Beaches · 577 miles of Great Lakes shore
New York Great Lakes Beaches
37 beaches on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, about 14 miles of listed shore.New York tested the water at 25 of them in the 2025 season.
The standard
When New York posts an advisory
New York reports this bacteria standard to EPA for most of its Great Lakes beaches:
- E. coli, single sample: 235 per 100 mL
A sample over the line means an advisory or a closure until the water tests clean again. A single-sample limit applies to one day’s result; a geometric mean is an average over several samples, so one bad reading counts for less. How beach testing works →
Lake Erie 13
Chautauqua County 7
- Blue Water Beach (Chautauqua County)0.22 milesSampled once a week · Private Access
- Lake Erie State Park Beach0.8 milesNot sampled
- Main Street Beach (Chautauqua County)0.1 milesNot sampled
- Point Gratiot Beach - East0.2 milesNot sampled
- Point Gratiot Beach - West0.18 milesNot sampled
- Wright Park - Eastabout 320 feetSampled twice a week
- Wright Park - West0.24 milesSampled twice a week
Erie County 6
- Bennett Beach0.19 milesSampled twice a week
- Evangola State Park Beach1.1 milesSampled once a week
- Evans Town Park0.14 milesSampled twice a week
- Hamburg Bathing Beach0.38 milesSampled twice a week
- Lake Erie Beach0.17 milesSampled twice a week
- Pioneer Camp0.13 milesNot sampled
Lake Ontario 24
Cayuga County 3
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - Channelabout 70 feetNot sampled
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - East2.2 milesNot sampled
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - West0.16 milesSampled once a week
Jefferson County 4
- Chaumont Village Beachabout 160 feetSampled twice a month
- Crescent Yacht Club Beachabout 50 feetNot sampled · Private Access
- Henderson Harbor Yacht Club Beachabout 50 feetSampled twice a month · Private Access
- Southwick Beach State Park0.71 milesSampled once a week
Monroe County 6
- Hamlin Beach State Park - H30.11 milesSampled twice a week
- Hamlin Beach State Park - H3a1.8 milesSampled twice a week
- HAMLIN BEACH STATE PARk - H41.4 milesNot sampled
- Hamlin Beach State Park - H4a0.1 milesSampled twice a week
- Hamlin Beach State Park - H4babout 420 feetNot sampled
- Ontario Beach0.39 milesSampled daily
Niagara County 1
- Camp Kenan0.36 milesNot sampled · Private Access
Oswego County 8
- Brennan'S Beach0.49 milesSampled twice a month · Private Access
- Chedmardo0.84 milesSampled twice a month · Private Access
- Dowie Daleabout 160 feetSampled twice a month · Private Access
- Mexico Point State Park (Town)about 110 feetSampled twice a month
- ONTARIO SHORES (Rainbow Shores)about 160 feetSampled twice a month
- Sandy Island Beach State Park0.27 milesSampled once a week
- Selkirk Shores State Park Beach0.87 milesSampled once a week
- Selkirk Shores State Park Beach - Southabout 320 feetSampled once a week
Wayne County 2
- Sodus Point - Bayside0.18 milesNot sampled
- Sodus Point - Lake Sideabout 480 feetSampled twice a month
Data from EPA BEACON 2.0, National List of Beaches 2025, retrieved 2026-10-10. Charts are not for navigation. Corrections tocontact@greatamericanlakes.com.