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During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
Suffolk County (/ ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF-ək) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.It is bordered to its west by Nassau County, to its east by Gardiners Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its north by Long Island Sound, and to its south by the Atlantic Ocean.
Robins Island is a 435-acre (1.76 km 2) island in Peconic Bay by the eastern end of Long Island off the coast of New Suffolk, New York. The island is privately owned and not accessible to the public and is within the jurisdiction of the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York in the United States.
In New York State, each county is divided into cities and towns. Every point in New York is inside either a city or a town. Additionally, towns may optionally contain villages, which are smaller incorporated municipalities within the town. Villages may overlap multiple towns. Well-known unincorporated places within towns are referred to as hamlets.
S. Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District; Sayville, New York; Selden, New York; Setauket, New York; Shelter Island (CDP), New York
In Suffolk County, there still remain pockets of old money from the Gilded Age, including the country seats of families from the Vanderbilts, Havemeyers, and others. [citation needed] The South Shore is also home to the seaside resort of The Hamptons on its east end, located on the South Fork of Long Island. [2]
Sag Harbor (Suffolk County) Sagaponack (Suffolk County) Saltaire (Suffolk County) Sands Point (Nassau County) Sea Cliff (Nassau County) Shoreham (Suffolk County) South Floral Park (Nassau County) Southampton (Suffolk County) Stewart Manor (Nassau County) Syosset (Nassau County) Sound Beach (Suffolk County)
Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008 This is a list of octagon houses . The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler 's 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All .