Photos: Long Islanders celebrate on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve celebrations took place across the Island as crowds gathered to celebrate the start of 2026.
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Kevin Brennan celebrates the the new year with his daughter Piper, 4, at the Midnight on Main on Main Street in Patchogue.
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The Electric Dudes perform at the Farmingdale family-friendly early New Year’s Eve ball drop.
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Nicole Johnson, 35, and Christopher Angelo, 51, from Massapequa, in Times Square.
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Alex Fullman, of Bellport, celebrates the the new year with his daughter Elizabeth, 3, while attending the Midnight on Main on Main Street in Patchogue.
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Bernadette Tynan and her daughter Hailey, of Farmingdale, enjoy some hot chocolate as they await the countdown at the Farmingdale family-friendly early New Year’s Eve ball drop.
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Crowds gather at Times Square in the evening ahead of the ball drop. Many had been outside for hours.
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As the ball drop neared the crowd filled in at the Farmingdale family-friendly early New Year’s Eve ball drop.
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.
Serving the crowd at the Farmingdale family-friendly early New Year’s Eve ball drop.
Credit: Sara Konradi
Jackie, 25, from Brentwood, who works for the NYPD, arrived at Times Square at 10 a.m. ahead of the ball drop.
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