The Moorings, New York

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An Estate at The Moorings of East Islip

Map of The Moorings

The Moorings is a guard-gated private community in the unincorporated East Islip hamlet of Suffolk County, New York and is not a census-designated place within itself . It is situated on Long Island's Great South Bay.

The neighborhood is an elegant and extensively opulent planned community, and is some of Suffolk County's most priceless South Shore real estate. The development at its official inception in 1969, was envisioned as a sheltered harbor for a distinctively upper class lifestyle.

Sporadic building began in 1964, prior to the incorporation of the homeowner's association and became steady in 1977. Developing commenced in 1999 with a 16-acre estate featuring just 100 feet of frontage on Champlin Creek, being subdivided into 11 lots, known as the Harbor View project. The 19th-century estate remained on a 5.88 acre waterfront parcel and was eventually demolished. However, the estate's owners salvaged marble fireplaces, paneling, and other appurtenances for the construction of a new estate.

"The Moorings" means "a place suitable for anchoring" in Middle English.

[edit] Geography

The Moorings is located at 40°71'07" North, 73°19'93" West.

[edit] Education

The Moorings is served by East Islip School District; however due to the level of affluence, many of the children residing in the Moorings attend private boarding schools. No schools are actually the gates.