The Island Breeze (631-597-9111, theislandbreeze.com) offers drag bingo on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Pictured: Guests take in a poolside drag show at the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove during late July 2018.

The fire broke out just before 1:30 a.m. on the boardwalk in Cherry Grove. The flames leveled The Holly House, two nearby homes and the Grove Hotel. Three other homes were damaged.

Fire Island has been inhabited by pirates, whalers and the Coast Guard. Today, its population is just as diverse. Distinct but overlapping communities welcome young singles, families, moguls and ...

The limited-edition photo book “Safe/Haven” features 77 glorious pages of seemingly carefree gay life in 1950s New York.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On the eastern end of Fire Island, a community called Cherry Grove has been a safe haven for members of the LGBTQ community for decades. A new photo exhibit provides a ...

FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. (WABC) -- Several Fire Island businesses were damaged after flames broke out early Friday morning. The fire started around 1:30 a.m. in Cherry Grove at Bayview Walk and Holly Walk.

Cherry Grove was claimed queer since its inception as a beach town in the nineteenth century, which made it revolutionary. You can date its prominence as far back as when Calvin Klein frequented ...

How Fire Island Was Saved — For Now After a winter of brutal storms, the Feds stepped in with a pile of very expensive sand. But it’s just a Band-Aid.

A beacon of gaudy grandeur catering to the gay community for the last 68 years, The Belvedere Guest House in Cherry Grove on Fire Island is being offered for sale. Listed with Mitch Muroff of ...

Then there’s “ Queer Grove,” a new podcast hosted by Sargent which premiered in May. The seven-episode podcast features a plethora of special guests including “Fire Island” writer and ...