Sometimes called the “First Hampton,” The “Hamptons Mystique” was born in Westhampton Beach in the 1870’s, after residents began renting out rooms to travelers who got off at the then-new Long Island Rail Road station.

 

The Greater Westhampton area is a loose collection of communities, with some of the island’s harder to pronounce names, including Quogue (pronounced kwog), Quiogue and Speonk, as well as Westhampton Beach, Westhampton and Remsenburg.

 

hampton bays

still active shinnecock coast guard station

(1855, 1872, 1915 & last rebuilt 1940 after the 1938 long island hurricane)

 

 

quogue (pop 1500)

 

 

 

 

 

 

some quogue chotch bragging about his dune road address

 

westhampton beach – the intercoastal dune road is supposed to be lined with architecturally significant

homes....but no go -- they are just a bunch of dumb ugly & oversized rich guy mansions  :-P

 

dune road -- westhampton country club

 

dune road -- westhampton public beach

 

around Westhampton – this is the beachy “people’s hampton" town drag

 

 

 

a too typical false front addition  :-P  -- but otoh hand every main st front in every town was in use

 

sorta nola fauxla hampton?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

well ok, cute

 

 

westisraelihampton?  :laugh:

 

 

off main -- a teen focused courtyard of little skate/surf/music/goth, etc. shoppes

 

 

this cool shop cat was boldly staring down traffic until everyone stopped for him  :wink:

 

we’re shopping  :laugh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

an old barbershop post caught my eye

   

 

remsenburg

 

another missing steeple

 

leaving the hamptons, just west along the south shore is eastport (pop 1500):

Eastport dates to the 1730s when a gristmill was built there. The western portion of Eastport, previously known as Speonk was at one time was known as the “Duck Capital” of the world. In the last twenty years, practically all duck farms were phased out and the descendants of the original farmers sold the valuable waterfront property for residential development projects.

 

 

 

a funky building on the main street/montauk highway

 

 

 

pink house

 

 

1886 church

 

 

 

 

 

eastport bible church (1822)

 

 

east moriches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lastly, taking a final break in bayshore after a foggy drive

 

 

*** so that’s it – I hope you enjoyed a wintertime tour of the

historic/chi-chi hamptons & the south shore of long island ***

 

 

Quite charming!

Looks quaint!

Thanks!

awesome tour!!!  I have a question.. How long does it take to drive from Manhattan to Montauk? I have a friend who lives in Montauk and when I lived in Jersey I would take the LIRR which takes a little over 2.5 hours but I was wondering how long it took to drive.

awesome tour!!!  I have a question.. How long does it take to drive from Manhattan to Montauk? I have a friend who lives in Montauk and when I lived in Jersey I would take the LIRR which takes a little over 2.5 hours but I was wondering how long it took to drive.

 

dj -- it's around 110 miles -- so a couple hours w/ no traffic in the off season. it's faster to take the lie and head down when you get to riverhead, but i prefer the south shore drive all the way instead because it's less of a rat race. as you know during the season you are much better off with the lirr or hampton jitney bus.