Riverside New York Map

About Riverside, New York

Riverside is a locality in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 423. The population density is 542.6 people per km². Riverside is located at 42.1562°N, 77.0827°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 14870, 11901.

Riverside holds a quiet, unassuming posture upon the flat, sandy soil of Long Island, where the horizon is defined by the thin, vertical reaching of pine barrens. It lies 2.6 miles south-southwest of Riverhead, NY (from Riverhead, NY: bearing 198°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Hampton Bays. The air here carries a faint, salt-crusted tang, a reminder that the expansive reach of Moneyboque Bay lies only five miles to the south, pulling the tides of the Atlantic through the regional groundwater. Just a mile away, the dark, still waters of Wildwood Lake provide a reflective counterpoint to the rush of the East River, which carves a modest path through the local topography. The landscape is dominated by the David A. Sarnoff Preserve, a sprawl of scrub oak and pitch pine that anchors the local ecology, offering a rugged, unmanicured wilderness that feels far removed from the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains.

Riverside maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal shifts of the coastal plain, drawing a legacy from the laborers and tradespeople who shaped its modest development over the decades. The local economy persists through a blend of small-scale commerce and the stewardship of the surrounding pine barrens, which serve as a buffer against the encroaching density of the metropolitan corridor. Life in Riverside moves with the deliberate pace of those who live in the shadow of Colonels Island, looking toward the water for both industry and recreation. While the memory of deeper, more rural ways of life lingers in the thinning woods, the community remains a functional, grounded space, defined more by the quiet maintenance of its roads and the steady, persistent growth of its native vegetation than by any grand historical spectacle.

About This Riverside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside, New York. Coordinates: 42.156185, -77.082747. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Riverside includes the ZIP code (14870, 11901), telephone area code (607, 914, 845), county seat of Suffolk County (Riverhead), and school district assignment (Corning City School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.