is long island an island
For other places with the same name, see Long Island (disambiguation). Long Island is an island stretching eastward from New York City in the Metro New York region. The largely suburban area is approximately 115 miles long from Brooklyn and Queens at the western end, to Montauk at the easternmost point.At its widest the island is approximately 20 miles from north to south.While Long Island geographically includes Brooklyn and Queens, politically Long Island in general only includes Nassau County and Suffolk County of New York State only.y car [edit]. In addition to highways getting into Long Island, there are more to get around: The Long Island Expressway (the L.I.E.) has the high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes in both directions in Nassau and western Suffolk Counties.