Bay Shore is a hamlet, located in the Town of Islip, County of Suffolk County, New York, United States. Bay Shore celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. The population was 23,852 at the 2000 census. Bay Shore is 42 miles from Manhattan, 75 miles from Montauk and 69 miles from Orient Point. Bay Shore is surrounded by West Islip, Brightwaters, and West Bay Shore to the west, North Bay Shore, Brentwood, Baywood, and Deer Park to the north, Islip to the east, and the Great South Bay and Fire Island to the south. Bay Shore has a railroad station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which serves both commuters and vacationers as a major gateway to Fire Island and New York City. Bay Shore (along with Brightwaters) is served by the Bay Shore Union Free School District.

What is maritime and admiralty law?

Admiralty and maritime law involves cases related to navigation and commerce on oceans, rivers, and lakes. Admiralty and maritime cases can involve injuries to longshoremen and vessel crew members, contracts for cargo shipping, vessel collisions, and cruise ship passenger injuries. If your issues involves ships and shipping, business or commerce transacted at sea, finds and salvage, the duties, rights, and liabilities of ship owners, ship masters, and other maritime workers, it is within the realm of admiralty law.

Answers to maritime and admiralty law issues in New York

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