United States

Blue Flag Beaches in New York

New York is one of United States's Blue Flag coastlines — 402 beaches across 125 beach towns, mapped below with certification status for each.

Every flag here is a season's award for water quality, safety, and environmental management — what a Blue Flag beach means covers the certification in depth.

See New York on the map

125

Beach towns

402

Beaches mapped

Beach towns

Adams5 beaches mapped Amagansett5 beaches mapped Amityville1 beach mapped Angola4 beaches mapped Atlantic Beach21 beaches mapped Atlantique1 beach mapped Baiting Hollow4 beaches mapped Bay Shore1 beach mapped Bayport1 beach mapped Bayville5 beaches mapped Blasdell1 beach mapped Blue Point1 beach mapped Bridgehampton3 beaches mapped Brightwaters1 beach mapped Bronx6 beaches mapped Brooklyn12 beaches mapped Center Moriches1 beach mapped Centerport5 beaches mapped Chaumont2 beaches mapped Cold Spring Harbor2 beaches mapped Copiague2 beaches mapped Cutchogue2 beaches mapped Davis Park1 beach mapped Derby1 beach mapped Devon1 beach mapped Dunkirk7 beaches mapped East Atlantic Beach4 beaches mapped East Hampton7 beaches mapped East Islip2 beaches mapped East Moriches1 beach mapped East Rockaway1 beach mapped Fire Island4 beaches mapped Fire Island Pines1 beach mapped Fishers Island3 beaches mapped Fort Salonga4 beaches mapped Fredonia1 beach mapped Glen Cove3 beaches mapped Great River1 beach mapped Greenport2 beaches mapped Greenport West1 beach mapped Hamburg1 beach mapped Hamlin7 beaches mapped Hampton Bays4 beaches mapped Henderson1 beach mapped Henderson Harbor1 beach mapped Huntington3 beaches mapped Huntington Bay6 beaches mapped Irondequoit1 beach mapped Irving1 beach mapped Island Park2 beaches mapped Islip2 beaches mapped Jamesport1 beach mapped Kismet5 beaches mapped Lake Erie Beach2 beaches mapped Larchmont3 beaches mapped Laurel Hollow1 beach mapped Lido Beach10 beaches mapped Lindenhurst1 beach mapped Lloyd Harbor5 beaches mapped Locust Valley4 beaches mapped Lonelyville1 beach mapped Long Beach1 beach mapped Mamaroneck5 beaches mapped Massapequa10 beaches mapped Mattituck2 beaches mapped Merrick1 beach mapped Mexico2 beaches mapped Miller Place3 beaches mapped Montauk8 beaches mapped Mount Sinai2 beaches mapped Napeague1 beach mapped New Rochelle10 beaches mapped New Suffolk1 beach mapped New York City9 beaches mapped Nissequogue1 beach mapped Northport6 beaches mapped Oak Beach3 beaches mapped Oakdale1 beach mapped Ocean Bay Park1 beach mapped Ocean Beach8 beaches mapped Olcott1 beach mapped Orient1 beach mapped Oyster Bay2 beaches mapped Patchogue2 beaches mapped Point Lookout2 beaches mapped Point O'Woods1 beach mapped Port Jefferson3 beaches mapped Port Washington3 beaches mapped Pulaski6 beaches mapped Pultneyville1 beach mapped Queens11 beaches mapped Quogue6 beaches mapped Riverhead1 beach mapped Rochester1 beach mapped Rocky Point4 beaches mapped Rye7 beaches mapped Sackets Harbor1 beach mapped Sag Harbor2 beaches mapped Sagaponack1 beach mapped Saltaire1 beach mapped Sands Point1 beach mapped Sayville2 beaches mapped Sea Cliff2 beaches mapped Setauket10 beaches mapped Shelter Island1 beach mapped Shelter Island Heights5 beaches mapped Shirley1 beach mapped Shoreham3 beaches mapped Sodus Point2 beaches mapped Somerset1 beach mapped Sound Beach5 beaches mapped Southampton3 beaches mapped Southold7 beaches mapped Springs1 beach mapped St. James3 beaches mapped Staten Island2 beaches mapped Sterling4 beaches mapped Stony Brook2 beaches mapped Sunset Bay2 beaches mapped Wading River3 beaches mapped Water Mill3 beaches mapped West Islip1 beach mapped Westfield1 beach mapped Westhampton Beach11 beaches mapped Wilson1 beach mapped

Beaches

New York City

658 Sunrise Club Inc. (manhem)
Sand beach
Not currently certified
American Turners
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Danish American Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

6 more beaches in New York City

Amagansett

Alberts Landing Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Amagansett Beach Association
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Atlantic Avenue Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Amagansett

Rye

American Yacht Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Coveleigh Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Manursing Island Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

4 more beaches in Rye

Amityville

Amityville Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Northport

Asharoken Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Hobart Beach - Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Hobart Beach - Inlet
Sand beach
Not currently certified

