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Hampton Jitney
Hampton Jitney is a commuter bus company based in Southampton, New York. It operates three primary routes from the east end of Long Island (The Hamptons and the North Fork) to New York City. Hampton Jitney also operates charter and tour services, along with local transit bus service in eastern Suffolk County under contract with Suffolk County Transit. History Van service Hampton Jitney was founded in 1974 with a single van by James Davidson, a former advertising art director, who lived in the Hamptons and wanted to establish a convenient means for traveling in the Hamptons, especially for those without a driver's license. Initially, the company used vans instead of buses, operating on the theory of a share taxi (jitney) service among the little communities of The Hamptons. The company has retained a name which no longer describes its main service and fleet. Expansion to New York City The founder saw a need for a new transit option for people travelling between New York City an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prevost Car
Prevost (, ), formally known as Prevost Car, is a Canadian manufacturer of touring coach (bus), coaches and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions. The company is a subsidiary of the Volvo Buses division of the Volvo Group. History Early years (1924–1951) Prevost Car was founded by Eugène Prévost (carpenter), Eugène Prévost (1898–1965), a cabinet maker specializing in church pews and school furniture; in 1924 he was asked to build a custom bus body for a new REO Motor Car Company, REO truck chassis. Prévost's company received several repeat orders, but Prévost limited production to one bus body per winter. Between 1937 and 1939, its first dedicated bus manufacturing plant was built in Sainte-Claire, Quebec, with a capacity of ten vehicle bodies per year. At the time, Prevost buses were sold mainly to operators in eastern Canada. Initially the vehicles were built with metal panels over a wooden frame. In 1945 this changed, and body panels and fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenport, Suffolk County, New York
Greenport is a village in New York's Suffolk County, on the North Fork of Long Island. It is located within the Town of Southold and is the only incorporated community in the town. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census. Greenport was a major port for its area, having developed a strong fishing and whaling industry in the past, although currently there are only a handful of commercial fishing vessels operating out of the village. More recently the tourism industry has grown substantially. History Greenport was first settled in 1682 and incorporated in 1838. Greenport was once a whaling and ship building village, and since 1844, has been the eastern terminal station on the north fork for the Long Island Rail Road. During Prohibition, rum running and speakeasies became a significant part of Greenport's economy. Greenport's residents knew the waters well and could outrun the coastguard. Restaurants on the east end, including Claudio's in Greenport, served the illegal boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverhead, New York
Riverhead is a town in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the north shore of Long Island. Since 1727, Riverhead has been the county seat of Suffolk County, though most county offices are in Hauppauge. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,902. The town rests on the mouth of the Peconic River, from which it derives its name. The smaller hamlet of Riverhead lies within it, and is the town's principal economic center. The town is 166 miles (267 km) southwest of Boston via the Orient Point-New London Ferry, and is 76 miles (123 km) northeast of New York City. In the beginning of the 20th century, the town saw an influx of Polish immigrants. This led to the creation of Polish Town, a section of the Town and County seat where the popular Polish Town Fair is held annually. Riverhead is the agricultural apex of Long Island, with 20,000 of the 35,000 acres of the island's farmland located within the town. The town is also home to four separate beaches wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Bays, New York
Hampton Bays is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. It is considered as part of the region of Long Island known as The Hamptons. The population was 13,603 at the 2010 census. History The hamlet was settled in 1740 as "Good Ground", which became the main hamlet of eleven in the immediate area. The area where Main Street, also known as Montauk Highway, is located today, was the approximate area of the original hamlet. There were ten other hamlets in the area. They were called Canoe Place, East Tiana, Newtown, Ponquogue, Rampasture, Red Creek, Squiretown, Southport, Springville, and West Tiana. Most of these hamlets were settled by one or two families and had their own school house. Many of the names from the former hamlets are still featured as local street names today. As a result of the growth of the surrounding hamlets and villages in the Hamptons and increased tourism from New York City, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quogue, New York
Quogue () is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the South Fork of Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 967, down from 1,018 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 15.57%, is water. Demographics The following demographic information applies to the permanent residents of Quogue and not to summer residents: As of the census of 2010, there were 967 people and 424 households residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,623 housing units. The racial makeup of the village was 91.83% White, 1.75% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 1.96% other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.38% of the population. There were 424 households, out of which 164 had children under the age of 18 living with them. 30.2% of all househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westhampton, New York
