BEST ESCAPE ROOM
EPIC ESCAPE ROOMS
– LONG ISLAND
357 Hempstead Tpke., West Hempstead
516-427-5977
www.epicescaperoomsli.com
Escape rooms are a unique game in where
you and your team must work together to find
clues and objects, solve riddles and puzzles and
complete the challenge in under 60 minutes.
Escape the Room creates a fun, immersive
atmosphere where critical thinking, teamwork
and communication are all you need to have
an experience you won’t forget. Epic Escape
Rooms Long Island guarantee a thrilling
adventure whether you’re new to escape rooms
or not. Whether you are looking for a night out,
a weekend activity, team building, corporate
event, family fun, date night, fundraiser or
celebrating a birthday or special occasion,
for all of your party needs, Epic Escape
Rooms Long Island is the place to be. Why do
something ordinary when you can do something
extraordinary?
BEST FILM FESTIVAL
PORT JEFFERSON
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson
631-473-5220
www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.com
Long Island’s film festival scene has come a
long way, and it’s undeniable that each plays
a vital role in giving Long Island audiences
a diverse offering of films. Standing out for
its devotion to documentaries—which are
evocative, thought provoking, and shed light
on often-unrepresented segments of our
population—is the Port Jefferson Documentary
Series. The series has been highlighting some
of the best documentaries from around the
world since 2005. For more than a decade, the
Port Jefferson Documentary Series’ volunteer
members diligently screen a vast assortment of
films each and every year in order to select the
best documentaries that should be represented.
Talk about commitment to the arts! It’s no
wonder why Long Islanders voted Port Jefferson
Documentary Series the best!
BEST HORSEBACK
RIDING FACILITY
PAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN
829 Nichols Road, Islandia
631-348-1389
www.pal-o-mine.org
Since 1995, Pal-O-Mine Equestrian has been
a refuge for individuals with disabilities,
at-risk youth, the military and all vulnerable
populations. Offering therapeutic horse-riding
lessons, Pal-O-Mine’s mission is to provide
specialized equine programs using horses
to facilitate, growth, learning and healing.
Programs include adaptive horseback riding
for individuals with disabilities such as autism,
anxiety, ADHD, neurological disorders, cerebral
palsy, traumatic brain injuries, and others.
Pal-O-Mine offers individual, family and group
therapy sessions focusing on grief, trauma and
abuse, eating disorders, substance abuse and
addiction. By connecting with horses, Pal-OMine
will help you re-connect with the beauty
in the world!
BEST LOCAL TV
REPORTER
ERIN COLTON, NEWS 12
516-393-1200
www.news12.com
Erin Colton is a New York Emmy Awardwinning
reporter for News 12 Long Island.
She joined the team in in May of 2004 after
graduating from the Newhouse School of
Communications at Syracuse University. Colton
began her career as a production assistant and
progressed up the ladder, becoming a writer, a
producer and then a sports anchor and reporter.
A native Long Islander herself, Erin Colton won
a 2010 New York Emmy Award in the category
of Sports Coverage: Series, for her series entitled
‘Iron Inspiration,’ which told the story of a Long
Island man who overcame drug and alcohol
addiction by training for triathlons. Colton
followed his journey up to Lake Placid, where
he achieved his goal by finishing an Ironman
competition. Colton’s favorite thing to hear
when she’s covering stories in the field is, “Hey!
I wake up to you every morning!”
BEST LONG ISLAND
PERSONALITY
BRIMSTONE
516-350-0123
www.entrancetohell.com
Brimstone has had a successful and rewarding
career spanning well over three decades;
participating in numerous entertainment fields
boasting a list of titles including professional
wrestler, radio host, actor, voice actor, author,
musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror
model, and comic book/animated/children’s
book/video game hero. He’s been called a
Renaissance man by many, but more accurately
described as a well-seasoned entertainer and
serial entertainment entrepreneur. On top of his
grueling schedule, he selflessly acts as a celebrity
spokesperson for the Stan Lee Foundation,
Jaime Isaacs Foundation, and RADD (Rockers
Actors and Athletes against Driving Drunk).
Whether it be poking fun at himself by shucking
clams, or visiting the United Cerebral Palsy
Foundation to give out stuffed animals and
spend time with the kids – Brim has a heart of
gold and will do just about anything to support
a good cause.
BEST MASCOT (TIE)
TITUS THE RESCUE MASCOT
www.titusandhailey.com
Titus was rescued from the NYC kill shelter.
He was found on the streets of the Bronx with
mange and a broken femur in his back leg. He
sat in the shelter watching people just walk right
by him. Who really wanted a mangy little pup?
His time was almost up before someone noticed
his inner beauty and rescued him. He had his
leg fixed and began treatment for his mange and
then sat in boarding until his mother offered to
foster him. Her hope was to make him perfect
and to find him the perfect home. Well, after 2
months with no applications, his mother decided
that he was already home. He already had a taste
of puppy paradise, found the love of his life and
proved that he would fit in perfectly.
