The Moorings, New York

The Moorings, New York

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 (CDP) within itself. It is situated on Long Island's Great South Bay.

History

The Moorings was the conception of William Miller, a developer who purchased the picturesquely designed park-like estate of Charles Lanier Lawrance. The estate originally belonged to famed Wall Street banker, H. B. Hollins and was landscaped by the infamous Olmsted Brothers. Miller improved upon the site by constructing roadways, curbs, bulkheading, drainage, and waterways connecting to a private yacht marina. He also enforced strict stipulations to maintain the characteristic beauty and dignity of the lush bayside wooded acreage; land was sold at acre minimum and no two estates could be of generic plans nor could they be of similar plans within the gates.

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

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

Geography

The Moorings is located on Long Island's Great South Bay, at coordinates coord|40.711|N|73.200|W|region:US-NY_scale:10000|display=inline,title.

Education

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

References

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE3DB173DF935A35757C0A961958260 Burdensome Taxes with Natures Bounty"] by Vivien Kellerman, in The New York Times, April 6, 1997.
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E3D81038F934A35751C0A96F958260 "Long Island; On South Shore, a Wave of Waterfront Development"] by Diana Shaman, The New York Times, Feb. 7, 1999.


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