The smallest town in Long Island is the city of Long Beach which encompasses only 2 square miles of land and is the smallest of the Nassau County Municipalities and also the smallest city on all of Long Island
The poorest part of Long Island is Riverside.
Other poorest parts of Long Island other than Riverside are Mastic Beach, Central Islip, Moriches, Aquebogue, Greenport, Calverton and Northamptom.
Some of the above towns listed are also closely situated right next door to the richest parts of Long Island.
Long Island is an expansive, densely populated island in southeastern New York State, stretching east from New York City.
Along its Atlantic coast are Jones Beach State Park, Fire Island and Montauk Point State Park, the latter home to the late-1700s Montauk Lighthouse.
On the east end, the North Fork is home to wineries and the Hamptons are towns characterized by upscale homes, trendy restaurants and antiques shops.
Often the backdrop for Hollywood productions and called Hollywood East, Long Island is the inspiration behind F.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and AMC's Turn: George Washington's Spies and the location of Royal Pains and The Affair and reality series Fire Island, Summer House and Kardashians Take The Hamptons.
The western portion of Long Island was settled by the Dutch, who named it 't Lange Eylandt, which translates to the Long Island in old-Dutch.
They also had early settlements in the 17th century on what are now Manhattan and Staten Island.