Gilgo Beach.
I've wrote about NYC beaches before here, and here. This summer, my boy turned me onto another, "hidden" beach called Gilgo Beach. Gilgo is just past Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, on eastern most end of Jones Beach Island. It is part of the town of Babylon. If you like, you can check out this riveting, live web cam of the beach, but I warn you that it's pretty exciting, as there is alot of visual stimuli to process.
Gilgo is a surfers' beach, and yes, people surf on the East Coast. The bitch is that it costs $30 to park your car in the parking area, but it's $30 per car so rolling with a crew helps distribute the cost. Oh, and you have to run across Ocean Parkway to get to the actual beach, but as long as you are relatively sober, it's not so bad. The lot area also has restrooms, and The Gilgo Beach Inn, which we thought was a restaurant, until we went in there for a book of matches, only to realize it was actually a full liquor bar.
On the far end of the lot is a dock which features boatloads of locals who cruise into Great South Bay, moor up and get hammered all day long. Apparently, this is nothing new, since this area has been a shady pirate hang-out since the early-mid 1600's housing the likes of Blackbeard, Captain Redeye and Captain Morgan. Who knew?
(More action-packed photos, and a somewhat interesting amateur documentary about Gilgo, after the jump...)
