Editing Cherry Grove, New York (section)

===Health care===
[[File:Urgent Care on Fire Island.JPG|thumb|Northwell Urgent Care on Fire Island (Locations in Ocean Beach and Cherry Grove)]]
[[Northwell Health]] operates two urgent care facilities on Fire Island (one in Cherry Grove and the other in nearby [[Ocean Beach, New York|Ocean Beach]]). These centers operate during the summer from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and are open for walk-in patient visits seven days a week from 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 6&nbsp;pm. If patients require medical treatment outside of those hours, the Immediate Care Center's physician can be reached on call by contacting local police.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Good Samaritan Hospital, South Shore University Hospital, and Long Island Community Hospital are located across the Great South Bay from Fire Island in the Long Island hamlets of [[West Islip]], [[Bay Shore]], and [[East Patchogue]], respectively. A heliport for medevac helicopter use is adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital. Specially equipped boats provided by the [[Suffolk County Police Department]] Marine Bureau docked at the various communities on Fire Island provide emergency transportation to individuals in need of dire medical care. In many cases, Long Island based ambulances will meet the boats once they cross the Bay (roughly 4.5 miles) and then drive individuals the short distance to one of the three hospitals. Also, one emergency access road connects Long Island (West Islip) to Fire Island ([[Kismet, New York|Kismet]]). However, the road ends there and does not extend the full length of the island into the other communities.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}