Fire Island

By plane

The island is located about 60 miles from Manhattan the drive can range anywhere from 1-4hrs based on traffic. It averages about 1.5. You can fly into LaGuardia or Kennedy Airports in New York City or Islip MacArthur Airport on Long Island, then use a rental car, taxi, or train to your destination.

By ship

Ferries to Fire Island depart from the following locations: Sayville and Bay Shore villages of Islip and Patchogue a village of Brookhaven. Water taxis are available if you miss the ferry.

Fire Island Ferries

99 Maple St., Bay Shore, Phone: 631-665-3600, (http://www.fireislandferr...). Year round to Ocean Beach, Fair Harbor, Dunewood, Atlantique, Kismet, Saltaire, Ocean Bay Park and Seaview.

Sayville Ferries

41 River Road, (http://www.sayvilleferry....). Year round to Cherry Grove, Fire Island Pines, Sunken Forest and Water Island.

Patchogue Ferries

Phone: 631-475-1665, (http://www.pagelinx.com/d...). Mid March to November from two ferry terminals in Patchogue. Leaves from County Road 83 to Davis Park; and from County Road 19 to Watch Hill in the Fire Island National Seashore park.

Many Fire Island sites can be reached by private boat from the Great South Bay, with marinas at Watch Hill, Sailors Haven and most island communities. The bay is shallow, and boaters occasionally moor offshore. When on Fire Island, water taxis can shuttle you from point to point.

Western Fire Island is reachable by ferry from Bay Shore on Long Island. Bay Shore is about an hour train ride on the Long Island Railroad from Manhattan, and the ferry ride from Bay Shore is another thirty minutes. Ferries to Ocean Beach from Bay Shore run about once every hour during the summer. Cherry Grove and the Fire Island Pines are reachable by ferry from Sayville. The easternmost community, Davis Park, is reachable by ferry from Patchogue.

By car

There are only two bridges to Fire Island. The Robert Moses Causeway on the western end of Fire Island leads to parking lots at Robert Moses State Park. The William Floyd Parkway leads to Smith Point County Park on the eastern end of Fire Island, where there are also parking lots fees charged. Fire Island has no public roads.

Tommy's Taxis

Phone: 631-665-4800, also goes direct from Manhattan. $18 or $21 Sundays and holidays

By bus

Suffolk County Transit

Phone: 631-852-5200, (http://www.sct-bus.org/). Operates bus routes to provide access to the island's gateway communities, but you'll have to walk or take a taxi to get to your destination.