BROOKHAVEN HAMLET WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED

FIRE PLACE. MANY BELIEVE THAT THE NAME CHANGE IN 1871 WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. THE MAIN OR OBVIOUS REASON WAS THE RELEVANT FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE CONFUSED AS BROOKHAVEN HAMLET IS IN

THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN. THUS, AS THE LOCALS KNOW, THEY'RE CAREFUL TO TELL THOSE FROM OTHER AREAS THAT THEY RESIDE IN BROOKHAVEN HAMLET, NOT BROOKHAVEN. IN ADDITION, THERE'S A PUSH TO RESTORE THE STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AREA TO ITS ORIGINAL AND HISTORIC NAME, FIRE PLACE. 

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SO WHERE DID THE NAME FIRE PLACE ORIGINATE? NO, NOT THE CHARMING BRICK STRUCTURE THAT GRACES YOUR LIVING ROOM WHERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE COME TO TREASURE GATHERINGS.

 

RATHER, THE NAME FIRE PLACE WAS DERIVED FROM A BRILLIANT IDEA TO ILLUMINATE WHERE LAND WAS OR MORE IMPORTANTLY PROVIDING A VESSELS WHALING CREW THE VIBRANT SNAP SHOT NEEDED OF THE INLET DURING THE DARK OF NIGHT IN THE COLONIAL DAYS.

 

CAMP-LIKE  FIRES WOULD BE SETUP TO ACT AS A LIGHTHOUSE GUIDING THE SHIPS INTO THE INLET WITH GREATER EASE AND SAFETY. WHALING CREWS WERE QUITE VAST DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY SO THE SHARP LIGHTHOUSE TECHNIQUE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT DURING THE DAY AS WELL. THE TIME FRAME OF THE BOOSTED LIGHTING WAS IN THE 17TH CENTURY AND EARLY PORTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY. 

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FIRE PLACE REALTY, INC. WAS AN IMMEDIATE AND UNEQUIVOCAL COMPANY NAME CHOICE WHEN THE REAL ESTATE CONCERN WAS FOUNDED BY

SCOTT P. HOFMO AS HE HAS BEEN AFFORDED THE ENDLESS JOY AND BENEFIT OF LIVING HIS ENTIRE LIFE  IN WHAT MANY CONSIDER ONE OF THE MOST STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AREAS ANYWHERE ON A GLOBAL SCALE. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT FAMOUS NAMES HAVE LIVED IN OUR MAGICAL ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE EARLIEST TIMES.

 

 AND NEIGHBORING BELLPORT VILLAGE, JUST A TWO MINUTE DRIVE FROM BROOKHAVEN HAMLET EARNED A TOP TEN SPOT IN

COASTAL LIVING MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST SEASIDE TOWNS IN THE ENTIRE

UNITED STATES.

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