Suffolk County New York Cities & Towns

County seat: Riverhead

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Communities

The Montauk Lighthouse is a landmark of Suffolk County, NY

In New York State, a town is the major subdivision of each county. Towns provide or arrange for most municipal services for residents of hamlets and selected services for residents of villages. All residents of New York who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town. A village is an incorporated area which is usually, but not always, within a single town. A village is a clearly defined municipality that provides the services closest to the residents, such as garbage collection, street and highway maintenance, street lighting and building codes. Some villages provide their own police and other optional services. A hamlet is an informally-defined populated area within a town that is not part of a village.

Towns

• Babylon
• Brookhaven
• East Hampton
• Huntington
• Islip
• Riverhead
• Shelter Island
• Smithtown
• Southampton
• Southold

Villages

• Amityville
• Asharoken
• Babylon
• Belle Terre
• Bellport
• Brightwaters
• Dering Harbor
• East Hampton
• Greenport
• Head of the Harbor
• Huntington Bay
• Islandia
• Lake Grove
• Lindenhurst
• Lloyd Harbor
• Mastic Beach
• Nissequogue
• North Haven
• Northport
• Ocean Beach
• Old Field
• Patchogue
• Poquott
• Port Jefferson
• Quogue
• Sag Harbor
• Sagaponack
• Saltaire
• Shoreham
• Southampton
• Village of the Branch
• Westhampton Beach
• West Hampton Dunes