Editing Cherry Grove, New York (section)

==Neighborhoods==
[[Image:Cherry Grove map.jpg|thumb|Map including the names of the two major walks (Bayview and Lewis), which are generally parallel to the beach, and 16 minor walks (Ivy, Sumner, Maryland, Aeon, Gerard, Greene, Duryea, Doctors, Main, Ocean, Holly, Surf, Beach, Sea, East, and West), which are generally perpendicular to the beach. (South Walk is between Surf and Beach.)]]

The entire community has a single seasonal post office, on Bayview Walk near the main dock, open from about [[May Day|May 1]] to [[Columbus Day|October 12]], which is a popular place to congregate. Full services, such as [[money order]]s, are available at the [[Sayville, New York]], post office, reachable from the ferry.<ref>{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Andrew|title=U.S. Post Office, Cherry Grove|work=About.com|url=http://gaytravel.about.com/od/gaydestinationgalleries/ig/Photos-of-Gay-Fire-Island/Post-Office.htm|access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227223416/http://gaytravel.about.com/od/gaydestinationgalleries/ig/Photos-of-Gay-Fire-Island/Post-Office.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[ZIP Code]] is 11782.

Despite the small size of the hamlet, at about 41 acres, the community is further divided into three or four neighborhoods, from west to east:
* The quiet, residential '''West End''', also called '''Cheeey Grove Estates''', where the few year-round residents live in about 100 houses marked by stone chimneys, runs across the island from West Walk to Holly Walk. This was formerly the home of artist [[Paul Cadmus]]. Originally, the area between East and West Walks was called Cherry Grove Estates.
* The central business district, or '''Town''', from Holly Walk to Doctor's Walk, and the beach to the bay, includes the Fire House, Community Center/Arts Project, The Ice Palace Resort, a clinic, and the public ferry dock, as well as a few [[cooperative]]s, bars, grocery store, gift shops, realtors, and restaurants. It is more densely settled than the rest of the hamlet. Several major structures in the center were "destroyed" by a large fire in March 2015, including the Grove Hotel (since rebuilt) and Holly House.<ref name=destroyed />
* The residential '''East End''', from Doctor's Walk to Ivy Walk, and south of Bayview Walk, consists exclusively of about 100 private homes, almost all of which are seasonal.
* The '''northeastern section''' of the East End, north of Bayview Walk, has a few private homes and the 33-room Belvedere Guest House for Men, which was built in 1957 and first came into the real estate market in 2025.<ref name=Belvedere />

Cherry Grove is accessible via two major walks (Bayview and Lewis), which are generally parallel to the beach, and sixteen minor walks (Ivy, Sumner, Maryland, Aeon, Gerard, Greene, Duryea, Doctors, Main, Ocean, Holly, Surf, Beach, Sea, East, and West), which are generally perpendicular to the beach. South Walk (not shown in the map at right) is parallel to the beach and extends between Surf and Beach Walks.{{citation needed |date=April 2025}}