She was staying in Ocean Bay Park, a small beach town on Fire Island, 60 miles from New York City. She’d heard whispers about a place down the beach called Cherry Grove.

Firefighters survey the damage after a fire in the Cherry Grove community of Fire Island on Friday, March 27, 2015. The famed Grove Hotel, an apartment complex and two unoccupied homes were ...

CHERRY GROVE, N.Y. — Decades before the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, lesbians and gay men were living freely and openly in a place called Cherry Grove. The seaside resort on Fire ...

Frank Ligouri’s Grove Realty Enterprises, the Lindenhurst firm that has owned the 228-bed Grove Hotel in Cherry Grove since 2007, wants to replace the demolished buildings with two new buildings ...

The fire broke out just before 1:30 a.m. on the boardwalk in Cherry Grove. The flames leveled The Holly House, two nearby homes and the Grove Hotel. Three other homes were damaged.

It’s thrilling.” Seth Wenig, AP In this June 23, 2013 photo, men look over their choices at an ice cream store in the Fire Island community of Cherry Grove, N.Y. Seth Wenig, AP ...

While Broadway banned gay themes in 1928, theater folks found a secret haven just off Long Island. Cherry Grove on Fire ...

Discover the unique vibes of Fire Island's 17 residential beach communities and two national seashore areas, offering diverse ...

A beacon of gaudy grandeur catering to the gay community for the last 68 years, The Belvedere Guest House in Cherry Grove on Fire Island is being offered for sale. Listed with Mitch Muroff of ...

FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. (WABC) -- Several Fire Island businesses were damaged after flames broke out early Friday morning. The fire started around 1:30 a.m. in Cherry Grove at Bayview Walk and Holly Walk.

Taking a pause from our election victory dance, we received an email from Fire Island Pines Ventures general manager Constantino Papadakis, who gave us some more details about how the gay getaway ...