
  • Get there by boat? Where are your favorite places to dock or anchor? Tell us about your favorite restaurant to visit by boat. Do you fish near Fire Island? We’d love to read your fishing stories and tips for catching the big ones. Running aground in the shallows is a drag, so navigational tips are appreciated too.
  • Summer resident? Do you rent, own, or do the sharehouse thing? How’d you find such a perfect place? What’s it like spending the entire summer on Fire Island? How’s the commute to work everyday?
  • Year-round resident? Now that’s cool. Tell us why you like living on Fire Island all year round. What do you think of the summer crowd? How do you spend the winters? What words of wisdom can you offer anyone wanting to move off the mainland?
  • Summer job on Fire Island? Now I bet YOU have some stories to tell. How’d you find the job? What was your best/worst/funniest day at work? Any tips for others seeking summer jobs on Fire Island?
  • Favorite photograph? Send us your best shot. You know the one... We’d love to see it.
  • Favorite Fire Island restaurant or hotel? Definitely tell us about it.
  • Anything and everything else... All Fire Island related stories are welcome. If you have a story to tell, or something to say that you think others would like to read, then please feel free to send it in.

And remember, you can send in as many stories as you like. 

Your Fire Island Story

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What Others Have Said About Fire Island

Click the links below to read contributions from other visitors to this page...

Our Fire Island Beach House (1950's- 60's)  starstarstarstarstar
We spent the first ten summers of my life in a beach house on Fire Island situated across from Bellport Village. The area was known then as Whalehouse ...

Atlantique Memories  starstarstarstarstar
Short stories about Atlantique

A Deer Ate My Pretzels!  starstarstarstarstar
I reside in the Tampa bay area of Florida, but I grew up on Long Island's south shore in Patchogue. I spent many days of my childhood summers taking the ...

Beached at the Sandbar  starstarstarstar
If you haven't been to the Sand Bar in Ocean Beach yet, it's time to go. I was there for my first time two weeks ago and went to see ‘Lil Cliff and the ...

My Fire Island Ghost Story  Not rated yet
Author of the Annie Tillery Mysteries, The Madonna Ghost and Girl with Pencil, Drawing

The Madonna Ghost takes place on Fire Island, some scenes in ...

Summers on Fire Island  Not rated yet
The first time my family went to Fire Island we rented a house in Ocean Beach on Wilmot Street for two weeks.

This was in 1943. They liked it so ...

Why Kismet is the Place For Me  Not rated yet
Ever since I can remember, every summer my parents and I would take a trip down to Kismet. My aunt and uncle live in Kismet and we always stop at their ...

LOUIE SCHWED...."MAYOR OF FIRE ISLAND"  Not rated yet
MY COUSIN LOUIE, KNOWN AS LAHOO HAS PASSED AWAY. HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS LOUIE, ALWAYS CARING, GENTLE AND A HEART OF GOLD. LOUIE LIVED ON FIRE ISLAND MORE ...

Sunken Forest, Fire Island, NY  Not rated yet
I took my 6 yr old to see the Sunken Forest on one of the last ferries of the season, they stop running in October.

We love going there and Fire ...

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