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===Resort town=== Once the [[Long Island Rail Road]] reached adjacent [[Port Jefferson station (LIRR)|Port Jefferson]] in 1879, and temporarily continued east through Mount Sinai to Wading River from 1895 to 1938, new visitors and residents began appearing from [[New York City]] and from elsewhere on Long Island in order to enjoy the hamlet's beaches and bucolic setting. The development of Mount Sinai for its natural and recreational qualities had begun with the 1841 establishment of a special care facility for sick and disabled children on the southwestern side of Mount Sinai Harbor.[[File:MSsunset.JPG|thumb|left|View of Mount Sinai Harbor from the Chandler Estate]] This consisted of housing and volunteer workers on a {{convert|130|acre|adj=on}} plot, with the location being chosen due to its close proximity to St. Charles Hospital in adjacent [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]].[[File:Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai, New York.png|thumb|200px|right|Sunbathers at Cedar Beach]] On April 2, 1892, this parcel was sold to Dr. Jerome Walker, who established the Crystal Brook Park Association which is still owned and occupied today by Mount Sinai's oldest private community known as ''Crystal Brook Park''. Seasonal vacation houses were erected along Mount Sinai Harbor. [[Cedar Beach (Brookhaven, New York)|Cedar Beach]], which is located on a peninsula that divides the harbor from the [[Long Island Sound]], became a popular recreational destination. The Chandler Estate, on Mount Sinai Harbor's southern side, was repurposed as vacation cottages and housed [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Arthur Miller]] during their holidays in the 1950s. The property was bought by Suffolk County and preserved as a park in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chandler Estate County Park |url=https://liparks.com/park/chandler-estate/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=liparks.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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