Lonelyville, New York

Lonelyville is a small, beach community located in the western end of Fire Island, and is a hamlet in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

As on much of Fire Island, cars are generally not permitted in Lonelyville during the summer months and bicycles are the principal means of wheeled transport.

Probably the most famous past residents of Lonelyville were Mel Brooks[2] and his wife Anne Bancroft, who had an ocean-front house there for many years.

This avoided the long and tricky passage through Fire Island Inlet, thus saving countless travel hours for the fishermen.

The pier remained standing long after Captain Clock's fishing company shut down and became somewhat of a landmark for that part of Fire Island.

Lonelyville Beach
Sketch of early Lonelyville, New York, circa 1908
Fire Island Estates (Lonelyville); 1915.