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Long Island is an Island
that is part of the state of New York. Long Island stretches from the New
York Harbor into the north Atlantic Ocean. On the Northern part of Long
Isl and seats Long Island Sound and on the Southern part, Jamaica Bay,
South Oyster Bay
and the Great South Bay. Long Island is home to the New York Jets, a
National Football League (NFL) team. The New York Jets are based in the
Island but play their home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The New
York Jets have one Super Bowl title, that was the third edition of the
championship. On the eastern end of the Island are two partitions, the
north folk and the south folk.
Brooklyn and Queens, Boroughs of New York
city, are on the western part in the Island. Nassau and Suffolk counties
are to the east of the two boroughs. Long Island is the fourth largest
Island in the country. Long Island has a water supply problem due to no
large streams. Water is provided from groundwater or the mainland. The
following industries were brought up by the English and the Dutch;
fishing, farming and whaling.
This Industries were meant to bring in
settlers to the Island but it didn't actually take off until access to the
mainland, New York City was made possible. Accelerated growth came about
after the second Wor ld
War. The industries flourishing in Long Island are; Real estate and the
production of Wine grapes. Two of the Busiest airports in the country if
not the world are based in the western part of Long Island, John F.
Kennedy and La Guardia. The Brookhaven national laboratory is situated on
the eastern part of Long Island. If traveling to Long Island the hotels
are world class the so are the restaurants with different kinds of
cuisines. Accommodation is readily available. here are a few of those
hotels; Holiday Inn Express Midtown-Long Island City, Garden City
Hotel-Long Island, Executive Inn at Woodbury, The Inn at Fox
Hollow-Woodbury and Best Western Inn-Woodbury. Here are a few famous
residents of Long Island; Mariah Carey, Amy Fisher, Howard Stern, Eddie
Money, Alec Baldwin, Billy Joel and Ashanti. |
