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Fire Island Pines Updates
April 22, 2025
Fire Island Star - by John Bogack, editor
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Most people who come to Fire Island Pines come in July. The harbor is full, the ferry is packed, the houses are booked months in advance. That version of the Pines is real. So is a different one. September and October in the Pines are quieter, cooler, and less expensive than the peak weeks that precede them. The same homes are there. The same boardwalks. The same beach. What changes is the register. If you have done a summer week and want to know what the island is when the season starts to wind down, this post is the specific account. If peak pricing or peak crowds have kept you from the Pines at all, this post is also for you. Groups of six to ten people find the shoulder season straightforward to plan once they know what actually shifts.
Tea Dance turns sixty this summer.
Every summer, Fire Island Pines hosts Pines Party. A three-day charitable event on the beach that brings thousands of people to the island for one of the most concentrated weekends of the season. Now in its 27th year, the event has raised over $4.8 million for its beneficiaries. In 2026, it runs July 31 through August 2, under the theme Altar Ego. For many people, Pines Party is a weekend on their calendar. For the Pines community, it is something that goes back further than 1999, rooted in a moment when the community had to decide what it was going to do about the worst crisis it had ever faced. That story is worth knowing before you arrive.