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Montauk (/ ˈ m ɒ n t ɔː k / MON-tawk) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 4,318. [3]
The Montauk Association Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is a complex of large Shingle style cottages for wealthy New York City families' summer use, designed by McKim, Mead and White within a site plan designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1881.
Montauk Point State Park is a 862-acre (3.49 km 2) state park [2] located in the hamlet of Montauk, at the eastern tip of Long Island in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. Montauk Point is the easternmost extremity of the South Fork of Long Island, and thus also of New York State.
Montauk, New York, a hamlet in East Hampton, New York on Long Island Montauk County Park, a park near the hamlet of Montauk that has since been renamed Theodore Roosevelt County Park; Montauk Downs State Park, a golf course in the hamlet of Montauk; Montauk Point State Park, the New York state park where the Montauk Point Light lighthouse is ...
The craze for shark fishing off Montauk was encouraged in the 1970s by local boat operator Frank Mundus who often was reported in stories as the source for the character Quint in the movie Jaws. [8] Mundus caught a 4,500-pound (2,041 kg) great white shark by harpoon and a 3,427-pound (1,554 kg) great white shark by rod and reel.
The Montaukett ("Metoac" [1]), more commonly known as Montauk, are an Algonquian-speaking [2] Native American people from the eastern and central sections of Long Island, New York, United States. [ 2 ]
Big Reed Pond is a freshwater pond located in Montauk, New York on Long Island. [1] A 128-acre (0.52 km 2) site including the pond, brackish marshland and natural sand dunes was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1973. [2] The largely undeveloped pond is located within Theodore Roosevelt County Park. [3]
Montauk Station was one of the settings for the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. [5] The noise of train engines left idling for long periods in the Montauk Yard was a cause of concern for local residents, who formed a group called the Montauk Anti-Pollution Coalition in 2003.