My husband and I, along with our two daughters (4.5 years and 10 months), had a really wonderful vacation here. The ride from NYC was just 1.5 hours, which was an absolute pleasure as compared to what the traffic to the Hamptons can be. The house was perfect - the highlight definitely is the fact that it is right on the water and has an amazing back patio with a great comfortable couch. We spent a lot of time hanging on the couch in the shade of an umbrella, playing games, with the sand and water just steps away. It's the LI sound, which meant that there were no waves or current. It also had a very cool feature where at low tide, where the water retreated very far off the shore, you could walk all the way out and see tons of crabs and other sea creatures scuttling around. Our 4.5 year old absolutely loved this. We barbecued pretty much every night which was easy - we brought groceries but there was a supermarket (and dunkin donuts) just five minutes away. What also was nice was that when the girls went to bed, my husband and I were able to hang out outside on the couch and have a glass of wine within range of the monitor. There are a lot of stairs so you have to be careful about that with the kids, but at least it forced us to exercise a bit. Oh, we also went to the Beardsley Zoo one day which was a really good activity. Owners were very nice and super accessible to answer any questions. Highly recommend!