Bridgehampton

The wealthy families of New York City established a summer colony in Newport during the mid-19th century. But in the last half of that century when railroad service extended to eastern Long Island, a new though smaller summer colony got established in Southampton, much of it around Lake Agawam and the Atlantic Ocean. At…

It may come as no surprise, but two Hamptons enclaves have landed on the latest list of the 10 most expensive ZIP codes in America. Bridgehampton ranks No. 4, with a median list price of $8.8 million. Just two spots behind at No. 6 is Water Mill, where the median list price is $6.995…

The Bridgehampton Turnpike connects Main Street Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor. It runs for almost six miles through the woods nearly straight as an arrow and is one of the oldest roads in the Hamptons. It was created in Colonial Times as a dirt track because the colonists in the Hamptons needed to import and…

For more than a half a century, the home office of Dan’s Papers was in a former private home on the Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton. It had a front lawn, a porch, a parking lot in the back and in those years — 1971 to 2013 — it served us quite well. It also,…

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…

Bethenny Frankel had plenty to say after Architectural Digest recently featured her Miami  home and online trolls rushed to label it tasteless and bland. But in her response video, the Hamptons took center stage — because for Frankel, there’s no better proof of her design strategy than the returns she’s made out east. “Let…