3 more beaches in Northport

East Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
East Atlantic Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lawrence Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in East Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach Estates
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Catalina Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Clearwater Cabana Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

18 more beaches in Atlantic Beach

Lonelyville

Atlantique Beach - Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Atlantique

Atlantique Beach - Ocean
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Westhampton Beach

Bath and Tennis Hotel
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Cupsogue County Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Dune Deck Hotel
Sand beach
Not currently certified

8 more beaches in Westhampton Beach

Southampton

Bathing Corp of Southampton
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Coopers Neck Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Southampton Bath and Tennis
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Huntington Bay

Bay Hills Poa
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Baycrest Association Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Crescent Beach - Suffolk
Sand beach
Not currently certified

3 more beaches in Huntington Bay

Islip

Bayberry Beach and Tennis Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Islip Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Setauket

Bayberry Cove Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Bayview Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Brookhaven Bathing Association
Sand beach
Not currently certified

7 more beaches in Setauket

Bayport

Bayport Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Mamaroneck

Beach Point Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Harbor Island Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Mamaroneck Beach and Cabana Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Mamaroneck

New Rochelle

Beckwithe Pointe
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Davenport Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Glen Island Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

7 more beaches in New Rochelle

Sackets Harbor

Bedford Creek Marina and Campground
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Rocky Point

Beech Road Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Broadway Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Friendship Drive Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Rocky Point

Oyster Bay

Beekman Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Theodore Roosevelt Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Port Jefferson

Belle Terre Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Port Jefferson Beach - East
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Port Jefferson Beach - West
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Fire Island Pines

Bellport Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Bay Shore

Benjamins Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Angola

Bennett Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lake Erie Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Pioneer Camp
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Angola

Massapequa

Biltmore Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Jones Beach State Park - Central
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Jones Beach State Park - Central - Central Mall
Sand beach
Not currently certified

7 more beaches in Massapequa

Westfield

Blue Water Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Queens

Breezy Point - 219th Street
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Breezy Point - Reid Ave.
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Douglaston Homeowners Association
Sand beach
Not currently certified

8 more beaches in Queens

Pulaski

Brennan's Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Chedmardo
Sand beach
Not currently certified
ONTARIO SHORES (Rainbow Shores)
Sand beach
Not currently certified

3 more beaches in Pulaski

Bridgehampton

Bridgehampton Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Mecox Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Brightwaters

Brightwaters Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Fort Salonga

Callahan's Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Crab Meadow Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Sunken Meadow State Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Fort Salonga

Centerport

Camp Alvernia
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Centerport Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Centerport Yacht Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Centerport

Baiting Hollow

Camp Baiting Hollow
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Dorothy P. Flint Camp
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Reeves Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Baiting Hollow

East Hampton

Camp Blue Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Clearwater Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Georgica Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

4 more beaches in East Hampton

Wading River

Camp Dewolfe
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Wading River Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Wildwood State Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Somerset

Camp Kenan
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Shelter Island Heights

Camp Quinipet
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Crescent Beach - Shelter Island
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Perlman Music Camp
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Shelter Island Heights

Hampton Bays

Camp Tekakwitha
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Meschutt Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Southampton Peconic Beach and Tennis Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Hampton Bays

Oak Beach

Cedar Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Gilgo Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Overlook Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Mount Sinai

Cedar Beach - East (mt. Sinai)
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Cedar Beach - West
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Staten Island

Cedar Grove
Sand beach
Not currently certified
South Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Bayville

Centre Island - Bay Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Centre Island - Sound Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Ransom Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Bayville

Chaumont

Chaumont Village Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Crescent Yacht Club Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Point O'Woods

Club at Point O'woods - Ocean
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Cold Spring Harbor

Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Eagle Dock Community Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Brooklyn

Coney Island
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Coney Island - W. 8th St. to Pier
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Coney Island Beach - Brighton 15th - 6th
Sand beach
Not currently certified

9 more beaches in Brooklyn

Copiague

Copiague Harbor
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Tanner Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Blue Point

Corey Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Southold

Cornell Co-Operative Extension Marine Center
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Founder's Landing
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Goose Creek
Sand beach
Not currently certified

4 more beaches in Southold

Glen Cove

Crescent Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Morgan Memorial Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Pryibil Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Montauk

Culloden Shores
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Ditch Plains Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
East Lake Drive Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

5 more beaches in Montauk

Davis Park

Davis Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Devon

Devon Yacht Club, Inc.
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Mexico

Dowie Dale
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Mexico Point State Park (town)
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Ocean Beach

Dunewood Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Dunewood Poa Beach - Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Fair Harbor - Ocean
Sand beach
Not currently certified

5 more beaches in Ocean Beach

Irondequoit

Durand Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

East Islip

East Islip Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Heckscher State Park - West Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Larchmont

Echo Bay Yacht Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Larchmont Manor Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Larchmont Shore Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Irving

Evangola State Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Lake Erie Beach

Evans Town Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Point Breeze Camp
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sterling

