Beach Lane, Westhampton Beach
Beach Lane in Westhampton Beach crosses the Quantuck Canal to Dune Road on a county-owned drawbridge and passes the 1910 Crowther House, on the National Register.
Beach Lane in the Incorporated Village of Westhampton Beach is one of the village's routes to the barrier beach. It ends at the Beach Lane Bridge, a double-leaf drawbridge over the Quantuck Canal owned by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, which carries traffic to Dune Road. The Coast Guard places the bridge at mile 1.1 of the canal.
There is a second Beach Lane in the neighboring Village of Quogue, a different street with a different history. This page covers only the Westhampton Beach road.
The lane has two bands. On the village side are inland residential lots, including a National Register house. At the south end, parcels near the bridge approach may front the canal, which brings a water edge and the regulation that comes with it.
The bridge is the lane's defining fact
The bridge is the lane's link to Dune Road and the ocean beaches. When Quogue's own bridge at Post Lane was closed for repairs in 2013–2014, 27east reported that Quogue residents had to drive to Westhampton Beach's Beach Lane bridge or the Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays to reach the barrier. In 2017–2018 the county rehabilitated the Beach Lane and Jessup Lane drawbridges, with traffic closures during parts of the work.
For property on the lane, that means barrier traffic using this bridge passes the houses, and county bridge work can close or slow the route. Canal-side owners share the water with a working drawbridge.
The Village's ocean beaches, Rogers Beach (105 Dune Road) and Lashley Beach (385 Dune Road), are on the barrier. Village parking stickers go to taxpayers and year-round renters; summer renters pay. Beach access belongs to the Village program, not the road.
Crowther House
The Crowther House at 97 Beach Lane was listed on the National Register in 1985. It is a two-story wood-frame Shingle Style house built in 1910, with a gambrel roof and long shed dormers, and a detached garage, on about one and a half acres.
National Register listing records significance; it does not by itself impose local review. In Westhampton Beach, the Town of Southampton has designated Village landmarks under an intermunicipal agreement, among them the Dix windmill on the Great Lawn in 2022 and the Performing Arts Center in 2023. Whether the Crowther House carries a local landmark designation as well was not established.
Questions to settle before contract
- Village of Westhampton Beach or not? Confirm on the tax map, especially near the bridge approach.
- For canal-side parcels: title to the water edge, bulkhead and dock permits, wetlands setbacks, and FEMA zone and elevation.
- Effect of bridge traffic and any scheduled county bridge work on the frontage.
- Beach sticker eligibility for the intended use (owner, year-round tenant or summer renter).
- For the Crowther House or a neighbor: any local landmark designation, easement or prior review.
Nearby
Westhampton Beach covers the village, Main Street and Rogers Beach. Dune Road is where the bridge lands. Quogue Street is where Quogue's own Beach Lane meets the old main road, and Quogue covers that village. The coastal framework is in the oceanfront-property guide and road and beach rights in private roads and beach rights.
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Recorded sales
Recorded sales through July 2026
21 recorded arm’s-length sales of 17 distinct properties since October 2016 (21 house).
Houses sold 2023–2025: 5 single-parcel sales, from $2.17M to $6.95M. Too few for a median; the sales are listed below.
Historical transaction median, Jan 18, 2017 to May 15, 2026: $3,450,000 (21 single-parcel house sales). A decade-wide figure, not a current value.
