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The Town of Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Its population was 214,191 as of the 2010 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town. It borders Nassau County to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. At its westernmost point, it is about 20 miles (32 km) from New York City at the Queens border, and about 30 miles (48 km) from Manhattan. The village of Babylon is also within the town.

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History

The region was once called South Huntington. Nathaniel Conklin moved his family to the area, and around 1803 named it New Babylon, after the ancient city of Babylon.

The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington.

Communities

The following communities are within the Town of Babylon:

Villages

Amityville, in the southwest part of the town.
Babylon, in the southeast part of the town.
Lindenhurst, in the south part of the town, between villages of Babylon and Amityville.

Hamlets

Captree or Captree Island
Copiague
Deer Park
East Farmingdale
Gilgo, includes communities of West Gilgo Beach, Gilgo Beach, and Cedar Beach
North Amityville
North Babylon
North Lindenhurst
Oak Beach, includes community of Oak Island
West Babylon
Wheatley Heights
Wyandanch

Other communities

Amity Harbor, in the hamlet of Amityville
Copiague Harbor, in the hamlet of Copiague

Locations of Interest

Islands

Captree Island, an island partly in the southeast part of the town and containing part of Captree State Park.
Cedar Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
Gilgo Island, an island in the west end of the Great South Bay.
Grass Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
Thatch Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
Oak Island, an island in the Great South Bay.

Beaches

Cedar Beach
Gilgo Beach
Oak Beach
Overlook Beach

State parks

Belmont Lake State Park, a state park in the northeast part of the town.
Captree State Park, a state park partly in the southeast part of the town and adjacent to the Fire Island Inlet.
Gilgo State Park, an undeveloped preserve on a barrier island on the southern side of the town.
Robert Moses State Park, a state park on Fire Island is partly in the town.

Other

Fire Island Inlet, a passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay.
The town was featured in the American version of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Ramsay spent a week at Peter’s, an Italian eatery that’s now out of business.
Tanner Park, Town of Babylon, Copaigue, New York

Local media

WBAB 102.3FM is licensed to Babylon with studios at 555 Sunrise Highway.

The Babylon Beacon has covered the town for many years.

Geography

The west town line is the border of Nassau County, New York, and the south town line is the Atlantic Ocean.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 114.2 square miles (295.7 km2), of which, 52.3 square miles (135.4 km2) of it is land and 61.9 square miles (160.2 km2) of it is water. The total area is 54.20% water.

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Airports

Republic Airport is an airport in East Farmingdale originally built by Fairchild Aircraft in 1927, and acquired by Republic Aviation in 1939. Currently, it also houses the American Airpower Museum. Zahn’s Airport also existed in North Amityville from 1936 to 1980. Long Island Macarthur Airport is a commercial city-owned airport located in the vicinity of the town with daily commercial flights, but is set in Ronkonkoma, NY.

Railroad lines

The Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon Branch is the primary railroad line in the town running from the Nassau County Line and terminating in the Village of Babylon with stations from Amityville to Babylon. Rail freight service also exists along the Central Branch which also uses some Montauk Branch trains running from the Main Line in Bethpage. East of Babylon station, the Montauk Branch continues across the Babylon-Islip Town Line. Additionally, the Main Line runs through the northern part of the town with stations in Pinelawn, Wyandanch and Deer Park.

Bus service

The Town of Babylon is served primarily by Suffolk County Transit bus routes.

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