Yaphank, New York

About Yaphank

Yaphank is a small unincorporated community in southeastern New York.

Yaphank holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 13.64 square miles.

📰 Yaphank News Today

• LIRR's new Yaphank-BNL station opens Saturday as MTA studies East End service improvements ABC7 New York · Jul 17
• Yaphank Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Suffolk Sheriff To Host Recruitment Drive At Yaphank Correctional Facility Patch · Aug 6
• The Pizzeria opens new location at The Boulevard in Yaphank Greater Long Island · Jun 10
• Proposed Ai Data Center In Yaphank Meets Opposition From Residents And Town Leaders News12 | Long Island · Jun 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Yaphank Unique

• The only place in America named Yaphank — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Yaphank

• Yaphank Community Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Yaphank

• Carmans River Pine Barrens State Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Baseball Heaven reviews ★
• Howie Carpluk Memorial Park reviews ★
• Southaven County Park reviews ★
• Yaphank Lake Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Yaphank

• C E WALTERS SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Yaphank

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