The Moorings is a guard-gated private community

Gated community

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 in the unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 East Islip

East Islip, New York

East Islip is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, . At the time of the 2000 census, the CDP had 4,578 households and a population of 14,078.-History and overview:...

 hamlet

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 of Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County, New York

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 and is not a census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 (CDP) within itself. It is situated on Long Island's

Long Island

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 Great South Bay

Great South Bay

Great South Bay is a lagoon situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is approximately long. It's protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Island, a barrier island, as well as the eastern end of Jones Beach Island and Captree Island.Robert Moses Causeway adjoins...

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History

The Moorings was the conception of William Miller, a developer who purchased the picturesquely designed park-like estate of Charles Lanier Lawrance

Charles Lanier Lawrance

Charles Lanier Lawrance was an American aeronautical engineer and an early proponent of air-cooled aircraft engines. He founded the Lawrance Aero Engine Company in 1917. He designed the Lawrance J-1 air-cooled aircraft engine, the direct ancestor of the extremely successful Wright Whirlwind series...

. The estate originally belonged to famed Wall Street banker, H. B. Hollins

H. B. Hollins

Harry Bowly Hollins was an American financier, banker, and railroad magnate. He was responsible for organizing the banking and brokerage firm bearing his name, H.B. Hollins & Co. in 1878.-Life and business:...

 and was landscaped by the famous Olmsted Brothers

Olmsted Brothers

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. Miller improved upon the site by constructing roadways, curbs, bulkheading, drainage, and waterways connecting to a private yacht marina. He also enforced strict stipulations to maintain the characteristic beauty and dignity of the lush bayside wooded acreage; land was sold at acre minimum and no two estates could be of generic plans nor could they be of similar plans within the gates.

Sporadic building began in 1964, prior to the incorporation

Incorporation (business)

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 of the homeowner's association and became steady in 1977. Developing completed in 1999 with a 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) estate featuring just 100 feet (30.5 m) of frontage on Champlin Creek

Champlin Creek

Champlin Creek is on Long Island, located between the hamlets of Islip and East Islip, flowing southward into the Great South Bay between the Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge and The Moorings...

, being subdivided into 11 lots, known as the Harbour View project. Meadow Farm, the 19th century estate remained on a 5.88 acres (23,795.5 m²) waterfront

Shore

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 parcel and was eventually demolished. However, the estate's owners salvaged marble fireplaces, panelling, and other appurtenances for the construction of a new estate

Estate (house)

An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. It is the modern term for a manor, but lacks the latter's now abolished jurisdictional authority...

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"The Moorings" means "a place suitable for anchoring" in Middle English.

Geography

The Moorings is located on Long Island's Great South Bay, at coordinates 40.711°N 73.200°W.

Education

The Moorings is served by East Islip School District; however, some of the children residing in the neighborhood attend private schools.