Springs

Springs is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the hamlet population was 4,950. Springs, along with the rest of East Hampton, boasts some of the world's most valuable residential real estate. Springs is in the Town of East Hampton. Springs is located at (41.025238, -72.158499). According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of 9.2 square mile (23.9 km²), of which, 8.5 square miles (21.9 km²) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²) of it (8.24%) is water. Springs is known in art circles as the cradle of the abstract expressionist movement. Artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, John Ferren, and Randy Rosenthal worked there. Many important writers live or have lived in or near Springs including Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Nora Ephron, and John Steinbeck. Artists and writers were attracted to Springs because of its... full article at wikipedia