For the second time this week Lake Ronkonkoma Beach in the Town of Islip is closed to bathing. It is beneficial to you to check the bathing beach hotline below before you make a trip to any of the three beaches listed.
James L. Tomarken, MD, MSW, MPH, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, said today that Lake Ronkonkoma Beach in the Town of Islip is closed to bathing due to the finding of bacterial levels in excess of acceptable criteria.
The following beaches will remain closed to bathing: Tanner Park Beach in Copiague on the Great South Bay.
For the latest information on affected beaches, call the Bathing Beach HOTLINE at (631) 852-5822, contact the Department’s Office of Ecology at 852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website link below and in the Popular Links box, click on “Beach Advisories Map” (http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health).