About Sayville, New York
The Hamlet of Sayville is located on the south shore of Long Island in Suffolk County approximately 62 miles east of Manhattan and approximately 67 miles west of Montauk. Sayville is bordered by the hamlets of Oakdale, Bohemia and Bayport.
Living in Sayville, NY
Sayville's close proximity to the Great South Bay and Robert Moses Causeway makes it the perfect home for the boater, fisherman, and beach lover alike. Sayville is close to both St. John's University and Dowling College. The Long Island Maritime Museum is located in West Sayville.
Housing: Sayville home styles include capes, ranches, Victorians, colonials, tudors, and most large older homes are found south of Montauk highway closer to the Great South Bay. Many of the old estates have been broken up and the land belonging to the former estates sold off.
Transportation: Sayville does have local bus transportation and is the Sayville stop on the Long Island Road's Montauk branch.
Shopping: Sayville is known for its Bay front beaches, marinas, historic homes, festivals, quaint but lively downtown area with many shops, fine restaurants, and movie theater. There is also mall and out shopping at Shopping at the South Shore Mall, The Arches and Bellport Outlets
Parks: Sayville is close to South Shore beaches like Robert Moses, Jones Beach and Fire Island. There is the Sayville Ferry which serves Cherry Grove, the Fire Island Pines, Water Island and Sunken Forest. There are also local beaches including Atlantique Beach, Benjamin Beach, and Islip Beach.
Local Clubs include: Sayville Yacht Club and West Sayville Country Club
Community Events: Summer Festival, Nautic Festival and Vintage Boat Show, Annual Seafood Festival and Craft Fair, Halloween Boat Burning
Larger Venues: Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Northfork Theater at Westbury,
For additional information on The Village of Sayville Website Around The Township of Islip and The Town of Islip Website
Some Historical Information About Sayville
Sayville became a major resort town when the railroad arrived in 1868. Hotels and boarding houses like the Seaside House (renamed Lafayette House) on Candee Avenue, Kensington Hotel on Main Street and the Elmore Hotel on Handsome Avenue as well as the Tidewater Inn and Delavan Hotel were popular places to stay. The Sayville Historic Society hosts many events and tours of historic homes in the area and is located at the Edwards Homestead, which was built in 1838. The great and powerful and rich and famous came here to spend their fortunes building lavish estates to accomodate their lifestyles which included opulent mansion on the Great South Bay with manicured lanscapes, swimming pools, and tennis courts. The residents were frequently members of or had something to do with forming local yacht clubs because yachting / sailing were traditions passed through the families. The late 1800's - the early 1900's created new millionaires and with new and expnaded industries and many of them came to Long Island to build. They built here because it was in close to Manhattan, andwas a sportsman's paradise. There were foxhunts and horseback riding in Old Westbury and Babylon. Yachting and fishing in Babylon, Oakdale, Bay Shore and Great River and golfing in Sayville and Bay Shore.
Sayville was part of the "Hidden Gold Coast" on the south shore of Long Island which extended eastward from the Nassau County border to the Bayport / Blue Point along the Great South Bay. The south shore Gold Coast was closely knit, but ethnically and religiously diverse and tolerant. The area was settled predominately by sugar plantation owners, sugar refiners, attorneys, capitalist, investment bankers, merchants, and shipping magnets. South Shore families were associated with Gulden Mustard, Domino Sugar, Entenmann Bakery, Moran Tugboats, Adam and Chicle Chewing Gum, Doxsee Clams, Lorillard and American Tabacco, deMurias and Bachia Cigars, Pinkerton Detective Agency, Abraham and Strauss, Singer Sewing Machine, Bon Ami Cleanser, and Republic Pictures. See other town historical information, older home information
- Two estates that were developed into homes was the Frank Jones Beechwold estate, and William Robinson Simonds' Wyndemore.
Some of the estates remain:
- St. John's University campus was once the very impressive residence of Frederick Gilbert Bourne, President of Singer Sewing Machine Company.
- Meadowcroft, the former home of John E Roosevelt is now part of Sans Souci Lake Nature Preserve.
- The present West Sayville Country Club was the 500-acre estate of Anson Wade Hard. The estate carriage house houses a Maritime Museum.
- The 5.8 acre Brookside County Park was the former estate of architect Isaac H Green.
- Lands End was built by pharmiacist and avid boater, Northam Warren. It has had some alterations and has served as several restaurants at the end of Brown's River Road
- The gatehouse and the Playhouse of Beechwold, the old Jones estate, still remains at 254 Handsome Avenue and 96 Benson Avenue.
Some Notable Past or Present Residents
- Frederick G. Bourne, President of Singer Sewing Machine Company
- Anson Bourne Hard
- Frank S. Jones, President of the Grand Union Tea Co and Grand Union Supermarkets
- Henry C. Bohack, Founder Bohack Grocery chain
- James W. Ridgeway, Brooklyn District Attorney
- Eversley Childs, Sr., Capitalist and Industrialist
- John Bernsee Catilin, Sr., Financier and Capitalist
- Charles Bossert, Industrialist and Capitalist
Sayville Listings
There are beautiful homes for sale in Sayville, NY. Below is a slideshow of just a few of the homes currently on the market in Sayville, NY. I hope you find something that appeals to you.
Complete List of Homes for Sale in Sayville New York
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Is Sayville A Walkable Town?
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