Profile for Bay Shore, New York, NY

Bay Shore is on the Great South Bay

Former and merged names include:
· Mechanicville

Developed as a tourist destination after ferry service to Fire Island began in the mid-1800s

Nearby parks & recreation: Robert Moses State Park, Gardiner Park

Historic sites and museums: Sagtikos Manor

Colleges and universities: Touro College School of Heath Sciences

Gays & lesbians
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Local index: 143

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Cemeteries (11)

Colleges (3)

Communities (34)

Hotels (10)

Libraries (14)

Parks (3)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Bay Shore demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Suffolk County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Nassau-Suffolk area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 11718 ZIP code.

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11% of Bay Shore residents report German ancestry, and 17% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Bay Shore ancestry & family history guide.

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• Ancestry.com - NY data
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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Bay Shore was $23,437, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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20% of Bay Shore residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Median rent in Bay Shore, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $828.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,560.

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Suffolk County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Bay Shore political report.

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The average commute time for Bay Shore workers is 29 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 3 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Bay Shore between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 1.3 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

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Hotels in Bay Shore include Econo Lodge Bay Shore.

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