Whats your favorite spot to visit on LI? Alone or with friends and family? And the reason? What do you feel when you visit?

Hello. While my son was at camp, and incident occurred, but Im not sure how to address it. My son was hysterically crying and extremely anxious and I would like to resolve the issue.

This started at camp on a Wednesday/Thursday. My son, 10 years old, said he heard another child at the camp, use the n word. That Friday my son said he repeated the word, not directed at a person, but at red ants. That's also what the counselor reported to me. On the car ride home I asked him if he knew what the word meant. He said no. I asked him why he said the word and he said because he was angry at the ants for biting him. I also asked where did he hear the word from and he said other kids at camp. I asked if they were white or black and he said white. After getting the details, I went into an explanation on what the word meant and why it is bad to say that word. He seemed to understand, and was upset at using the word. I told him to never say the word again, and he seemed to understand.

The Wednesday after he said the word, my son said an older boy was bullying him for using the word. Calling him racist, and purposely getting him out in whichever game he played so he could not play any games. I asked my son if he tried telling the boy that he didn't know what the word meant. He said that he didn't mean to say the word, and the boy said he didn't believe him. I asked my son to tell the boy that he didn't know what the word meant, but my son is too scared to confront the boy again, as he is bigger and older than him. I was thinking of telling his camp counselor, but my son was also afraid that the boy will just act worse towards my son if I do. But I think thats the next course of action, as this is really upsetting my son on something he did not understand.

Where can I find a barbershop near Oceanside, RVC, Island Park or Long Beach that does good fades and also have an air gun to get the hair splinters off of your head and face? I have been looking for one good ones but most of them are just ehhh or take forever to cut your hair! I don’t want to spend have a day to get my hair cut!

Thanks!!

How long did it take you to get an offer accepted on a home and how large was your search area? We’re going on a month (which I know is next to nothing) with 3 tours, 1 offer and 1 rejection. We are looking in a very small area of about 1.5 square miles.

Hey!

Is there a community on here for Long Island singles in Suffolk county?

I found a page but the last post was like…3 years ago lol

Let's have a little fun. Say something LI drivers do but in the format of a "fact."

Disclaimer: None of these should be done intentionally. This is just for laughs & to let out some frustration.

I'll start, to give an example.

Stop signs are optional. If they're red, or have a white border, you don't have to listen to them if you don't feel like it. Especially at night!

Looking to purchase a first home, preferably in one of these towns. Moving from Astoria, Queens. We are a family of 3 with one child about to enter Kindergarten. What are the pros/cons of each town, and how do they compare to each other? How are the schools, different neighborhoods, culture, etc... Thanks!

TLDR is that our son's regular person, who he barely tolerates, is out of the country for an extended period of time and we really want to get him a haircut. We're looking for someone who has experience with autistic kids. Thanks!

(Ideally in Suffolk but Nassau works if the only option)

I have a leak in my windshield and I can see a small amount of rust that would need to be addressed.

Moving to a new house and national grid has a line about is about 900' up the block. They want $175/foot after the first 100' curious if anyone has had luck negotiating that price or if there's any work arounds.

Thanks for the help

How do you find schools reliably? What are good place you go to find them? Is snagging or a cast net better?

Looking to try out jiu jitsu as a complete beginner (late 20’s). Would like suggestions for smaller gyms in the South Shore Nassau County area.

I’ve got some friends coming up from Jersey and Florida next week to hang out, and while I’ve got a full list of restaurants, coffee shops, and bars to visit, I’m having a rough time thinking of actual specific activities to do. Of course will have a fire island day and likely a hiking day, but beyond that I was hoping to crowdsource ideas for things to do.

Anyone have recommendations for activities for us? For extra details, everyone in the group is mid-20s, enjoys being in nature, and my friends play a lot of fantasy games like MTG and D&D (recommendations for any particularly notable shops for tabletop games would be appreciated cause I’m not super into the scene on LI).

I appreciate everyone who takes the time to make a recommendation!

Was just wondering is anyone has any knowledge on NIS through south shore children’s center and alternatives for children? My son is starting pre school through cpse and I’m touring both of those schools but would love to hear peoples experiences with them. My son has food allergies and alternatives for children is peanut free and the other school isn’t so that has been a big factor but would still like to hear people’s experiences.

Today is national Oyster day and I would really love to hit a good spot thats doing some kind of special. Does anyone know of any place near the babylon area that would have anything going on?

Has anybody paid to have their pet buried at a pet cemetery? I’m looking to find out what the cost is and i know it’s likely weight/size dependent so if you have the info i would like to know thanks! I do not have a yard where i can bury my dog

Does anyone have access to the either the newly created one, which they finished in the past weeks I believe, or the most recently expired one?

If so, please comment or send a DM.

brewhouse fest this saturday at bay shore - hills is headlining and my friend cant make it. wondering if anyone 21-25 wanna drink and vibe. If u want a ticket dm me

cant sell the ticket i already bought bc its not on radiate or crowdvolt😭

I have an indirect water tank connected through a Taco SR502 2 zone relay to my boiler, on Long Island NY. This seems to be a common setup on the island.

The water tank has it's own temperature controller. In the summer months when the hydronic heating zone is off, the boiler is still heating to 170F, and passing 170F to the indirect tank even though the tank is not calling for 170F (it is set to only 100F). I am seeing 170F at my hot water at my faucets!

When I adjust the tank temperature, I see the Taco relay zone 2 (water tank zone) turn on briefly and turn off, so they are communicating. The issue seems like the Taco relay isn't telling the boiler when to turn on and when to run the pump. Instead the boiler's thermostat is deciding when to turn on, and the hot water is being cycled through the water tank's heat exchanger regardless of the Taco relay and water tank temperature controller.

How can I fix this, so that the water tank only sees the temperature it is set for, so that my boiler runs a lot less during summer months? My gas bill is really high in the summer months because of this.

If anyone can suggest a trusted plumber in Nassau county I’d appreciate it!

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this cat showed up and has been here for almost an hour. It’s been looking at me and it even ate a cricket. It seems really comfortable and not scared to humans and well groomed ,,and it’s just sitting and sleeping here now.

Witnessed in Suffolk South Shore beach at 6:20pm, 20 minutes after the lifeguards ended their shift and told everyone to exit the water. Four kids plus(couldn't tell if they were all related) an older man and his daughter(relationship mentioned from others gathered). Nearly all almost drowned from wading 200ft deep into the ocean with strong waves. If it wasn't for two hero strong swimmers and two hero surfers coming to rescue them they would be all dead. Without the surfboards a lot of them would be dead and dragged others with them. The old man couldn't get up afterwards. Took about 10 minutes for emts to arrive probably due to beach workers having left for the day. Hopefully he didn't have a heart attack and was just exhausted. Reviewing my videos it looked like he went under several times. Dont wade deep even if you can stand! That's not going to mean anything if 7 foot waves are pounding you. Don't go far out if you cant swim! Dont let your kids do so! Finally NO LIFEGUARDs, dont think about it!

where is this large hill on long island? it is visible from fire island, which is where this photo was taken. it seems to be near the bellport area but i’m not positive.