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Point Lookout

9-foot shark spotted by lifeguards at Long Island beach

  • Jul 3
AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Solemn ceremonies across NYC and beyond honor victims of 9/11

  • Sep 12, 2025

Long Island residents hold memorial for those killed on 9/11

  • Sep 11, 2024

Long Island residents remember lives lost in 9/11 terror attacks

  • Sep 11, 2023

Many tears shed at 9/11 ceremony on Long Island

  • Sep 11, 2022

Shark patrol launched in Long Island town following recent sighting

  • Jun 3, 2022

Hempstead 9/11 annual ceremony returns to the beach

  • Sep 11, 2021

Injured seal rescued by officers on LI beach

  • Apr 3, 2021

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Riptide safety tips amid hurricane season

  • Aug 5
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September 11 memorial service on Long Island

  • Sep 11, 2024
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Many tears shed at 9/11 ceremony on Long Island

  • Sep 11, 2022
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Hempstead annual 9/11 ceremony returns to the beach

  • Sep 11, 2021
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Injured seal rescued by officers on LI beach

  • Apr 3, 2021
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Private helicopter crashed in bay near Point Lookout: FAA

  • Oct 21, 2020
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Governor Cuomo helps install artificial reef off Long Island

  • Sep 16, 2020
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Watch as an old train car is dumped into the ocean to make an artificial reef

  • Sep 16, 2020

Latest Stories

Pilot rescued after helicopter lands in 3 feet of water near Jones Beach

At least one person was rescued when a helicopter landed in three feet of water near Jones Beach.

  • Oct 22, 2020

Train cars dumped into ocean to create artificial reef off Point Lookout, Long Island

Governor Cuomo says he was inspired to use the cars after reading about them taking up space on railroad tracks. So he called Wells Fargo to ask for their old rail cars.

  • Sep 16, 2020

Reopen News: Long Island beaches draw a crowd for 4th of July weekend

If you thought COVID would keep the crowds home for the Fourth of July weekend, that was not the case at Town Park Point Lookout Beach.

  • Jul 3, 2020

1 dead, 1 missing after boat capsized off Long Island coast

One man has died and another person remains missing after a 22-foot Angler fishing boat was hit by multiple large waves off the coast of Long Island, overturning the vessel and throwing four occupants overboard.

  • May 3, 2020

Plane makes emergency landing on Long Island beach

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 150 landed in Point Lookout about nine miles east-southeast of John F. Kennedy International Airport about 2:20 p.m.

  • Nov 4, 2019