Kids still catch fireflies in 'relaxed, easygoing' Blue Point
A view of Corey Beach from the docks in Blue Point, a hamlet with its southern border along the Great South Bay. Credit: Veronique Louis
THE SCOOP
About two years ago, Jason Borowski and his family moved to Blue Point, which he describes as “a relaxed, easygoing seaside town.”
“We were looking for somewhere that the pace was a little slower, and the commercial development wasn’t as heavy as Nassau County,” says Borowski, president of Blue Point Community Coalition, a civic association. He says they also wanted to live in a community where their young daughter could safely play in the neighborhood with friends.
“That was something that I experienced growing up,” Borowski says, “but I wasn’t quite sure it existed in today’s world.”
They found in, he says, in Blue Point.
When moving to the South Shore hamlet, you buy a lifestyle in “a very gentle, relaxed atmosphere,” says longtime resident Tracy Boucher of Coach Realtors. “It’s the type of area where children still catch fireflies.”
The children in Blue Point could soon have a new attraction in their hometown. A bond vote will be held in December on whether to approve a $16.85 million proposal to buy and transform the St. Ursula Center convent on Middle Road into a new 29,000-square-foot library, more than double the size of the current library.
This high-ranch is listed for $545,280. Credit: Century 21 American Homes
“It will bring another level of education to the children of the community and we’ll be preserving another eight acres in the heart of Blue Point that would benefit all people of the Bayport-Blue Point community,” says Town of Brookhaven council member Neil Foley.
Borowksi says plans to create an active recreation park and village green atmosphere at the site of the former Blue Point Laundry on Park Street are in the design stage. “It will be a large open space where people can come together for summer concerts and things like that,” he says.
A small parcel next to Blue Point Dock, he adds, could add walking trails leading from Blue Point Avenue toward the beach next to the fishing pier.
The area features primarily Colonials, Capes and ranches, says Bryn Elliott of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, who is the Bayport-Blue Point Chamber of Commerce membership committee chair. The hamlet, with its southern border along the Great South Bay, also includes many vintage homes from the turn of the last century, Elliott says. Prices in Blue Point, he adds, typically range from $300,000 to as much as $900,000.
This ranch is listed for $399,000. Credit: Coldwell Banker M&D Good Life
The area also offers 55-and-over condo communities, including Springhorn and The Harbor at Blue Point. Construction on the Vineyards at Blue Point is nearing completion along the border of Blue Point and North Patchogue on Sunrise Highway.
The school district is also a draw, Elliott says. Bayport-Blue Point High School in 2017 was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, which recognizes an “exemplary high-performing school.”
Blue Point is home to the recently beautified Blue Point Nature Preserve, Corey Beach and the famed, window-served eatery Flo’s Luncheonette.
“Blue Point has a pretty substantial history of being a summer recreation community going back to the 1920s,” Borowski says, “and that’s definitely still evident here today.”
CONDOS AND TOWNHOUSES
This Colonial is listed for $775,000. Credit: Coach Realtors
There are six condos on the market ranging in price from $380,000 to $750,000.
SALES PRICE
Between Sept. 1, 2017, and Oct. 4, 2018, there were 61 home sales with a median sale price of $422,000, according to the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. The low price for that period was $150,000 and the high was $900,000. During that time period a year earlier, there were 49 home sales with a median sale price of $380,000. The price range was $150,000 to $740,000.
SCHOOLS
Most students attend Bayport-Blue Point High School.
OTHER STATS
Town: Brookhaven
Area: 1.8 square miles
ZIP code: 11715
Population: 4,773
Median age: 41.3
Median household income: $112,694
Median home value: $447,500*
LIRR to NYC: from Sayville, 76 to 100 minutes at peak
Monthly ticket: $391
School district: Bayport-Blue Point
SOURCES: 2010 Census; mlslI.com; LIRR;
*Based on sales in the past six months, according to MLSLI
RECENTLY SOLD
$350,000
Division Avenue
Style: Expanded Ranch
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Built: 1955
Lot size: .44 acres
Taxes: $11,138
Reduced: $39,900
Days on the market: 222
$550,000
Nelson Court
Style: Cape
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Built: 1961
Lot size: .81 acres
Taxes: $15,102
Increased: $3,000
Days on the market: 97
$740,000
Middle Road
Style: Victorian
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Built: 1898
Lot size: .72 acres
Taxes: $18,274
Reduced: $39,000
Days on the market: 139
NOW ON THE MARKET
$399,000
A ranch, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, features a den and an eat-in kitchen. The .23-acre property, with an attached 1 1/2-car garage, is down the road from the water and includes a deeded boat slip and access to a private community beach, the listing agent says. Taxes: $9,222. Jeanne Lauben-Butler, Coldwell Banker M&D Good Life, 631-258-2063
$545,280
A three-bedroom, three-bathroom high-ranch offers water views and features an open floor plan with a living room, an eat-in kitchen and a dining room. The .46-acre property, with an attached two-car garage, includes a back deck overlooking the water. Taxes: $22,552. Michael Kenduck, Century 21 American Homes, 516-826-2100
$775,000
A 1918 Colonial, with six bedrooms and two bathrooms, includes a foyer with the original woodwork and staircase, a living room with a fireplace, a dining room with coffered ceilings and an enclosed wraparound porch. A sunroom overlooks the 1.29-acre property, which also has a koi pond and gardens. Taxes: $12,449. Tracy Boucher, Coach Realtors, 631-766-3861
On Multiple Listings
Number of houses: 19
Price range: $286,000 - $1.595 million
Tax range $8,416-$22,552
