About Fire Island Wild deer, rampant honeysuckle and a sunken forest...add to the scenery of this wild, unspoiled, and immaculate place where there are NO franchises or cars. It feels as if you have stepped back in time. Fire Island is an amazing stretch of 32 mile-long barrier island combining many communities (17 in all). Getting from one to the other can sometimes make a great adventure, a nice walk or a great bike ride, as there is no main road on the island, thus preserving the character of each community. A mix of families and singles live, vacation, or just spend the day in Ocean Bay Park, which has been described as the most relaxed community on Fire Island. Ocean Bay Park has become very family oriented in the past few years. Each year, more and more children run through the streets or enjoy being pulled by their parents while they sit in wagons on the way to the beach or the dock. There is a great family atmosphere and the beach is the place to be to hang out, make new friends and share shovels. No more shoes needed all summer long! Ocean Bay Park is nestled between Seaview and Point of Woods. Ocean Beach is a short bike ride away. Fire Island can be reached in less than two hours from downtown Manhattan, making it a refuge from the chaos of city life. Fire Island on Film When Ocean Meets Sky (2003), a documentary detailing the 50-year history of the Fire Island Pines community, had its television premiere on June 10th 2006. Frank Perry's Last Summer (1969), about a summer of sexual discovery on Fire Island, brought an Oscar nomination for actress Catherine Burns. Garbo Talks (1984) has scenes of the Fire Island ferry. Longtime Companion (1990) is a drama that re-creates chronologically the spread of AIDS during the 1980s. Returning Mickey Stern (2003) was shot almost entirely in Seaview and Ocean Beach; the entire cast and crew were housed on Fire Island. Fire Island is also the setting of Terrence McNally's play Lips Together, Teeth Apart as well as the “mockumentary” The Beach Comber (2004). Famous Summer Residents After the Manhattan theater community began staying on Fire Island during the 1920s, the island had numerous summer celebrity residents:
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