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Flushing Financial merging with Ocean First

LI Press By Claude Solnik

The old year ended with a new beginning for Long Island’s banking sector, as a major regional bank announced it is acquiring a Nassau-based financial institution. Flushing Financial, parent of Flushing Savings Bank, said it reached a deal valued at more than half a billion dollars to merge with OceanFirst Financial, parent of Ocean…

10 Most Read Real Estate Stories of 2025

Year-in-Review

By Taylor K. Vecsey

Celebrity buys, record-breaking sales, and headline-making commercial deals dominated Hamptons real estate’s most-read stories of 2025.

From Vision to Detail: The Master Craftsman Columns of 2025

Year-in-Review

By Taylor K. Vecsey

Master Craftsman columns celebrate artisans, showcasing the vision and detail behind the objects and spaces we love.

Mark R. Buick & a Sensational Murder in the Hamptons

47 Pantigo Road, the former site of Mark R. Buick, in East Hampton

Dan’s Papers By Dan Rattiner

In this column, I write about existing buildings in the Hamptons and what happens to them as they get sold from one buyer to another. In this column, however, the building on the property I’m writing about is not there anymore. It is just an empty field. The hope, however, was to make it…

First Resale at NYC’s 50 West 66th Street Asks $22.5M

New York City

By Behind The Hedges Staff

Unit 17F, a bespoke combination of two units that have never been lived in, is listed with Leslie Singer of Brown Harris Stevens in New York City.

Flood Risk Fails to Cool East End Home Prices

East End, Long Island, Westhampton, Flood zone, FEMA

News & Features

By Taylor K. Vecsey

Flood zones often hurt home values, but on the East End, waterfront demand drives major price premiums, a new study finds.

3 Ways to Get More Use Out of a Garage

Home Improvement

By Behind the Hedges Staff

Though there’s nothing wrong with utilizing a garage as a storage space, the following are three simple ways homeowners can get more out of these spaces.

Waterside East Hampton Residence: Home for the Holidays?

East Hampton, Three Mile Harbor, waterside

House of the Day

By Taylor K. Vecsey

Turnkey, newly built East Hampton waterfront on Three Mile Harbor hits market for $11.5M, a rare finished luxury with 140 feet of frontage.

Backstory: Saying Goodbye to Corrigan’s Gas Station in Bridgehampton

Rever was once an old style gas station called Corrigan's in Bridgehampton

Dan’s Papers By Dan Rattiner

Six months ago, a new gas station opened for business on the Montauk Highway by Hayground in Bridgehampton. It was not a gas station in the regular sense. Called “Rever,” a French name that means “Dream” in English, the gas pumps were removed and now it featured about 50 used cars on its two-acre…