Companies and wholesale clam dealers created a viable mixture of uses for the Patchogue river, which was a widely utilized commercial port in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

The Patchogue Riverfront Committee is host of the Sea Fair River Festival, a riverfront celebration intended to welcome Long Islanders to enjoy and appreciate the beautiful Patchogue River and its maritime sea life.

The Patchogue River serves as a central mariner and recreational water front to many Long Island tourists and Residents alike.

The spectacle is viewable from Sandspit Park, Watch Hill Ferry Terminal, or anywhere on the river.

[2] Attendance was low for the Boat Parade in 2008 not because Butler's relatively few, but vocal, supporters' boycott was successful, but as a result of freezing weather that day coupled with the fact that the well-publicized murder of Marcelo Lucero had occurred just two weeks before.