Fire Island is a string of communities and parks, gay and straight bars, boats and bridges, Beach umbrellas and bungalows--all bound together by the pristine white sand of the island\'s beach.
This 32-mile-long barrier island off the coast of Long Island has been defined by legendary shipwrecks and heroic lifesaving in the 19th century, but also kindled by menacing storms and a web of sociological intrigue as an upwardly mobile American middle class sought out vacation homes and coastal recrea.
Fire Island is a string of communities and parks, gay and straight bars, boats and bridges, Beach umbrellas and bungalows--all bound together by the pristine white sand of the island\'s beach