Fire Island

noun

1. a narrow sand spit off S Long Island, New York: summer resort and lighthouse station. ¼–½ mi. (0.4–0.8 km) wide; 30 miles (48 km) long.

Example Sentences

April 20, 1996: The partial remains of Karen Vergata are discovered on Fire Island, a barrier beach off Long Island’s southern coast.

From Seattle Times

These are some hot, elegant gay bloodsuckers who speak French and flash brilliant smiles but aren’t afraid to kill to survive — kinda like Fire Island with fangs.

From Los Angeles Times

Tina Fey spent the summers of 2002 and 2003 hunched over an old desk in the mildewy back room of a Fire Island rental home.

From New York Times

Remember the hoopla around "Alex Strangelove," "Booksmart," "Love, Simon," "Love, Victor," "The Half of It," "Fire Island" and "Bros"? None of these exactly ushered in the Golden Age of queer love stories.

From Salon

In the pivotal karaoke scene in the rom-com “Fire Island,” director Andrew Ahn and writer/star Joel Kim Booster let actor/comedian Bowen Yang choose the song he would perform.

From Los Angeles Times