Lighthouse beach is a small section of the fire island national seashore that is adjacent to robert moses state park on new york 's long island It was notable for having sections that were officially designated as clothing optional prior to 2013 [1][2][3] the beach is named for the nearby fire island lighthouse and was formerly the largest recognized clothing optional beach in new york Some people say that they're now enforcing nudity laws while others say that they aren't. Who remembers going to robert moses beach by the lighthouse in the1990s or before when it was a nude beach and would get packed with people It was a lot of fun.
The nude beach at the lighthouse goes back long before fire island national seashore was created, so the national park service’s stance was to let things continue as they have always been That is until hurricane sandy hit in 2012. As cbs 2's jennifer mclogan reported, the small strip of sand known as pristine beach, just east of robert moses field 5, is located near a bird sanctuary where families stroll.
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