Patchogue River (Connecticut)
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The Patchogue River is a mile-long waterway In
Patchogue, New York Patchogue (, ) is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Suffolk County, New York. The population was 11,798 at the time of the 2010 census. Patchogue is part of the Town (New York), town of Brookhaven, New York, Brookhaven, on ...
that is lined with a variety of restaurants, marinas, fueling docks, apartment condominiums, and ferry terminals.


Description

The Patchogue River Inlet joins itself into the cove of
Patchogue bay Patchogue Bay is a lagoon on the south-central shores of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. Part of the Great South Bay, Patchogue Bay is a cove between the points of land known as Blue Point and Howells Point, and across which ferries ...
which is part of
The Great South Bay The Great South Bay is a lagoon situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about long and has an average depth of 4 feet 3 inches and is 20 feet at its deepest. It is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Is ...
. The River flows south and is greeted by Sandspit park on the southeast corner of the River. The Davis Park ferry terminal is adjacent to the Sandspit park, which offers seating and parking on the river front. Parking is free for Town of Brookhaven residents. Companies and wholesale clam dealers created a viable mixture of uses for the Patchogue river, which was a widely utilized commercial port in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The Patchogue Riverfront Committee is host of the Sea Fair River Festival, a riverfront celebration intended to welcome Long Islanders to enjoy and appreciate the beautiful Patchogue River and its maritime sea life. The Patchogue River serves as a central mariner and recreational water front to many Long Island tourists and Residents alike. The Fire Island Wilderness area, located on the eastern end of Fire Island, is the only federally designated
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in New York State. It is accessed from the Watch Hill Ferry Terminal located on the Patchogue River one block south and west of the Patchogue train station


Patchogue River Parade

Every year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, the Patchogue River Parade is held, with boaters decorating and illuminating their boats in that year's theme. The spectacle is viewable from Sandspit Park, Watch Hill Ferry Terminal, or anywhere on the river. In 2008, the Parade removed the word "Christmas" from its name and became a public controversy, losing about 500 spectators. Brookhaven-based fireworks company "Fireworks by Grucci" dropped its sponsorship after the Greater Patchogue Foundation removed "Christmas" from the parade's name because some residents complained the name wasn't inclusive enough. Grucci vice president Philip Butler opposes the secularization of
Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...
. His supporters encouraged area residents to stay away from the parade on Patchogue River. Attendance was low for the Boat Parade in 2008 not because Butler's relatively few, but vocal, supporters' boycott was successful, but as a result of freezing weather that day coupled with the fact that the well-publicized murder of Marcelo Lucero had occurred just two weeks before. The Patchogue River Maritime Center Plan recently unveiled to the public a plan to utilize more of the river's benefits, ranging from dredging the river to building a Fire Island National Seashore visitors center and a possible marine museum.Marcazzo, Regina
Patchogue Puts the River Back in Its Future
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List of crossings of the Patchogue River

*Roe Avenue West *
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; Lake Street *
County Route 85 (Suffolk County, New York) A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
; West Main Street *
Montauk Branch The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. How ...
of the
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; Division Street.


See also

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Patchogue Lake Great Patchogue Lake is located just north of Montauk Highway and is bordered by Waverly Avenue to the west and North Ocean Avenue to the east. Patchogue Lake was dammed to provide water power for the textile industry hence its other name: Lace Mi ...


References


External links


National Park Service: Fire Island National SeashoreTravel Guide For Fire Island National Seashore areaPatchogue Sea Fair River Festival
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