Baywood, NY

Baywood is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Islip, on Long Island in Suffolk County. It sits entirely within the Brentwood Union Free School District, which gives the community much of its public-school context. Baywood is not a village with a separate downtown or government; it is a residential Long Island place, shaped by local streets, schools, parks, and access to nearby Brentwood, Bay Shore, and the Southern State Parkway. It feels suburban, modest, and closely tied to central Suffolk life.