Things to Do in Point Lookout

The pictures in this post are illustrations, not photographs of Point Lookout's courts, gardens, fields or studios.

Most of what there is to do in Point Lookout is small, local and run by neighbors: the Civic Association's summer bocce league and community garden, Long Beach-Lido Little League on two fields in the hamlet, and a yoga studio and a Pilates studio on Lido Boulevard. Add a summer day camp for children, a private fishing club, a kayak launch on the bay and a branch library, and fall ball and the library carry on after the beach season ends. The parades, fireworks and parties have their own post: the Point Lookout events calendar.

Bocce on summer weeknights

The bocce courts are the Point Lookout Civic Association's work; the Association says its members' support let it build them. It also runs the league. In 2025 the PLCA Summer Bocce League played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5:30 to 8 pm, mid-June to late August, in two divisions of teams of four to ten players, and closed with a championship and a year-end party. Two rules matter before you gather a team: players must be 21 or older, and every player's household needs an active Civic Association membership. The Civic posts the sign-up sheet on its website in late spring, and team captains turn it in at a captains' meeting at the courts in June. Check that year's post for the nights and the team fee.

The community garden and the Point Lookout Gardeners

The Civic Association Community Garden has 42 boxes for vegetables and flowers, ringed by berry bushes, fig trees, annuals and perennials. It sits beside the playground and the Little League fields. To ask about a box, contact the Civic through its community garden page.

The Point Lookout Gardeners is the hamlet's garden club. It has no website, so the way in is the old one: ask a neighbor who belongs, or ask at a Civic event.

Illustration: a cottage garden bed. Not a photograph of the community garden.

Little League, spring through fall

Youth baseball and softball here is Long Beach-Lido Little League, which serves Long Beach, Lido, Atlantic Beach, Point Lookout and Island Park. It takes boys and girls from 4 to 16, was founded in 1970 and is a charter member of Little League International. Its field board lists two Point Lookout fields, PL1 and PL2, on Lido Boulevard, with covered dugouts, bathrooms, seating and a playground next door. The fields have no lights.

Kids here play a spring season, summer ball and fall ball. Registration runs through the league's Sports Connect site each season; the league's number is 516-297-6163.

For other field sports, the Town of Hempstead opened the Point Lookout Athletic Complex at Town Park at Point Lookout in November 2025: two full-size artificial-turf fields for soccer, lacrosse and other field sports, lit for year-round play. Houses on Parkside face the park across the road.

Illustration: a glove on the bleachers. Not a photograph of the Point Lookout fields.

Yoga at Point Lookout Yoga

Point Lookout Yoga is at 48 Lido Blvd and was founded by Point Lookout resident Laura Shockley. Classes run seven days a week in the studio, outdoors in the warmer months and online, for all levels, along with meditation. Massage, facials and Reiki are booked through Joyful Treasures, which shares the studio's address and phone number and runs its spa and shop. The studio is a Chamber of Commerce member. New students should ask about the introductory offer, which changes; the studio is at 516-686-9798 and pointlookoutyogaclub.com.

Pilates by the Sea

Pilates by the Sea is at 40C Lido Blvd, in the old Merola's building that later housed the Food Mill and was divided into the studio, Southdown Coffee and a beach shop. It teaches small-group Reformer classes, Tower and Wunda Chair classes, and private sessions for all levels, with beginner workshops. Classes are booked on the studio's website. Southdown next door opens at 6:30 every morning, which settles the question of coffee afterward. More on the stretch of shops is in our guide to living on Lido Blvd.

Illustration: a yoga mat on the sand at sunrise. Not a photograph of a Point Lookout class.

Camp Curiosity for children

Camp Curiosity is a summer day camp in Point Lookout for children 5 to 12. Its last published listing, for 2021, named Karen Brown as director. That program covered science and STEM, reading, cooking, art made from recycled materials, environmental awareness, community service, yoga and mindfulness, time in the community garden and local outings. The camp marked ten years in 2020. The 2021 schedule was one-week sessions from late June to early August, weekday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30. We found no listing for a later summer, so contact the camp before planning yours: 516-659-9579 or Campcuriosity11569@gmail.com.