| Sale date | Address | Type | Recorded price | Beds (roll) | Built (roll) | Flood zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 13 Beach Lane | House | $5,210,000 | 5 | 2022 | X (0.2%) |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 44 Beach Lane | House | $3,476,000 | 5 | 1999 | X |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 55 Beach Lane | House | $4,455,000 | 4 | 2000 | AE |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 86 Beach Lane | House | $5,500,000 | 2 | 2011 | X (0.2%) |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 168 Beach Lane | House | $6,950,000 | 4 | 2019 | AE |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 117 Beach Lane | House | $2,175,000 | 6 | 1994 | AE |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 62 Beach Lane | House | $3,450,000 | 4 | 2006 | X |
| Nov 5, 2021 | 92 Beach Lane | House | $7,000,000 | 7 | 2007 | AE |
| Jul 20, 2021 | 13 Beach Lane | House | $3,820,460 | 5 | 2022 | X (0.2%) |
| Nov 23, 2020 | 67 Beach Lane | House | $2,700,000 | 7 | 2023 | AE |
| Oct 19, 2020 | 16 Beach Lane | House | $2,350,000 | 6 | 1998 | — |
| Oct 13, 2020 | 32 Beach Lane | House | $5,650,000 | 6 | 2003 | X |
| May 26, 2020 | 58 Beach Lane | House | $1,725,000 | 6 | 2023 | X |
| May 8, 2020 | 168 Beach Lane | House | $3,900,000 | 4 | 2019 | AE |
| Feb 28, 2020 | 15 Beach Lane | House | $1,855,000 | 4 | 2003 | X (0.2%) |
| Nov 11, 2019 | 29 Beach Lane | House | $1,800,000 | 7 | 2022 | X (0.2%) |
| Jan 17, 2019 | 72 Beach Lane | House | $2,900,000 | 7 | 2009 | X (0.2%) |
| Sep 5, 2017 | 168 Beach Lane | House | $1,590,000 | 4 | 2019 | AE |
| Aug 23, 2017 | 73 Beach Lane | House | $1,325,000 | 5 | 2020 | AE |
| Aug 18, 2017 | 92 Beach Lane | House | $4,031,200 | 7 | 2007 | AE |
| Jan 18, 2017 | 93 Beach Lane | House | $3,249,000 | 7 | 2014 | AE |
Sale date is the date of sale on the transfer form. Beds and year built come from the assessment roll where it records them. Source: New York State real property transfer record (form RP-5217, filed with every deed), arm's-length sales as flagged by the state. These figures are a separate series from the Roebling Index, which is built from published market reports. How these tables are built.
Flood and coastal exposure
32 of 55 residential and vacant parcels sit in FEMA’s 1% annual-chance flood area (zones VE, AE, A or AO), where a mortgage from a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance on the building.
| FEMA zone | Parcels | What it means for an owner |
|---|---|---|
| AE — 1% annual-chance flood, base flood elevation set | 32 | A 1% chance of flooding in any year (about 26% over a 30-year mortgage). Flood insurance is required with a federally backed mortgage. A new or substantially improved house must have its lowest floor at or above the base flood elevation shown on the map; local codes can require more. |
| X (shaded) — 0.2% annual-chance flood | 9 | A 0.2% annual chance of flooding (the “500-year” flood). Flood insurance is not federally required, but it is usually available at lower rates and a lender may still ask for it. |
| X — minimal flood hazard | 14 | Outside the mapped flood areas. Flood insurance is not federally required. Flooding can still happen from heavy rain and drainage. |
Loans. In zones VE, AE, A and AO, any mortgage made, insured or bought by a federally regulated lender, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA or VA requires flood insurance on the building for the life of the loan. A lender can require it in zone X as well. A cash buyer is not required to insure.
Premiums. Since 2021 the National Flood Insurance Program prices each house on its own features (elevation, distance to water, cost to rebuild), so the zone is a starting point, not the price. Private flood policies are an alternative. An elevation certificate is the document every insurer asks for.
Renovating. In the 1% flood area, if work on a house costs half or more of the building’s market value, or a storm damages it that badly, the whole house must be brought up to current flood rules, which usually means raising it. Plan a renovation budget against that line.
Zone at each tax parcel’s center point; part of a parcel can sit in a different zone. Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (Suffolk County, map 36103C), retrieved 2026-11-12; flood insurance rate map panels effective Sep 25, 2009. A parcel-level determination needs the current map panel, any Letter of Map Revision or Amendment, and an elevation certificate. State coastal erosion hazard areas are mapped separately and are not shown here. Flood and coastal-erosion guide.
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Peconic Bay CPF, mansion tax, title, MRT.
NY transfer tax, commission, attorney.
Taxes, flood and wind coverage, septic, upkeep.
Sell now, or rent the seasons and sell later.
A summer rental against owning the house.
Federal, NY, NYC and the nonresident payment.
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