Brightwaters is an upper-middle class village in the southwest part of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. Brightwaters is near the south shore of Long Island. It contains Wohseepee Park in northern Brightwaters, the Brightwaters Canal directly south of Montauk Highway, and four lakes directly north of Montauk Highway: Cascades Lake, Mirror Lake, Foehr Lake and Nosrekca Lake. These geographic features make up the three districts of the village; the Canal District (southern Brightwaters, everything south of Montauk Highway), the Lakes District (central Brightwaters, everything north of the highway to Orinoco Drive) and the Wohseepee Park District (northern Brightwaters, everything north of Orinoco to Seneca Drive).
Population: 3,103
Zip Code: 11718
Area Code: 631
Elevation: 23′
Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
