Bellport is a village in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

[2] The Incorporated Village of Bellport is named after the Bell family, early settlers of the area.

Bellport is also home to the Gateway Playhouse, a professional summer theater in operation since 1950.

The land that is now Bellport was purchased along with what is now the hamlet of Brookhaven (then called Fireplace Neck) and western South Haven from the Unkechaug Indians in 1664 by settlers from nearby Setauket, who were attracted by the plentiful harvests of salt hay.

But the breach healed over, and Bellport instead became a tourist attraction, with wealthy visitors coming by railroad and then coach from New York City.

After World War II, nearby Camp Upton was converted into Brookhaven National Laboratory, bringing in more, highly educated, year-round residents.

[6] On November 26, 1983, the New York Pyrotechnic Products Company factory (now known as Fireworks by Grucci) just north of the village exploded, killing two and injuring 24.

The explosion had the effect of an earthquake, causing significant damage to hundreds of homes.

Ho Hum Beach is on Fire Island, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) across the Great South Bay from the Bellport Village Marina.

The Whalehouse Point ferry runs from the Bellport Village Marina from late May to early September.

The South Country Central School District serves the Bellport community.

At the northern village border, the principal south-north route shifts to Station Road and runs toward West Yaphank, while Bellport Avenue becomes a minor local street that terminates at a dead end on the Montauk Branch of the LIRR, resuming its trajectory between Montauk Highway and the eastbound service road of Sunrise Highway at Exit 56.