The Point Lookout Fishing Club

The Point Lookout Fishing Club describes itself on its Facebook page as "a private organization dedicated to encourage the sport of fishing and to provide social and athletic recreation" for its members. Its last public post, in December 2021, was about the club's annual Christmas cocktail party. It publishes no membership details, so ask a member or send a message through the page. For where the fish are, see our guide to fishing from Point Lookout.

Paddling the bay

The Town's Curtis E. Fisher West Marina, 1401 Lido Blvd, is a launch site on the South Shore Blueway, an inter-municipal paddling trail for boats without motors. The marina has a kayak launch and a fishing pier and is open April 1 to November 30; Conservation and Waterways is at 516-431-9200. We could not find a kayak or paddleboard rental in Point Lookout, so bring your own. Stay on the bay side, which the bay-front streets look over, rather than the inlet, where the current runs hard. Surfers have their own guide: where to surf near Point Lookout.

Walking and biking

Point Lookout has no boardwalk. People walk the beach, go east toward the jetty end to watch the inlet, and walk and bike the flat streets, where the speed limit is 15 mph. Do not bike the Loop Parkway: New York law bars bicycles from parkways.

For a longer ride, drive across to Jones Beach. State Parks allows biking on the Jones Beach boardwalk year-round for free, and a 2.3-mile path runs from Field 1 to West End. The main Jones Beach bike path starts at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford and runs 5.4 miles to the East Bathhouse. The nearest boardwalk is Long Beach's, a short drive west: it runs 2.2 miles from Neptune Boulevard, about three miles from the hamlet, to New York Avenue. Walkers keep to the sides and bikes ride the middle, and the City does not allow e-bikes or skateboards on it.

The library branch, for the off-season

The Long Beach Public Library's Point Lookout Branch is at 79 Lido Blvd (516-432-3409). It has books, DVDs, public computers, free WiFi, printing and discussion groups, and is open about 20 hours a week. A library branch has been in Point Lookout since April 1967. It opened at 50 Lido Blvd, moved to 26B Lido Blvd in 1995 and has been at 79 Lido Blvd since early 2014, after Hurricane Sandy.

Common questions

Where can I work out in Point Lookout? Among the studios on Lido Boulevard are Point Lookout Yoga and Pilates by the Sea, and the Chamber of Commerce directory lists KC's Fitness Studio at 33 Lido Blvd for private one-on-one training.

Can anyone join the bocce league? Players must be 21 or older, and each player's household must belong to the Point Lookout Civic Association. The Civic posts the sign-up sheet in late spring; team captains turn it in at a captains' meeting at the courts in June.

Where do Point Lookout kids play Little League? In Long Beach-Lido Little League, which uses two fields in Point Lookout (PL1 and PL2) among others. Register each season on the league's site.

Can I rent a kayak in Point Lookout? We found no rental in the hamlet. Bring your own and launch at the Town's West Marina, 1401 Lido Blvd, between April 1 and November 30.

Does Town Park at Point Lookout have a pool? No. The Town lists an ocean beach, picnic tables, play equipment and the turf fields there. The nearest Town pools are at its Lido Beach parks: Lido Beach Town Park, Town Park at Sands and Town Park at Malibu.

Is there a boardwalk in Point Lookout? No. The nearest is the Long Beach boardwalk, which starts at Neptune Boulevard, about three miles west.

The beaches, the Civic Association and the Town's numbers are collected on our Essentials page, and the hamlet's past is on the History page. The bocce courts, the garden boxes and the ball fields are all inside the hamlet. To try a season here, start with our rentals; if you already own here, ask us what the house is worth or call (516) 476-2009.