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Bacteria Scare Closes 55 LI Beaches: SC Health Dept.
Suffolk County health officials have closed 55 Long Island beaches for bathing due to an advisory following heavy rain.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Fifty-five Long Island beaches are closed for swimming after the Suffolk County Health Department issued an advisory on Thursday following heavy rainfall.
Because the beaches are located in parts of Long Island heavily impacted by stormwater runoff, the health department closed the beaches from swimming due to potentially high levels of bacteria in the water, officials said.
Health officials recommend that beachgoers do not swim or have contact with the water at beaches under advisory until they've been flushed by two successive tidal cycles at least 24 hours after the rain has ended.
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Therefore, the advisory is set to be lifted on Saturday, June 8, at midnight unless further testing reveals that elevated bacteria levels remain.
At the end of May, Patch reported on the reopening of 63 Long Island beaches that had also closed to swimming due to high levels of bacteria following heavy rains.
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On Tuesday, Patch reported that the Department of Health issued an advisory closing Venetian Shores Beach in Lindenhurst and Tanner Park Beach in Copiague
Babylon
- Amityville Village Beach in Amityville
- Tanner Park
- Venetian Shores Beach
Brookhaven
- Sound Beach POA East
- Sound Beach POA West
- Tides Beach
- Beech Road Beach (NSBA)
- Broadway Beach (NSBA)
- Friendship Drive Beach (NSBA)
- Shoreham Village Beach
- Shoreham Beach
- Corey Beach
- Stony Brook Beach
- Shoreham Shore Club Beach
- Miller Place Park Beach
- Scotts Beach
- Woodhull Landing POA Beach
- Bayberry Cove Beach
- Bayview Beach
- Grantland Beach
- Indian Field Beach
- Little Bay Beach
- Soundview Beach Association Beach
- Terraces on the Sound
East Hampton
- Havens Beach
Huntington
- Eagle Dock Community Beach
- Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club Beach
- West Neck Beach
- Lloyd Neck Bath Club Beach
- Lloyd Harbor Village Park Beach
- Gold Star Battalion Park Beach
- Head of the Bay Club Beach
- Nathan Hale Beach Club Beach
- Baycrest Association Beach
- Bay Hills Beach Association
- Crescent Beach
- Knollwood Beach Association Beach
- Fleets Cove Beach
- Centerport Beach
- Huntington Beach Community Association Beach
- Steers Beach
- Asharoken Beach
- Hobart Beach (Sound)
- Hobart Beach (Cove)
- Crab Meadow Beach
- Wincoma Association Beach
- Valley Grove Beach
- Prices Bend Beach
Islip
- West Islip Beach
- Benjamins Beach
- Islip Beach
- East Islip Beach
- West Oaks Recreation Club Beach
- Brightwaters Village Beach
- Bayport Beach
- Sayville Marina Park Beach
- Bayberry Beach & Tennis Club Beach
- Ronkonkoma Beach (Town of Islip)
Smithtown
- Callahans Beach
- Short Beach
- Nissequogue Point Beach
- Long Beach
- Schubert Beach
In addition, nine beaches listed below recently closed for swimming remain off limits until testing reveals that bacteria are at acceptable levels.
- Bayberry Cove Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Bayberry Cove Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Indian Field Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Bayview Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Grantland Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Little Bay Beach, Strongs Neck (precautionary)
- Valley Grove Beach, Eatons Neck (elevated bacteria levels)
- Tanner Park Beach, Copiague (elevated bacteria levels)
- Venetian Shore Beach, Lindenhurst (elevated bacteria levels)
Beachgoers can view the state's interactive map for the latest Long Island beach advisories.
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