Facts and Figures and a Little History

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Long Island, New York offers diversity, glamour, the good life, excitement or solitude; all within 125 miles.The quiet waters of Long Island Sound to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south are a combination vacationers and meeting planners cannot resist.

Long Island Facts and Figures

             NASSAU         SUFFOLK
Population   1.3 million    1.4 million
Area         287  sq.miles  911 sq. miles
County Seat  Mineola        Riverhead

A Bit of History

• 1524 - Italian Explorer Verrazano spots the South Shore
• 1640 - Southold and Southampton are the first settlements
• 1796 - Lighthouse at Montauk is NY's first coastal beacon
• 1909 - LI becomes "Cradle of American Aviation."
• 1922 - First trans-Atlantic radio telephone transmitter at Rocky Point
• 1927 - Lindbergh takes off at Roosevelt Field on first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris
• 1939 - Pan American commercial air service to Europe from Port Washington
• 1940 - LI becomes major center for war production
• 1947 - Brookhaven National Laboratory to study peaceful uses of atomic energy
• 1984 -Larry Mancini returns to live here after a ten year hiatus
  

Famous People From Long Island

Among those from Long Island who have made it into the limelight are the acting Baldwin brothers, the piano man himself, Billy Joel, Harry Chapin, football hero Vinny Testaverde, comedians Billy Crystal, Jerry Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, and pop stars Ashanti and Mariah Carey.

TV Shows Set in the Area:

• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947–1950)
• The Goldbergs (1949–1956); in the Bronx; moved to fictional Haverville, New York in final season)
• Amos and Andy (1951–1953)
• I Love Lucy (1951–1957, moved to Connecticut in final season)
• My Little Margie (1952–1955)
• Make Room for Daddy (1953–1964)
• The Honeymooners (1955–1956); in Brooklyn
• The Thin Man (1957–1959)
• Car 54, Where are You? (1961–1963)
• The Joey Bishop Show (1961–1965)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966, workplace scenes in Manhattan; see below)
• Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
• The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966); in Brooklyn Heights
• Bewitched (1964–1972; workplace scenes in Manhattan; see below)
• That Girl (1966–1971)
• Family Affair (1966–1971)
• Sesame Street (1969–present)
• The Odd Couple (1970–1975)
• McCloud (1970–1977)
• All in the Family (1971–1979); in Queens
• Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973)
• Madigan (1972–1973)
• Kojak (1973–1978)
• Rhoda (1974–1978)
• Baretta (1975–1978)
• Barney Miller (1975–1982)
• Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
• The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
• Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979); in Brooklyn
• Fish (1977–1978)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
• Taxi (1978–1983)
• The Ted Knight Show (1978)
• Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); in Queens
• Eischied (1979–1980)
• Gimme a Break (1981–1987) (final season only, all prior seasons set in fictitious Glenlawn, California)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982–1986)
• Fame (1982–1987)
• Silver Spoons (1982–1987)
• The Cosby Show (1984–1992); in Brooklyn
• Kate and Allie (1984–1989)
• Night Court (1984–1991)
• The Bronx Zoo (1987–1988); in the Bronx
• Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996)
• Working Girl (1990)
• Seinfeld (1989–1998)
• Law & Order (1990–present)
• Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993); in Brooklyn
• Ghostwriter (1992–1995); in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
• Mad About You (1992–1999)
• The Real World (1992 and 2002 seasons)
• The Nanny (1993–1999)
• NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
• The Cosby Mysteries (1994–1995)
• The Critic (1994–1995)
• Gargoyles (1994–1997)
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998)
• Friends (1994–2004)
• New York News (1995)
• Caroline in the City (1995–1999)
• NewsRadio (1995–1999)
• The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999)
• The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999)
• Central Park West (1996)
• Cosby (1996–2000)
• Spin City (1996–2002)
• Brooklyn South (1997–1998); in Brooklyn
• Fired Up (1997–1998)
• Just Shoot Me (1997–2003)
• Sex and the City (1997–2004)
• Veronica's Closet (1997–2000)
• City Guys (1997–2001)
• Felicity (1998–2002)
• Becker (1998–2004); in The Bronx
• The King of Queens (1998–present); in Queens
• That's Life (1998)
• Will & Grace (1998–2006)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present)
• Futurama (1999–2003) (set a thousand years in the future in New New York, built above the ruins of the old)
• Third Watch (1999–2005)
• The Street (2000)
• Welcome to New York (2000–2001)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–present)
• Grounded for Life (2001–2005) in Staten Island
• The Job (2001-2002)
• Animal Precinct (2002–present)
• Family Affair (2002–2003)
• Less Than Perfect (2002–present)
• What I Like About You (2002–2006)
• Without a Trace (2002–present)
• Tarzan (2003)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003–present)
• Tru Calling (2003–2005)
• The Apprentice (2004–present), seasons 1-5
• The Jury (2004)
• CSI: New York (2004–present)
• Rescue Me (2004–present)
• Law & Order: Trial By Jury (2005)
• Blind Justice (2005)
• Jake in Progress (2005–present)
• Related (2005–present)
• Conviction (2006)
• 30 Rock (2006)
• The Don Rickles Show (1972, Long Island)
• Maude (1972–1978, Tuckahoe in Westchester County)
• Who's the Boss? (1984–1992, Connecticut)
• Growing Pains (1985–1992, Long Island)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005, Long Island)