The East End of Long Island is constituted by the five towns at the eastern end of New York 's Suffolk County , namely Riverhead , Southampton (which includes Westhampton ), Southold , Shelter Island , and East Hampton . Long Island's North Fork and South Fork , and the Hamptons are part of the East End. "The East End" is sometimes shortened as "The End", but this latter term is also applied only to Montauk , the most easterly hamlet of the contiguous land mass.
6-425: The East End includes the best-known part of Long Island's Viticultural Area , as well as The Hamptons and related resort areas. While other Suffolk County communities have long been considered suburban to New York City, the more rural East End townships have traditionally relied more upon agriculture and recreation. Residents of the five eastern townships had occasionally advocated seceding from Suffolk County to form
12-479: A consumer protection of the Long Island name, as AVAs require that at least 85% of the fruit used in the designated wine is grown within the borders of the region. The "Long Island" AVA was authored by veteran Long Island winemaker Richard Olsen-Harbich who also authored "The Hamptons, Long Island" and "North Fork of Long Island" AVAs in the mid-1980s. Vineyards on Long Island benefit from the moderating influence of
18-675: A proposed " Peconic County ", named for the Peconic Bay at the center of the East End's geography. The East End's North Shore is bounded by Long Island Sound , while its east and south are bounded by Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean; the west is bounded by Brookhaven . The East End is also home to Gabreski Air Base , Plum Island 's Animal Disease Center , and the Shinnecock Indian Nation 's Shinnecock Reservation . At
24-507: The 2000 census , the five East End towns and the Shinnecock Reservation had a land area of 900.581 km (347.716 sq mi), or about 38.12 percent of Suffolk County's land area. Its total population was 125,442 inhabitants, or about 8.84 percent of the county's population. Its average population density was 139.29 people/km (360.8 people/sq mi). Suffolk County's five western townships (that is, Suffolk County without
30-472: The East End) have a total land area of 1,462.001 km (564.482 sq mi) and an adjusted 2000 census population of 1,293,927 inhabitants, for a population density of 885.04 people/km (2,292.2 people/sq mi), more than six times that of the East End. Long Island AVA The Long Island AVA is an American Viticultural Area encompassing Nassau and Suffolk counties of New York , including
36-433: The smaller offshore islands in those counties. The AVA was established in 2001, over 15 years after two smaller AVAs were created at the eastern end of Long Island. The Long Island AVA designation was promoted as a benefit for some wineries located just outside the two smaller AVAs and for wineries that wanted to create wines that use blends from vineyards in different parts of the island. It was also developed and promoted as
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