Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“The Barkin House is a historic house located at 84 East Olive Street in Long Beach, Nassau County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Barkin House (Long Beach, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Barkin House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 173 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barkin House: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deershead | Wollastonite, Garnet | Occurrence | Wollastonite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Beach, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 rip current. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Rip Current | Long Beach | 1 killed | A 16 year old boy was killed as he has dragged away from the beach by a strong rip current. |
| July 2016 | Lightning | Long Beach | 5 hurt | Five people were struck by lightning near National Boulevard and Ocean Beach Park in Long Beach. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Beach | - | Wires down on Clark Street. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Long Beach | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Granada Towers | 0.1 miles | 1984 |
 | US Post Office-Long Beach | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
| House at 226 West Penn Street | 0.5 miles | 2008 | |
 | Pauline Felix House | 0.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Samuel Vaisberg House | 0.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Cobble Villa | 0.7 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000234 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |
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