Liferoom in Babylon, NY

The region was once called Huntington South. Nathaniel Conklin and Nathan Kowitt moved their families to the area, and around 1803 named it New Babylon, after the ancient city of Babylon.

The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington.

The following communities and locations are within the Town of Babylon:

• Amityville, in the southwestern part of the town.
• Babylon, in the southeastern section of the town.
• Lindenhurst, in the southern part of the town, between the villages of Babylon and Amityville.

• Captree or Captree Island
• Copiague
• Deer Park
• East Farmingdale
• Gilgo, includes communities of West Gilgo Beach, Gilgo Beach, and Cedar Beach
• North Amityville
• North Babylon
• North Lindenhurst
• Oak Beach, includes community of Oak Island
• West Babylon
• Wheatley Heights
• Wyandanch

• Amity Harbor, in the hamlet of Amityville
• Copiague Harbor, in the hamlet of Copiague

• Captree Island, an island partly in the southeastern part of the town and containing part of Captree State Park.
• Cedar Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
• Fire Island, a barrier beach island between the Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, of which west of the Robert Moses Causeway, is within the confines of the Town of Babylon.
• Gilgo Island, an island in the western end of the Great South Bay.
• Grass Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
• Thatch Island, an island in the Great South Bay.
• Oak Island, an island in the Great South Bay.

• Cedar Beach
• Gilgo Beach
• Oak Beach
• Overlook Beach
• Venetian Shores

• Belmont Lake State Park, a state park in the northeastern part of the town.
• Captree State Park, a state park partly in the southeastern section of the town and adjacent to the Fire Island Inlet.
• Gilgo State Park, an undeveloped preserve on a barrier island on the southern side of the town.
• Robert Moses State Park, a state park on Fire Island, is partly in the town west of the Robert Moses Causeway.

• Fire Island Inlet, a passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay.

• Geiger Lake Memorial Park, Wyandanch, NY
• North Amityville Park, North Amityville, NY
• North Lindenhurst Park, North Lindenhurst, NY
• Phelps Lane Park, North Babylon, NY
• Tanner Park, Copiague, NY