Clearwater Beach is a private beach community located in East Hampton's famed 'Springs'. Large stretches of bay beach are just a few minutes walk from our home, half mile to be exact. At the beach there is a marina, playground, bbq's, bocce, basketball, a place to launch your kayak, covered pavilion and life guarding in season. It's a quiet family neighborhood, yet very central to all the East End hot spots; shopping, fine dining and sites.
Springs is known in art circles as the cradle of the abstract expressionist movement. Artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and John Ferren worked there. Writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Nora Ephron, and John Steinbeck have lived in or near Springs. Artists and writers were attracted to the area due to its rural nature despite being so easy to access from New York City. Traditionally, locals are referred to as "Bonackers" which comes from Accabonac Harbor in Springs.
The Pollock-Krasner House and Studio on Springs-Fireplace Road is owned by Stony Brook University and is open for tours by appointment. It includes an external studio shed where dried paint from Pollock's projects is splattered on the floor and evokes Pollock's most famous works. The neighborhood around it is an East Hampton historic district.
Come be inspired!