Belle Terre is a village in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 808 at the time of the 2020 census.
The Belle Terre Gatehouse – a beaux arts structure dating to the first decade of the 1900s.
View of Mount Misery Point, in northern Belle Terre
The Belle Terre Club, an opulent private clubhouse that stood from 1906 to 1934
One of the pergolas that overlooked Port Jefferson Harbor prior to being dismantled in 1934
Port Jefferson, sometimes shortened as Port Jeff, is an incorporated village in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population
Belle Terre, New York
…area was referred to as Mt. Misery Point. By comparison, the lower portion of the peninsula, which is currently a section of the neighboring village of Port Jefferson, was referred to as Mt. Misery Neck. Throughout the 1700s and 1800s, the bulk of the peninsula was owned by the Strong family, who had their Oakwood…
c.1682 home of John Roe, the first settler in lower Port Jefferson
Postcard of Hotel Square, corner of Main and East Main, with labels displaying the Townsend House hotel and the village's first post office in the late 19th century