Fair Haven Beach State Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Fair Haven Beach State Park - Channel
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Fair Haven Beach State Park - East
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Sterling

Lloyd Harbor

Fiddlers Green Association
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lloyd Harbor Estates
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lloyd Harbor Village Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Lloyd Harbor

Greenport

Fifth Street Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Norman Klipp Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Fishers Island

Fisher's Island Country Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Hay Harbor Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Island People's Project
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Huntington

Fleets Cove Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Gold Star Battalion Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Knollwood Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Water Mill

Flying Point
Sand beach
Not currently certified
W. Scott Cameron
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Water Mill Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sag Harbor

Foster Memorial
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Haven's Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Bronx

Golden Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Locust Point Yacht Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Orchard Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

3 more beaches in Bronx

Fire Island

Great Gun Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island - Field 2
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Saltaire Beach - Ocean
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Fire Island

Hamburg

Hamburg Bathing Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Hamlin

Hamlin Beach State Park - Area 3
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Hamlin Beach State Park - Area 4
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Hamlin Beach State Park - H3
Sand beach
Not currently certified

4 more beaches in Hamlin

Island Park

Harbor Isle Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Island Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Great River

Heckscher State Park - Overlook Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Port Washington

Hempstead Harbor Beach Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Manor Haven Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
North Hempstead Beach Park (bar Beach)
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Henderson Harbor

Henderson Harbor Yacht Club Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Napeague

Hermitage at Napeague
Sand beach
Not currently certified

East Rockaway

Hewlett Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Center Moriches

Holiday Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Quogue

Hot Dog Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Ponquogue Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Quogue Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

3 more beaches in Quogue

Laurel Hollow

Inc. Village of Laurel Hollow
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Riverhead

Iron Pier Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Point Lookout

Jones Beach - West
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Point Lookout Park District
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Kismet

Kismet Beach - Ocean
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island - Field 3
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Kismet

Olcott

Krull Park (olcott Beach)
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Fredonia

Lake Erie State Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Locust Valley

Lattingtown Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Piping Rock Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Stehli Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

1 more beach in Locust Valley

Lido Beach

Lido Beach - Towers Condo
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lido Beach Park District
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Lido Beach West
Sand beach
Not currently certified

7 more beaches in Lido Beach

St. James

Long Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Nissequogue Point Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Schubert Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Long Beach

Long Beach City
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Springs

Maidstone Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Dunkirk

Main Street Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Point Gratiot Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Point Gratiot Beach - East
Sand beach
Not currently certified

4 more beaches in Dunkirk

Mattituck

Mattituck Breakwater Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Veteran's Memorial Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Merrick

Merrick Estates Civic Association
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Miller Place

Miller Beach Surf Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Miller Place Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Woodhull Landing
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Cutchogue

Nassau Point Causeway
Sand beach
Not currently certified
PEQUASH BEACH (Fleets Neck Beach)
Sand beach
Not currently certified

New Suffolk

New Suffolk Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

East Moriches

Newport Beach Poa
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Rochester

Ontario Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Orient

Orient Beach State Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Patchogue

Patchogue Village Pool and Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Sandspit Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sound Beach

Pickwick Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Scotts Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Sound Beach Poa - East
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Sound Beach

Ocean Bay Park

Point O'woods Association - Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Pultneyville

Pultneyville Mariners Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sagaponack

Sagg Main Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Saltaire

Saltaire Beach - Bay
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sayville

Sayville Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Sayville Marina Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sea Cliff

Sea Cliff Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Tappen Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Shirley

Shirley Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Shoreham

Shoreham Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Shoreham Shore Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Shoreham Village Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Nissequogue

Short Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Greenport West

Silver Sands Motel
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sodus Point

Sodus Point - Bayside
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Sodus Point - Lake Side
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Jamesport

South Jamesport Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Henderson

Southwick Beach State Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Stony Brook

Stony Brook Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Stony Brook Yacht Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sunset Bay

Sunset Bay Beach Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Town of Hanover Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Lindenhurst

Venetian Shores
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Sands Point

Village Club at Sands Point
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Shelter Island

Wades Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Derby

Wendt Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

West Islip

West Islip Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Oakdale

West Oaks Recreation Club
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Adams

Westcott Beach State Park - Camps
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Westcott Beach State Park - Kiddie Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified
Westcott Beach State Park - Main
Sand beach
Not currently certified

2 more beaches in Adams

Wilson

Wilson-Tuscarora State Park Beach
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Blasdell

Woodlawn Beach State Park
Sand beach
Not currently certified

Run the beaches for a town in New York? The Government Portal puts your daily water quality and safety flags on these pages.

Field notes — quick answers

How many Blue Flag beaches are in New York?

Our New York roster is still being charted for the 2026 season. Certified beaches appear here with their certification year as we verify them; the interactive map shows the latest coverage.

What does Blue Flag certification tell you about New York's water?

A Blue Flag is awarded season by season for excellent bathing-water quality plus safety, services, and environmental management. Certified Best Beaches is an independent directory, not affiliated with FEE, the certifier.