Tourism Montauk, New York

a fiberglass copy of 3,427-pound (1,554 kg) 17-foot-long (5.2 m) great white shark on lake montauk waterfront. claimed have been biggest great white caught rod , reel

montauk considered beach resort, using position @ tip of long island promote “the end or last resort , become 1 of busiest tourist locations within town of east hampton. small town host many restaurants, bed , breakfasts, , hotels, , popular vacation spot in warm weather months. such accommodations rarer elsewhere in hamptons. many of montauk hotels open april through november, shorter time periods, while few serve fishermen , other customers year round, including famed gurney s inn.

the montauk station on long island rail road provides train service along montauk branch other parts of long island , new york city, , hampton jitney provides bus service manhattan. suffolk transit s 10c , seasonally operated s94 bus routes serve village. 10c connects village east hampton, , amagansett, east hampton , montauk long island rail road stations on montauk branch, , seasonally operated s94 connects village montauk point light. small planes can fly montauk airport.

lake montauk, small bay on north side of town, home coast guard station , small fishing fleet, both commercial , recreational.

in 2007, newsday listed 47 businesses in category of hotel in montauk. represented 2,030 rooms.

montauk favored destination weekend partiers who, of 2015, had exceeded tolerance of local inhabitants noise , disruption.