The Hamptons are a group of villages and hamlets in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton,
which form the South Fork of Long Island, New York.
The Hamptons form a popular seaside resort, one of the historical summer colonies of the
American Northeast.
They have some of the most expensive residential properties in the U.S.
The Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, the Montauk Highway, and the Hampton
Jitney connect the Hamptons to the rest of Long Island and to New York City, while ferries
provide connections to Shelter Island, New York and Connecticut.
West to east The Hamptons include hamlets and villages
in the town of Southampton: Westhampton Beach
West Hampton Dunes Westhampton
Quogue East Quogue
Riverside Flanders
Hampton Bays Shinnecock Hills
North Sea Southampton
Water Mill Bridgehampton
Sagaponack Sag Harbor
The Hamptons include the following hamlets and villages in the town of East Hampton:
Sag Harbor Wainscott
East Hampton Northwest Harbor
Springs Amagansett
Montauk The hamlet Northampton, farther west in the
Town of Southampton, is not generally included.
The Shinnecock Reservation of the Shinnecock Indian Nation lies within the borders of the
Town of Southampton, adjoining Shinnecock Hills and the Village of Southampton.
Summer Colony These areas constitute the core vacation area
of this end of Long Island.
The Summer Colony's residents include many of New York City's affluent residents, as
well as a number of affluent people from other nearby states, executives, and increasingly,
foreigners from Europe and South America.
Villages and the hamlets of the Summer Colony are distinguished by their significant population
increases during the summers, a large number of retail shops and restaurants and extensive
arts community.
Residential real estate prices in the Hamptons rank among the highest in the nation, and,
as of 2013, the real estate market was hot with prices rising for both home buyers and
sellers and rentals.
Particularly attractive were modest homes within walking distance of village centers.
In particular, Sagaponack, Water Mill and Bridgehampton were cited by Business Week
magazine as being the first, sixth and eighth most expensive zip codes in the nation, respectively.
Other amenities in the area include Sebonack Golf Club, the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club,
National Golf Links of America in Southampton and the Maidstone Club in East Hampton.
The Shinnecock and National golf clubs were recently voted as the number three and number
10 ranked courses in America by Golf Digest magazine.
Exclusive private clubs provide additional recreational resources to the very affluent
in the area.
These clubs include The Bathing Corporation of Southampton, the Southampton Bath and Tennis
Club, and the Meadow Club in Southampton Village and the Maidstone Club in East Hampton.
In popular culture The Hamptons and Hamptons society are frequently
featured on-screen and mentioned in films and television.
In films Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by
Albert and David Maysles, with Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer.
The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive socialites, a mother and daughter
both named Edith Beale, who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit mansion at 3 West End
Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.
Rachel, Darcy, Dex, Ethan, Marcus and Claire take a couple of weekend trips to the Hamptons
in Something Borrowed The Hamptons are depicted and mentioned as
the home of Declan and Fiona's aunt Kate in Degrassi Takes Manhattan.
In Inside Job, a 2010 documentary film about the financial crisis of 2007–2010 directed
by Charles H. Ferguson, The Hamptons is shown as hub for Wall Street traders and investment
bankers.
The film covers a bird's eye view of the beaches and homes in the area.
The Dating scene of the Hamptons is part of the award winning feature film Manhattan Dating
Project.
In 2014 the E! Reality Show Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons has been filmed at some
of the same locations The Hamptons location and white upper-class
society feature prominently and are parodied in White Chicks.
The Hamptons are used as a backdrop for Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy Something's Gotta
Give, starring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
In television In an episode of the adult cartoon Family
Guy titled "The Story on Page One" Character Mayor Adam West talks to the toilet and says
"Well, well, Mr. Toilet.
I thought you were in The Hamptons."
In an episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, titled "The Wizard", George Costanza misleadingly
claims to be "closing on his house in The Hamptons".
In "The Hamptons", the characters travel to the Hamptons to see a friend's newborn baby.
The TV show Castle also makes several references to The Hamptons as a favorite vacation spot
for the famous character Rick Castle.
Castle's Hamptons house is featured in the 4th episode of Season 5.
The TV series Royal Pains is set in the Hamptons, where the main character Doctor Henry "Hank"
Lawson becomes a concierge doctor in The Hamptons and starts his own concierge doctor business
with his younger brother Evan R. Lawson.
In Josh Schwartz's Gossip Girl, The Hamptons are mentioned on numerous occasions in the
first two episodes of season two and episodes in season five and six.
Many of the characters in the show reside or vacation in The Hamptons during the summer.
Derek Shepherd and Addison Montgomery of the medical drama, Grey's Anatomy, are known to
have once owned property in The Hamptons.
The MTV documentary series True Life had an episode called "True Life: I'm Hustling in
The Hamptons".
Numerous episodes of The Real Housewives of New York City are filmed in and around The
Hamptons, where the cast members participate in the East End social life and charitable
events and several cast members own eastern Long Island homes, e.g., Cindy Barshop, Kelly
Killoren Bensimon, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, and Jill Zarin.
Sex and the City: season 2, episode 17, "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women"
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23: season 2, episode 7, "A Weekend in the Hamptons..."
Revenge: An ABC TV series which takes place in the Hamptons, where Emily Thorne navigates
upper society to destroy the wealthy Graysons and those who betrayed her father.
Montauk is home of Jack Porter's "Stowaway" Tavern.
The Pruitts of Southampton was an early 60's sitcom starring Phyliss Diller.
Ina Garten, Emmy Award winning host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, lives
in East Hampton and films many of the episodes for Barefoot Contessa in "The Barn" adjacent
to her home.
In "Girls", Hannah, Marnie, Jess, and Shoshana spend a weekend in the Hamptons in hopes of
salvaging their friendship.
Most of the final season of How I Met Your Mother takes place in Farhampton, a fictional
equivalent of the Hamptons.
In the show Louie, comedian Louie CK performs a stand up comedy set at a private charity
function in the Hamptons with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
In music Singer Lana Del Rey referred to The Hamptons
in her song "National Anthem".
The song, which pays tribute to America, portrays Del Rey as President John F. Kennedy's wife
living a luxury lifestyle.
Kanye West references The Hamptons in the song "New Slaves", on the album 2013 Yeezus.
Jay Z references The Hamptons in the song "Jay Z Blue".
References
External links "Real Estate 101 in the Hamptons", The New
York Times.
"Studios by the Sea", Vanity Fair, August 2000.
"The Most Expensive Golf Courses in the Country", Forbes magazine.
“Ruffling A Few Feathers In One Of America’s Most Exclusive Retreats, The Hamptons” Tayfun
King, Fast Track, BBC World News