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Originally Posted by theSeeker44
Thanks all for this info...Really helpful. I never heard of Great River! Am checking all your suggestions out.
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Great River is part of a larger area including East Islip and Islip Terrace that are all part of the East Islip School District. Great River is probably the smallest of the three and probably the most upscale.
To the west is the hamlet of Islip which has a cute downtown area on Montauk highway. To the east is Oakdale, Sayville and Bayport, all nice communities. Sayville has a notable downtown area.
What would be nice for you is that the area is less crowded then most of Nassau and even a bit rural in some areas. There are also a lot of parks in the area such as the huge Heckscher State and Connetquot State Parks as well as Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Bayard is popular with seniors, including my parents. There are also two separate Suffolk County golf courses (Timber Point and Sayville) and the Town of Islip has a number of town parks as well.
The drawback is you are still in suburbia and will pay premium prices for housing. If this is not a problem then you get an area that is not as crowded as further west, is more laid back and further from the city, has a lot of parks, and still has quite a number stores and restaurants nearby.