Long Beach is a city that is located in Nassau County, New York. The city covers an area of approximately 3.9 square miles and is located on Long Beach Barrier Island. Long Beach borders Atlantic Beach to the West, Lido Beach to the East, Atlantic Ocean to the South and Reynolds Channel and Island Park to the North.

The city was first settled in 1643 and was founded by William Reynolds. It grew to be incorporated in 1992. Presently, the city is a bedroom community popular with people working in New York City but who want to reside in a country atmosphere.

Among the notable people from Long Beach are rock star Joan Jett, TV and film superstar Billy Crystal as well as producer and bestselling author Larry Garrison.

When getting married in Long Beach, you can get help with putting it all together from wedding planners such as VOW Wedding Consulting. They can assist you with ideas as well as with the implementation of those ideas. You can also get wedding flowers from Santos Floral Designs and a wedding photographer to cover the wedding from Delphic Photography.

The city of Long Beach has an extremely humid, subtropical climate, and has cool winters with hot summers.  You will want to keep this in mind when planning a wedding.

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