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The Hamptons refers specifically to the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York on the east end of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York.
It is a well-known summer colony. Parts of the Hamptons are well known for being a playground for the rich and are frequented by residents of New York City particularly during the summer months for weekend getaways. This has given rise to the phrases "house in the Hamptons" or "Hamptons summer share."
By train, one can go the length of the Hamptons in about an hour (see Long Island Rail Road schedules from Westhampton to Montauk).
The city of Binghamton, in upstate New York, is sometimes erroneously associated with the Hamptons, even though it is almost three hundred miles away. It is often misspelled "Binghampton" by outsiders, when in fact the city was named for William Bingham.
West to east
The town of Southampton includes the following hamlets and villages:
- Westhampton
- Westhampton Beach (village)
- West Hampton Dunes
- Quogue
- East Quogue
- Hampton Bays
- Southampton (village)
- North Sea
- Sag Harbor (village, shared with East Hampton)
- Water Mill
- Bridgehampton
- Sagaponack
The town of East Hampton includes the following hamlets and villages:
- Wainscott
- East Hampton (village)
- Springs
- Sag Harbor (village, shared with Southampton)
- Amagansett
- Napeague
- Montauk
Notable residents
- Alec Baldwin
- Ellen Barkin
- Christie Brinkley and husband Peter Cook
- Larry Brown (Basketball)
- Sean Combs
- Katie Couric
- Rudy Giuliani
- The Hilton Family
- Billy Joel
- Calvin Klein
- Kelly Klein
- Ralph Lauren
- Peter Matthiessen
- Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick
- Ron Perelman
- Itzhak Perlman
- Ira Rennert
- Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
- Roy Scheider
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Mike Hopkins
- Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Russell Simmons
- Kimora Lee Simmons
- Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw
- Howard Stern
- Martha Stewart
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Roger Waters
- Tom Wolfe
- Renée Zellweger
Literature about the Hamptons
Books
- Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in The Hamptons by Steven Gaines
- De Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the Hamptons by Robert Long
- Making It in the Hamptons by Karl Grossman et al
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Beach House by James Patterson
Poetry
Seinfeld episode
"The Hamptons" is the name of a 1994 episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The episode, which takes place in the Hamptons, is best-known for introducing the slang term "shrinkage" -- referring to a decrease in penis size due to swimming -- into the pop culture lexicon.
Suffolk County, New York | East Hampton (town), New York | Long Island | Geography of New York
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