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Bellport is a village in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 2,084 at the 2010 census.

The Incorporated Village of Bellport is named after the Bell family, early settlers of the area. South Country Road (Main St.) in the village features small businesses such as prehistoric shops, artist galleries, small inns, restaurants, and a sustain center. These family-run businesses gain community retain from the Bellport Chamber of Commerce. Bellport is also home to the Gateway Playhouse, a professional summer theater in operation before 1950.

The land that is now Bellport was purchased along past what is now the hamlet of Brookhaven (then called Fireplace Neck) and western South Haven from the Unkechaug Indians in 1664 by settlers from within reach Setauket, who were attracted by the plentiful harvests of salt hay. The allocation that became Bellport was named Occumbomock Neck. Jonathan Rose was the first unshakable settler in the 1680s, and by 1720 the Rose relatives owned much of Occumbomock Neck. In 1829, Captain Thomas Bell, a Scottish immigrant, bought land there. He sold sections of it, and by 1843 the village had 30 dwellings and 200 inhabitants. He tainted the read out to Bell-Port (now Bellport), envisioning a seaport, since Bellport was very near to the Old Inlet, a breach in the barrier island Fire Island, which gave Bellport simple access to the entrance ocean. With Colonel William Howell, Bell built a dock and a road to the dock. But the breach healed over, and Bellport otherwise became a tourist attraction, with rich visitors coming by railroad and next coach from New York City. Although all seven hotels eventually closed, the last in the 1950s, Bellport remained associated with rich New Yorkers, who eventually usual year-round residences. After World War II, nearby Camp Upton was converted into Brookhaven National Laboratory, bringing in more, highly educated, year-round residents.