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Bay Shore

The largest Fire Island ferry port, a downtown revival and a seasonal surge that shapes the retail rhythm.

Bay Shore is the main staging town for Fire Island, with ferries to Ocean Beach, Saltaire, Kismet, and Fair Harbor all leaving from here. The downtown has been through its own Main Street revival, restaurant row on Main with the ferry terminal a short walk south. Licensed cannabis retail catches the weekend surge of Fire Island-bound renters stocking up before the crossing, since Fire Island itself is a no-car barrier beach where the rental-porch model dominates. Adults 21+ treat it as the last dispensary stop before the ferry, weekend by weekend from Memorial Day through October.