Captree, New York


Captree is a census-designated place in the towns of Islip and Babylon in Suffolk [County, New York|Suffolk County], New York, United States. It occupies Captree Island in Great South Bay, as well as the east end of Jones Beach Island to the south, comprising Captree State Park. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 [United States census|2020 census]. Prior to that it was part of the Oak Beach–Captree CDP.
The community is in southwestern Suffolk County, on two islands that lie between Long Island to the north and Fire Island to the south. The eastern two-thirds of the CDP are in the town of Islip, while the one-third of the CDP that occupies the portion of Captree Island west of the Robert Moses Causeway is in the town of Babylon. The Robert Moses Causeway connects Captree and Jones Beach islands with West Islip, to the north on Long Island. Ocean Parkway runs west from Captree through Oak Beach and Gilgo, leading to Jones Beach State Park. To the south, the Fire Island Inlet Bridge leads to Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island.

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Education

It is in the Babylon [Union Free School District].