Center Moriches, NY

Center Moriches is a hamlet and census-designated place on Long Island's South Shore, within the Town of Brookhaven. It is served by the Center Moriches Union Free School District, whose schools include Clayton Huey Elementary and Center Moriches High School. The hamlet sits near the Moriches Bay area, giving it a coastal Long Island feel without the flash of bigger resort towns. Center Moriches is residential, school-centered, and tied to the waterways and village-scale communities around it.