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Bay Shore is a hamlet located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York. Bay Shore celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. The population was 23,852 at the 2000 census. It is 42 miles from Manhattan and 79 miles from Montauk. Within its borders is the incorporated village of Brightwaters. Bay Shore borders West Islip to the west, Brentwood to the north, Islip to the east and the Great South Bay and Fire Island to the south.
Bay Shore has a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which serves both commuters and vacationers as a gateway to Fire Island and New York City.
The hamlet's name has changed several times. Early European settlers referred to the place as Penataquit and, earlier, Awixa; both names were used by the Native American Secatogue tribe. By the early 19th century it was renamed Sodom". When and why the name was changed to Sodom is unknown. In 1842 it was changed to Mechanicsville, then back to Penataquit, in 1849. The name Penataquit proved unpopular because it was difficult to spell. It was finally changed to Bay Shore in 1868.
The land that was to become Bay Shore was originally purchased in 1708 by John Mobray, a teacher, from the Secatogue Indians, for "several eel spears".
Sagtikos Manor is the oldest structure in West Bay Shore. The earliest part of the sprawling house was built in 1697 by New York City's first native-born mayor, Stephanus Van Cortlandt. The manor functioned for a time during the American Revolution as local headquarters for British forces under General Sir Henry Clinton. George Washington used it as a stopover during a 1790 tour of Long Island. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
South of Main Street (also known as Montauk Highway) is an area of mansions and other large homes, built from the 1880s through the 1920s.
Though many architecturally impressive homes from that period remain, others have been subdivided, converted to commercial properties, or demolished.
West of downtown, extending into neighboring Brightwaters is the best-known section of extant older mansions and large houses. During the 1920s, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand and many of the Keystone Kops owned homes in Brightwaters. The Keystone Building, which housed Vitagraph Studios and was used as police headquarters in the films, still stands on Maple Ave.
At the east end of the hamlet are the W.H. Wray House, Awixa Castle, the Hulse House and the Gustavino Tile House, among others. There was the now-razed J.P. Morgan Estate, a large white mansion owned by the Johnson + Johnson family and a home shortly used by actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Most of Bay Shore's industry is located on the north side of town. Baked goods company Entenmann's operates its largest facility there. Fishing and charter boats are vital to Bay Shore's economy. The Westfield South Shore Mall, located on Sunrise Highway, brings a lot of business. Downtown Bay Shore is lined with stores, bars, and restaurants.
Bay Shore is accessible by major roads on Long Island such as NY 27, known as Sunrise POW/MIA Highway. NY 27A, Known by several names within the Bay Shore limits, including Main St., South Country Rd. and Montauk Hwy. Southern State Parkway/ Heckscher Parkway via Sagtikos Parkway. I-495 or Long Island Expressway via Sagtikos Parkway. CR-50, Union Blvd. runs through Bay Shore, as bypass for Main Street. CR-13, Fifth Avenue, runs from CR-4 (Commack Road) in Commack to Main Street in downtown Bay Shore. CR-57, Howell's Road/ Bay Shore Road, runs from NY 231 in Deer Park, to CR-13 (Fifth Avenue) in Bay Shore.
Film Scenes Shot In Bay Shore:
- 1969: Last Summer, directed by Frank Perry. (Filmed there and on Fire Island in the summer of 1968.).
- 1983: The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott and starring Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and Catherine Deneuve. (Exterior shots in introductory scenes.).
- 1988: Married to the Mob, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Alec Baldwin. 2004:
- Birth, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston and Anne Heche. (Wedding scenes at the historic Sagtikos Manor.)
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