The Fire Island beaches look as beautiful as postcards with plentiful dunes and wide expanses, in part due to massive amounts of sand used to replenish them. And summer winds have been shifting sand ...

FIRE ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A small plane made a hard, emergency landing on a beach on Fire Island Friday afternoon. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers responded after a six-seat Cessna ...

A wave of relief washed over Fire Island this summer thanks to new funding intended to prevent the beloved shoreline from becoming New York’s own Atlantis. The money — $1.7 billion secured in this ...

The Fire Island Inlet Bridge, the only bridge to one of New York's most popular ocean beaches, was closed for hours Monday for an unscheduled safety inspection. State engineers abruptly shut down the ...

Ishmoile Mohammed, a 59-year-old South Carolina man, drowned Saturday afternoon after being caught in a rip current off Sailors Haven at the Fire Island National Seashore, Gothamist reported. Suffolk ...

A South Carolina man drowned while swimming at Sailors Haven Beach on Fire Island on Saturday afternoon, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Ishmoile Mohammed, 59, was caught in a rip current ...

A man died after jumping from the Fire Island Lighthouse Friday afternoon, as visitors in the popular vacation destination prepared to celebrate the final days of summer. The man, who has not been ...