BEST MASCOT (TIE)
QUACKERJACK -
LONG ISLAND DUCKS
www.liducks.com/kid/quackerjack
The Long Island Ducks’ loveable mascot
QuackerJack – or “QJ” to those in the know –
has been voted Long Island’s Best Mascot for
the eighth year in a row. What an achievement!
Always shaking his tail-feather, QuackerJack
and his perma-grin always has a friendly highfive
for every fan he meets. A devoted duck,
QuackerJack and his special brand of duck
cheering will make fun infectious while watching
Long Island’s favorite baseball team! Be sure to
congratulate QuackerJack when you see him.
QJ loves meeting fans and is available for a wide
range of events and festivals for the Long Island
Community.
BEST MOVIE
THEATER
CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
423 Park Avenue, Huntington
(631) 423-7610
www.cinemaartscentre.org
The mission of the Cinema Arts Centre is to
bring the best in cinematic artistry to Long
Island, and use the power of film to expand the
awareness and consciousness of the community.
When the Cinema Arts Centre was founded in
1973, it was called the New Community Cinema.
They have a long history of using the power of
film to do social good. Programs unite, inspire,
educate, mobilize, and create empathy in a
world where empathy is greatly needed. Like
the power of film itself, which is greater than
the sum of its parts, the power of the CAC is
boundary-breaking. Programs lift the voices of
under-represented groups, of vital community
organizations, and other not-for-profit
organizations, impacting a variety of causes and
issues, and allowing them to share resources,
create mutual benefits and work toward a better
Long Island.
BEST MUSEUM
CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM
Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City
516-572-4111
www.cradleofaviation.org
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace
museum located in Garden City, New York on
Long Island to commemorate Long Island’s
part in the history of aviation. It is located on
land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which,
together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other
airfields on the Hempstead Plains, was the
site of many historic flights. So many seminal
flights had occurred in the area that by the
mid-1920s the cluster of airfields was already
dubbed the “Cradle of Aviation”, the origin
of the museum’s name. Today the museum
contains over 60 aircraft and scale models of
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airplanes from various time periods, including
Charles Lindbergh’s Curtiss Jenny in which
he barnstormed, the A-10 Thunderbolt II and
Grumman F-14 Tomcat, and an actual unused
Apollo Lunar Module, LM-13.
BEST PARTY EVENT
COMPANY
ROYAL PRINCESS PREP
PARTY COMPANY
1 Larsen Ave., Glenwood Landing
(516) 639-3939
www.RoyalPrincessPrep.com
Royal Princess Prep is New York’s Premiere
Princess Party Company. Royal Princess Prep
provides the highest quality characters and
entertainment for any party or event! At Royal
Princess Prep, attention is paid to every detail,
from their gorgeous costumes and wigs, to their
custom shoes and accessories, you’ll feel like
their characters stepped right off the screen or
out of a storybook! All of Royal Princess Prep’s
performers are professionally trained – singers,
dancers, and actors – having graduated from
some of the most prestigious performing arts
programs in the country, and all have extensive
experience working with children. Royal
Princess Prep’s goal is to create a magical, oneof
a-kind experience for you and your child. Let
Royal Princess Prep help you create the memory
of a lifetime!
BEST PUBLIC
GARDEN
OLD WESTBURY GARDENS
71 Old Westbury Road.
516-333-0048
www.oldwestburygardens.org
Old Westbury Gardens, listed on the National
Register of Historic Places, is the former home
of John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace
Phipps and their four children. Completed
in 1906 by the English designer, George A.
Crawley, the magnificent Charles II-style
mansion is nestled amid 200 acres of formal
gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds
and lakes. Westbury House is furnished with
fine English antiques and decorative arts from
the more than 50 years of the family’s residence.
Today, Westbury Gardens welcomes visitors of
all ages for guided tours of Westbury House and
Gardens, in-depth tours of the formal gardens,
school visits, children’s programs and events,
family programs, museum exhibits, classic car
shows, indoor and outdoor classical concerts,
summer pop concerts, slide lectures, book
signings, horticultural demonstrations and
workshops, Scottish Games, botanical arts and
gardening classes, and Master Gardener and
Educator-led Talks and Tours.
BEST RADIO
STATION
THE GRINDHOUSE RADIO
(516) 308-0582
www.thegrindhouseradio.com
Grindhouse Radio gives Long Islanders all they
need, and more. The show offers everything
from pop culture and news to comedy and
discussions on music and movies. Grindhouse
Radio is syndicated on 17 networks, including
iHeartRadio, the popular radio platform that
gives listeners the opportunity to listen to their
favorite shows wherever they are. Its staff takes
pride in giving listeners an alternative program
that covers a variety of interested topics. Don’t
forget to tune in!
BEST RECORDING
STUDIO
COVE CITY SOUND STUDIOS, INC.
7 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove
(516) 759-9111
www.covecitysoundstudios.com
Long Island is the home to many awardwinning,
top-of-the-chart musicians, and Cove
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