An East Hampton Cape With Water Views From Every Room

Presented By

Lori MacGarva and April SanicolaWilliam Raveis Elite Concierge Services; Leslie Reingold, Sotheby’s International Realty

Price: $3,900,000

Location: 17 Island Road, East Hampton, NY, 11937

Presented by: Lori MacGarva and April Sanicola, William Raveis Elite Concierge Services; Leslie Reingold, Sotheby’s International Realty

Water is visible from every room at 17 Island Road, where Three Mile Harbor borders one side of the property and a pond lines the other. The four-bedroom, three-bath 1970 Cape takes in the harbor from its living room and second-floor balcony, with an association beach and dock nearby in Hampton Waters.

Courtesy of William Raveis

Island Road ends at a common green, with the association beach on one side and a bulkhead and dock on the other. Residents can tie up a small boat there, and the community extends along more than 1.5 miles of waterfront with areas for fishing, canoeing, or kayaking.

“17 Island Road offers a rare and exceptionally private setting, with waterfront on both Three Mile Harbor and the pond along Oyster Shore Road. A very special property in an extraordinary setting.”
– Lori MacGarva, William Raveis Elite Concierge Services

The green also carries a piece of Hampton Waters’ history. Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset began developing the community in the late 1950s and early 1960s, imagining it as a place for artists and writers, and later lived there himself.

Courtesy of William Raveis

Rosset moved four barns to Hampton Waters, where architect Robert Rosenberg converted them into residences. One became the Meeting House at Springy Banks Road and Oyster Shores Road, used as a sales office and intended as a space for the performing arts. Rosenberg and John McVitty also helped lay out the development.

A plaque honoring Rosset remains on a rock near the green and community dock at the end of Island Road.

17 Island Road has a history of its own. The home was built and lived in by investor John L. Metz and is now listed for $3.9 million, with annual property taxes of $10,260.