Fire Island Pines, often referred to simply as “The Pines” is a beautiful hamlet on Fire Island, which is one of the barrier islands on the southern side of Long Island. You must take a ferry to get to this beautiful coastal town where bicycles are the primary mode of transportation. Fire Island Pines and the neighboring Cherry Grove comprise the diverse and welcoming gay community on Fire Island. In fact, some say that the island was America’s “first gay and ...more