Westhampton is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 3,079 at the 2010 census. Westhampton is in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, Town of Southampton, New York, Southampton. Geography Westhampton is located at (40.822894, -72.664306). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 14.74%, is water. Climate Westhampton has an oceanic climate (''Cfb'') under the Köppen climate classification, with moderately cold winters and warm summers. The plant hardiness is more similar to a humid continental climate (''Dfb'') although winter days are mild enough that Westhampton is unlikely to maintain long-term snow cover in a normal winter. Due to the lack of an urban environment and being away from the immediate coastline, the area has much colder nights than New York City. Westhampton sees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiners Bay. The population was 2,772 at the 2020 census. The entire business district is listed as the historic Sag Harbor Village District on the National Register of Historic Places. A major whaling and shipping port in the 19th century, by the end of this period and in the 20th century, it became a destination for wealthy people who summered there. Sag Harbor is about three-fifths in Southampton and two-fifths in East Hampton; the town boundary being Division Street. Its landmarks include structures associated with whaling and its early days when it was designated as the first port of entry to the new United States. It had the first United States custom house erected on Long Island. History Sag Harbor was settled by English colonists sometime between 1707 and 1730. Many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauk, New York
Montauk ( ) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in East Hampton, New York, East Hampton and Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 4,318. The CDP encompasses an area that stretches approximately from Napeague, New York, Napeague, to the easternmost tip of New York State at Montauk Point Light. The hamlet encompasses a small area about halfway between the two points. Located at the tip of the South Fork (Long Island), South Fork peninsula of Long Island, east of New York City, Montauk has been used as an United States Army, Army, United States Navy, Navy, United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, and United States Air Force, Air Force base. The Montauk Point Light was the first lighthouse in New York state and is the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States. Montauk is a major tourist destination with six state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manorville, New York
Manorville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 14,317 at the time of the 2020 census. Manorville is mostly in the Town of Brookhaven, but its northeast corner is in the Town of Riverhead. Due to its proximity to The Hamptons, Manorville is nicknamed "The Gateway to the Hamptons". History The hamlet of Manorville was a small farming community for many years. The area of the hamlet once laid within the huge tract of land known as Manor St. George, a land grant given to Col. William "Tangier" Smith in 1693 for recognition of his service as governor of Tangier in Morocco. In 1844, the Long Island Rail Road built a station called St. George's Manor, which was situated off of Ryerson Avenue. However, Seth Raynor, the station agent who was a patriot during the American Revolutionary War, disliked the name due to its similarity to the British and their colonial dominance (Saint George, the patron saint of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
96th Street (Manhattan)
96th Street is a major two-way street on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side sections of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan. It runs in two major sections: between FDR Drive and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, and between Central Park West and the Henry Hudson Parkway on the Upper West Side. The two segments are connected by the 97th Street transverse across Central Park, which links the disconnected segments of 96th and 97th Streets on each side. 96th Street is one of the 15 hundred-foot-wide () crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan. On Manhattan's West Side, 96th Street is the northern boundary of the New York City steam system, the largest such system in the world, which pumps 30 billion pounds of steam into 100,000 buildings south of the street. (The northern boundary on the East Side is 89th Street (Manhattan), 89th Street.) East 96th Street From FDR Driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenport Branch
The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York. On LIRR maps and printed schedules, the "Ronkonkoma Branch" includes trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville (where the Port Jefferson Branch leaves the Main Line) to Ronkonkoma, and between Ronkonkoma and the Main Line's eastern terminus at Greenport. The section of the Main Line east of Ronkonkoma is not electrified and is referred to as the Greenport Branch. The western segment between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma sees 24-hour service to Penn Station and Grand Central Madison in New York City. The eastern segment between Ronkonkoma and Greenport is served by diesel-electric trains, and only sees a handful of trips each day. The eastern segment is also the only dark territory area of the Long Island Rail Road, meaning that it does not have signals. Segments Hicksville to Ronkonkoma The western segment of the line from Hicksville to Ronko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Fork (Long Island)
The North Fork is a 30-mile- (48 km) long peninsula in the northeast part of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, U.S., roughly parallel with a longer peninsula known as the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York, South Fork, both on the East End (Long Island), East End of Long Island. Although the peninsula begins east of Riverhead (CDP), New York, Riverhead hamlet, the term ''North Fork'' can also refer collectively to the towns of Riverhead (town), New York, Riverhead and Southold, New York, Southold in their entirety. Beginning about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Manhattan, the North Fork is the easterly part of the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island. Along with The Hamptons, the area is also part of Long Island's "East End". Geography At Riverhead proper, Long Island splits into two tine (structural), tines, hence the designations of the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York, South Fork and the North Fork. The divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
