Long Beach boardwalk
— — the Atlantic, with a railing along it.
Not only on a wall.
“The Long Beach boardwalk runs 2.2 miles along the Atlantic between Neptune and Nevada, a strip of weathered tropical hardwood backed by low-rise brick co-ops and the long flat beach. The original walk was built in 1914; the present structure was rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy tore most of it out in 2012 and reopened in October of 2013. Morning belongs to runners and surfers carrying boards down the access ramps; the evening belongs to bench-sitters and bicycles. The LIRR train from Penn Station ends two blocks north of the sand. from the studio
Long Beach boardwalk, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Long Beach is a barrier-island city in Nassau County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island, about 25 miles east of Manhattan by the Long Island Rail Road. The boardwalk runs 2.2 miles along the Atlantic between Neptune Boulevard on the west and Nevada Avenue on the east, fronting a year-round residential community of about 33,000 people. The present walk is the third on the site: the original opened in 1914, the second came in the 1930s, and the current structure of tropical hardwood and recycled-plastic composite was completed in October 2013 after Hurricane Sandy destroyed most of the previous boards in October 2012.
The beach faces the open Atlantic with no breakwaters along its full length, so the surf runs cleanly and the swells from offshore storms come in unobstructed. Long Beach has been one of the most consistent surfing breaks on the New York coast since the 1960s, and the city hosted a World Surf League Quiksilver Pro event in 2011, the largest pro surf contest ever held in New York State. Lifeguarded swimming runs late June through Labor Day; a city beach pass is required from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in season. The water reads cold green in June and warms to the upper 70s Fahrenheit by August.
The Long Island Rail Road's Long Beach Branch ends at Long Beach station, two short blocks north of the boardwalk, with direct service from Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal in under an hour. Bicycles are allowed on the boards before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m. in the summer season, with year-round bicycle access in the off-season. The beach pass is required for sand access from Memorial Day through Labor Day; the boardwalk itself is open 24 hours a day, free, and stays lit through the night. Morning belongs to runners and surfers; the long quiet of January is when locals tend to claim it back.