South Shore ( Long Island ) - wikipedia South Shore ( Long Island ) `` South Shore, New York '' redirects here. For neighborhood in Staten Island, see South Shore, Staten Island. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2008 ) Part of a series of articles on Topics Geography History Economy Transportation Politics Music People Popular culture Recreation Law enforcement Viticulture Regions Brooklyn Queens Nassau County Suffolk County Municipalities North Shore South Shore North Fork South Fork Long Island Sound Barrier islands Aerial view of the Barrier Islands along South Shore LI ( As of August 2016 ) The South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York, is the area along Long Island 's Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to the Long Island coastline in Nassau and Suffolk counties. It is often used as a generic name for the entire southern half of Long Island rather than just the area immediately adjacent to the coastline. The South Shore tends to be diverse in culture and income as it varies from one hamlet or village to another. In Suffolk County, there still remains pockets of old money from the Gilded Age, including the country seats of families from the Vanderbilts, Havemeyers, and Bournes to the Gardiners, Bayard - Cutting as well as many others. The South Shore is also home to the world - renowned seaside resort of The Hamptons on its east end, located on the South Fork of Long Island. On its west end, bordering Queens, the Five Towns retains pockets of affluence similar in character to the Gold Coast of the North Shore and The Hamptons. South Shore communities Amityville Atlantic Beach Babylon Baldwin Baldwin Harbor Bay Shore Bayport Bellmore Bellport Blue Point Bohemia Brentwood Brightwaters Center Moriches Central Islip Copiague Copiague Harbor Deer Park East Islip East Meadow East Moriches East Patchogue East Rockaway East Quogue Eastport Elmont Farmingdale Five Towns Franklin Square Freeport Gilgo Beach Great River Holbrook Inwood Island Park Islip Islip Terrace Kismet Levittown Lido Beach Lindenhurst Long Beach Lynbrook Malverne Massapequa Massapequa Park Mastic Mastic Beach Medford Merrick Moriches Nesconset North Amityville North Babylon North Bellmore North Bellport North Lindenhurst North Massapequa North Merrick North Valley Stream Oak Beach Oakdale Oceanside Patchogue Point Lookout Rockville Centre Ronkonkoma Roosevelt Sayville Seaford Shirley Valley Stream Wantagh West Babylon West Gilgo Beach West Islip West Sayville Woodmere Wyandanch Beaches In approximate west to east order : Atlantic Beach Long Beach Lido Beach Jones Beach State Park Tobay Beach Gilgo State Park Robert Moses State Park Fire Island Smith Point County Park West Hampton Dunes Quogue Southampton East Hampton Hither Hills State Park Montauk Point State Park References Jump up ^ Cook, Samantha ; Ward, Greg ; Perry, Tim ( 2004 ), The Rough Guide to the USA, Rough Guides, ISBN 1 - 84353 - 262 - X Jump up ^ Browning, Dominique ( 2011 - 09 - 23 ). `` My Favorite Place : Little Compton, R.I. ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 28. Long Island General topics Long Island Economy Geography History Music Policing People Politics Popular culture Recreation Transportation Places Municipalities North Shore South Shore North Fork South Fork Long Island Sound Barrier islands Fire Island Counties Kings ( Brooklyn ) Queens Nassau Suffolk Cities New York City ( part ) Glen Cove Long Beach Towns Nassau Hempstead North Hempstead Oyster Bay Suffolk Babylon Brookhaven East Hampton Huntington Islip Riverhead Shelter Island Smithtown Southampton Southold Villages & hamlets with more than 10,000 inhabitants Babylon Baldwin Bay Shore Bethpage Commack Dix Hills East Rockaway Elwood Floral Park Freeport Garden City Hempstead Village Hicksville Huntington Islip Kings Park Lake Grove Levittown Lindenhurst Lynbrook Massapequa Massapequa Park Merrick Mineola Oceanside Riverhead Rockville Centre Patchogue Smithtown Uniondale Valley Stream Wantagh Westbury West Islip Villages & hamlets with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants Amityville Asharoken Atlantic Beach Baxter Estates Bayville Belle Terre Bellerose Bellerose Terrace Bellport Brightwaters Brookville Cedarhurst Centre Island Cove Neck Dering Harbor East Hampton East Hills East Williston Farmingdale Flower Hill Great Neck Great Neck Estates Great Neck Plaza Greenport Head of the Harbor Hewlett Bay Park Hewlett Harbor Hewlett Neck Huntington Bay Island Park Islandia Kensington Kings Point Lake Success Lattingtown Laurel Hollow Lawrence Lloyd Harbor Malverne Manorhaven Matinecock Mill Neck Munsey Park Muttontown New Hyde Park Nissequogue North Haven North Hills Northport Ocean Beach Old Brookville Old Field Old Westbury Oyster Bay Cove Plandome Plandome Heights Plandome Manor Poquott Port Jefferson Port Washington North Quogue Roslyn Roslyn Estates Roslyn Harbor Russell Gardens Saddle Rock Sag Harbor Sagaponack Sands Point Saltaire Sea Cliff Shoreham South Floral Park Southampton Stewart Thomaston Upper Brookville Village of the Branch West Hampton Dunes Westhampton Beach Williston Park Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Shore_(Long_Island)&oldid=767843357 '' Categories : Geography of Long Island Geography of Nassau County, New York Geography of Suffolk County, New York Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from November 2008 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 February 2017, at 07 : 52. 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Question: what is the south shore of long island
Answer: area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline