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Merrick (Meroke) Native Americans were the first people to live at Point Lookout. They belonged to an Algonquin tribe. Dutch settlers arrived in Point Lookout initially in the 1640s, followed by English settlers in the 1660s.

Point Lookout is situated on a barrier beach that has existed for hundreds, if not thousands of years in one form or another. Point Lookout is initially mentioned as a whaler’s destination and a hazardous area for ships in the middle of the 19th century. A U.S. Life Saving Station was founded at Point Lookout in 1872. It’s interesting to note that the U.S. Life Saving Service was founded as a result of the catastrophic U.S.S. Mexico wreckage on January 2, 1837; the service continued to operate there until farmers planted salt hay on the marshes that stretches behind the location.

Along with the construction of a seasonal railroad that connected Point Lookout to Long Beach, a number of hotels and summer bungalows were also constructed. However, over time, fire or winter storms destroyed almost all of these buildings. Hundreds of day-trippers visited Point Lookout’s beaches during the summer months, thanks to ferries that ran from Freeport’s Woodcleft Canal. For the residents of Point Lookout and Nassau By the Sea, a little town to the east, the barrier island was a paradise.

A group led by Brooklyn senator William Reynolds bought the entire barrier island in 1906. The fire in 1918 almost completely destroyed Nassau By the Sea. The Point Lookout community came into being when Senator Reynolds founded Point Lookout Inc. in the 1920s. This company installed concrete streets and sold small plots of land to families for around $2,500 each. Along with other bungalows from neighboring marsh islands, those that had not burned down at Nassau By the Sea were relocated to Point Lookout and are still visible in the neighborhood today.

The Pavilion was demolished while work was done on the beach in the fall and winter of 2018.