Does anyone live on Fishers Island?

Despite its proximity to New England, Fishers Island is a hamlet of Southold, N.Y., a town on the eastern end of Long Island. Measuring about 7 miles long and a mile wide, Fishers has a year-round population of approximately 250, a number that swells to roughly 2,500 during the summer.



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Boris Becker, Oprah Winfrey, and Mel Brooks are among the celebrities with homes on the island.

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South Florida is where you'll find America's most exclusive island enclave: Fisher Island. Located just seven minutes from Downtown Miami, Fisher Island spans 0.343 square miles occupied by 800 residences.

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Fisher Island represents a unique part of the luxury market, with very limited inventory built after 2010. According to broker ONE Sotheby's International Realty, 151 units sold from January 2021 through November 2022, with an average price of $7.1 million.

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It's simple. There are no hotels. Everyone here either owns or rents a home (or is their guest) on the island.

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This exclusivity is borne by surveys that consistently rank Fisher Island as the wealthiest locales in the country. According to the most recent population census in 2020, zip code 33109 has an average income of $2.2 million.

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About 650 families, including celebrities and mega stars, have homes on Fisher Island. Fewer than 20 percent of residents live on this secret haven year-round. Carl Fisher traded seven acres of Fisher Island to William K. Vanderbilt II in 1926 in exchange for a yacht named Eagle.

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Hence, Fisher Island has no bridges or roads and is only accessible through ferry or private boat. On top of that, they only allow residents and visitors, hotel guests, club members, and several workers on the island.

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But you won't find these boldfaced names trumpeting their ties to the island: Fishers Island is exceedingly private. Roughly two-thirds of the island is gated, and in some areas there are few street names or house numbers.

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The Epitome of Private, Secure, and EXCLUSIVE Hence, Fisher Island has no bridges or roads and is only accessible through ferry or private boat.

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Duration. Our Race Point and Munnatawket marine vessels complete the journey between New London and Fishers Island in about 45 minutes.

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Fisher Island Residents have to pay $250,000 (£189k) to join the island's club and stump up annual dues of $20,000 (£15k). Stars who have owned property here include Julia Roberts, Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Oprah and Caroline Wozniacki and David Lee.

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The following account of the 1938 Hurricane's effect on Fishers Island was found in the Museum's files. It was unsigned. Please contact the Museum if you are able to identify the author. Please note that September 21, 2018 is the 80th anniversary of this horrific storm.

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But you won't find these boldfaced names trumpeting their ties to the island: Fishers Island is exceedingly private. Roughly two-thirds of the island is gated, and in some areas there are few street names or house numbers.

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Fisher Island is a man-made island created by the government in 1906, when a canal was dug between South Beach and what is now the island to ease traffic in the area.

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