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The article recommends five beach escapes near New York City, combining public transportation with Uber rides to reach destinations beyond much of the city’s less inviting coastline. Orient Beach State Park offers eight miles of Gardiner’s Bay shoreline, undeveloped acreage, nature trails, and views of Shelter Island. Fort Tilden pairs a pristine Queens shoreline with former military structures and art installations, while Robert Moses State Park provides a less crowded Fire Island setting with picnic areas, mini-golf, surfing, and fishing. Jones Beach adds a broad, popular barrier-island destination with sports, a nature center, concerts, and quieter sand beyond its facilities. Sherwood Island State Park in Connecticut supplies a quieter mix of sand, woods, wetlands, picnicking, and salt-marsh trails.
The destinations are located on Long Island, Fire Island, Queens, and Connecticut’s Long Island Sound shoreline. The article emphasizes that much of New York City’s coastline is not suited to a beach day, making nearby Atlantic and out-of-city locations useful alternatives.
Each destination is paired with a public-transit route and an Uber connection. The directions include Long Island Railroad or Metro-North stops, train stations, approximate Uber fares, and the distinctive recreational or natural features available at each beach.
Orient Beach State Park combines eight miles of Gardiner’s Bay shoreline with a maritime forest, saltwater-marsh trails, secluded picnic spots, and views of Shelter Island and Long Beach Lighthouse.
Fort Tilden occupies a former Army base in Queens, combining a pristine shoreline and dunes with an observation deck in a former concrete battery and art installations from MoMA PS1 and the Rockaway Artists Alliance.
Robert Moses State Park is the only part of Fire Island accessible by car and is described as less crowded, with picnic areas, mini-golf, surfing, fishing, and a walkable route to Kismet.
The article pairs each destination with public transportation and an Uber ride. Routes use the Long Island Railroad to Greenport, Babylon, or Freeport; the A train to Rockaway Park Station; or Metro-North to Westport.
Fort Tilden has a former military battery and on-site art installations. Robert Moses State Park offers picnicking, mini-golf, surfing, fishing, and access to Kismet, while Jones Beach has sports fields, a nature center, and concerts.
Sherwood Island State Park is described as scenic, low-key, and out of the way, with sand, woods, wetlands, picnic areas, and salt-marsh trails. Robert Moses State Park is also described as much less crowded than Long Beach.
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