Ocean Bay Park is a hamlet in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Ocean Bay Park was once filled with college and recently graduated young people, but has since shifted to a more family friendly community.

The residents of Ocean Bay Park have a history of being on the forefront of social change.

On September 2, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King was the guest of honor at a cocktail party held by Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Abbott as a fundraiser for his work.

Earlier that day, Dr. King "spoke about community, the war in Vietnam, anti-Semitism and the need for a third political party."