The 2018 summer season is fast approaching, and we wanted to inform you of an exciting improvements made by the Fire Island Ferries freight department! To increase ease and convenience, they have started accepting credit cards for freight!
The Fire Island Ferries' new system eliminates the need to carry cash to either drop-off or pick-up freight. The new website allows new residential customers to create a user-friendly, secure account where they can put in their billing information and they'll be billed automatically during the season. Additionally, it allows residents to view their shipments at any time of day and for any shipping period from the current day to the current season.
For existing residential customers, if you have been shipping with the freight department in the past, then your name and address is probably already on file in their system. The freight department encourages existing residential customers to call or email them to confirm your information is already in the system.
Commercial accounts for invoiced customers only are free to utilize the website to track shipments but cannot create a new commercial account. Invoiced customers' billing is done separately and do not need to enter any credit card information on the website.
You can access the freight information here: http://www.fireislandferries.com/freight-info/ and you can access the Fire Island Ferries Freight Portal, where you can create your account, here: https://fireislandfreight.azurewebsites.net
You can contact the freight department at 631-647-3055 or at freight@fireislandferries.com with any questions.
2017 was another strong year in the Fire Island real estate market. The island wide average recorded sale price as of December 22nd was $800,077, which is nearly even with 2016’s average sale price of $804,581. Several Fire Island towns saw huge year over year price growth, including Ocean Beach, where prices increased 24%, Corneille Estates, which saw a year over year increase of 27%, and Fair Harbor which saw a 25% increase in average sale price. Ocean Bay Park and Seaview saw more modest price growth at 4% and 2%, respectively. See the table below for average sale prices by town. Please note that there is a data recording lag of up to 90 days, so not all 2017 transactions have been recorded yet. The figures below represent all reported data as of December 22, 2017. We will issue a comprehensive market report in the first quarter of 2018 that will have complete 2017 sales data.
Fire Island is a nature lover's paradise. We're known for our wild deer, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Check out this beautiful photo gallery of the Monarch Butterfly's migration through the island.
