Tobay Beach — Attraction in Town of Oyster Bay

Long Island has got to get over this insane practice of designating all its parks and other outdoor facilities “residents only”, as if those patches of beautiful land that weren’t paved over and covered in houses and landscaping of sometimes-questionable taste are simply the property of those of you who pay property taxes there. When you come to the city, do you find any of our parks designated “City of New York – Residents Only”? No, you don’t. You’re welcome in Astoria Park anytime if you’re in my neck of the woods, and god knows you make ample use of Central Park and everywhere else in Manhattan and beyond. Hell, we don’t even make you get a permit to park your car when you’re in the city, including in residential neighborhoods!

They don’t do this in Westchester or Rockland either, or anywhere in New Jersey that I’m aware of. Only in the insufferably stuffy precincts of Fairfield County, CT, have I seen this practice, other than on Long Island.

So please, stop shutting people out; it’s not the 1950s anymore, and it makes you look like troglodytes who are afraid of outsiders—and I’m NOT one of those people who hates on Long Islanders, because I know plenty of you and you’re human beings just like everyone else; I’m just asking you to reconsider this practice. It’s undignified, and it’s...

My friend Charlie , from Golden Auto Body in College Point . Told me about a Drive in Movie that was going to happen on Saturday April 24th. So I signed up for us to go . Only classicwre cars and hot rods . We have a classic Oldsmoblie. It took us about a hour to get to Tobay Beach . When we pulled in people meet us . Asked us for ower name . Then there were other people showing you were to park . We got out of ower car walked around alittle bit . Looked at some of the other cars that was the . There was some free spots up front. We ended up moving two roles closer . The movie American Graffiti started at 8:00 ! Being that we have a Big Old Oldsmoblie we had plenty of leg room . The movie was kind of slow . But thats ok . Your there to enjoy the evening out at a Drive in Movie !! (( How Cool Is That 🤗🤗 !! )) During the movie alot of people left it's a shame !" We stayed until the very end . We were Both Very Happy With The Evening !!! All the Staff Was Very Nice And Friendly !! Everybody received a goodie bag when you checked in . 🤗🤗 . Ower hates off to the people who put it on !! Town of Oyster Bay Department of Parks . We hope they put on More Drive In Movie Nights !!! (( It Was Really...

I came across tobay beach because jones beach field 6 parking was full. I drove up and blurted out "this is our first time here" sounding really excited. The lady at the entrance said this is a "private beach for residents only and proceeded to say jones beach fields 4 and 5 are open. I'm sharing this review because I feel like she was being biased towards my family and I. Yes, it maybe a private beach with a discounted rate for residents but there is a $30 fee for non-residents. Which I would've paid without a problem. So with that being said there should be signage stating it's a private beach for residents only. I wouldn't have bothered to drive up to only be turned away. And I only know of the $30 non-residential because I decided to Google it...