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Ocean Bay Park is a very diverse community with many different groups of interest. There is a strong contingent of group houses and nightlife is strong at Flynn's and other places right on the Bay. But also many long-time residents that care about their community. Flynn's provides a 50 Boat Marina. The Inn Between also on the Bay provides similar fair. Ocean Bay Park is filled with college and recently graduated young people. Party hardy is the general theme. There is a grocery store, three bar-restaurants, two pizza places, and a bagel shop. Enough amenities to keep any weekender happy. OBP is most widely known for its Happy Hour, which starts at about 4:00pm. on Saturdays and goes on into the early morning hours. Ferry service from Bay Shore. Text from: www.fairharbor.com/pl_obp.htm

Ocean Bay Park is a very diverse community with many different groups of interest. There is a strong contingent of group houses and nightlife is strong at Flynn's and other places right on the Bay. But also many long-time residents that care about their community. Flynn's provides a 50 Boat Marina. The Inn Between also on the Bay provides similar fair. Ocean Bay Park is filled with college and recently graduated young people. Party hardy is the general theme. There is a grocery store, three bar-restaurants, two pizza places, and a bagel shop. Enough amenities to keep any weekender happy. OBP is most widely known for its Happy Hour, which starts at about 4:00pm. on Saturdays and goes on into the early morning hours. Ferry service from Bay Shore. Text from: www.fairharbor.com/pl_obp.htm

Bronze Crab Greek, 3rd- 1st century BC Accession # 1992.11.69 The hole at the top of the carapace indicates that the crab served as a furniture attachment or as a base, possibly for a lamp. The naturalistic articulation presupposes firsthand observation of a live specimen. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

FAO Schwarz is the name of a high-end toy store chain founded in New York City in 1870 by German immigrant, Frederick August Otto Schwarz. The original name of the store was Toy Bazaar. (The company traces its history back to 1862 in Baltimore, when Schwarz first began retailing toys from his fancy-goods store there.) It is known for its offering rather exotic gifts for children, such as a gas powered, miniature Mercedes-Benz for children under ten costing several thousand dollars. FAO Schwarz was notably featured in the 1988 Tom Hanks film Big, in which Hanks and Robert Loggia played "Heart & Soul" and "Chopsticks" on the store's signature 22-foot piano. At its height, the chain had a total of 40 stores throughout the United States. In 2001, The Right Start Company bought 22 of the 40 stores, and the other 18 unsold stores were immediately closed. In December 2002, Right Start, the then parent of FAO Schwarz, filed for bankruptcy. They would emerge from bankruptcy in April 2003 only to re-enter it in December 2003, forcing all stores to close. After FAO Schwarz was again sold to its new owners, hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., the New York City and Las Vegas stores reopened on Thanksgiving Day 2004. The New York City store, on Fifth Avenue, is still very popular, and a famous destination in the city. The store was redesigned by architect David Rockwell of The Rockwell Group in collaboration with Paul Gregory of Focus Lighting in 2004. The 5th Avenue flagship store now features a large open front area and award-winning lighting which includes almost 80,000 LED lights mounted on the ceiling above the main atrium space. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.A.O._Schwarz

Jones Beach State Park, most renowned of all Long Island State Parks derives its name from Major Thomas Jones who came to Long Island in 1692, built, near Massapequa, the first brick house on Long Island and eventually acquired a total of 6,000 acres. Apparently he thought he also owned a part of what is now Jones Beach because around the year of 1700 he established a whaling station on the outer beach near the site of the present park. Jones died in 1713. Jones Beach State Park opened to the public on August 4, 1929. On that day Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, foreigner Governor Alfred E. Smith, and at that time Commission President Robert Moses, were principal speakers. Its success and popularity were immediately apparent. In l930,the first full year of operation, a million and a half persons visited the park. In July, 1931, the West Bathhouse with swimming and diving pools opened. The Wantagh Causeway soon became overcrowded and serious traffic delay occurred every Sunday. On November 3, 1931, the Town of Hempstead voted to convey to the State all of Short Beach, the area between the Park and Jones Inlet, together with a right of way for an additional causeway from the mainland, near Freeport, to the Park. In 1933 Commissioners served on the board of the Jones Beach State Park Authority that built, maintained and operated the causeways to Jones Beach, some park facilities that includes the Jones Beach Theater and the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County. Swimming has always been the top attraction. Few places offer facilities for such fine surf bathing, stillwater bay bathing and swimming pools with diving and wading pools. Thousands are also attracted by the other facilities for healthful recreation. There are basketball courts, deck tennis and shuffleboard courts, 18-hole pitch and putt golf course, a miniature golf course, softball diamonds, picnic areas, miles of surf fishing areas, fishing docks and a boat basin, outdoor dancing and a two-mile long boardwalk. In addition, special sports programs, Children's Jubilee Festival, concerts and other outdoor entertainment are presented. The park comprises2,413 acres with 6.5 miles of ocean beach frontage and a half mile of bay frontage developed for stillwater bathing. There are two bathhouses, refreshment stands, a restaurant, playgrounds, barbecue and picnic areas, first-aid stations, ice-cream parlors, beach shops and gift shops. Text from: www.longislandtourism.com/jonesbeach.htm