Jones Beach Theater is an outdoor amphitheatre at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York. It is one of two major outdoor arenas in the New York metropolitan area, along with PNC Bank Arts Center near the Jersey Shore. Both venues are managed by Live Nation. The theater was designed to specifications provided by Robert Moses, who created Jones Beach State Park.
The exterior of Jones Beach Theater, c. 2007
Original Jones Beach Marine Stadium 1930s
Jones Beach Theater Construction 1951
Jones Beach State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway. The park was created during Robert Moses' administration as President of the Long Island State Park Commission as part of the development of parkways on Long Island.
Aerial view of Jones Beach Island and Jones Beach State Park in July 2012
Jones Beach Water Tower in 2021
Sunbathers in 2010
West Bathhouse