Summer Camp Is in Session at This Barnlike Weekend Retreat on Long Island

A Brooklyn family builds their idyllic escape with a trio of timber structures looking out over the Peconic Bay.

Though fewer than 80 miles from Brooklyn, North Fork on Long Island is worlds away, with farms, rustic barns, and quaint harbors. Here, on a small peninsula facing the Peconic Bay, a young Brooklyn family set out to build a family compound for relaxing, recharging, and connecting with the land.

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Lauren Gallow
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Lauren Gallow is a Seattle-based design writer and editor. Formerly an in-house writer for Olson Kundig, she holds an MA in Art & Architectural History from UCSB.

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