Barnum Island blends salt-air living with everyday convenience on the South Shore of Long Island. Sharing its peninsula with neighboring Island Park and moments from the ocean in Long Beach, the community rewards an outdoor lifestyle: launch a kayak from quiet canals, fish the back bays, or cycle the Long Beach Boardwalk before a seafood stop along Austin Boulevard. Commuters appreciate direct service to Manhattan from the Island Park LIRR station on the Long Beach Branch, and quick hops over the Long Beach Bridge make beach days effortless. Local parks add breathing room—Shell Creek Park offers a fishing pier, courts, and playgrounds—and Masone Beach delivers classic summer afternoons close to home.
Families value the neighborhood schools. The Island Park UFSD provides a supportive K–8 experience at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary and Lincoln Orens Middle School; most high schoolers attend Long Beach High School through a long-standing arrangement. Daily essentials are minutes away, with broader shopping and dining in Oceanside and throughout Nassau County. Housing ranges from classic bungalows to elevated, renovated homes designed with resilience in mind, many with docks that make dayboating irresistible. If you’re considering a move—or planning your next step within the community—Agent Pronto can connect buyers and sellers with trusted, highly reviewed real estate agents who know Barnum Island block by block.