Block Island Town Information

Block Island Town Hall
PO Drawer 220, New Shoreham, RI
Fax: 401.466.3219
Hours:
Monday: 9am-3pm
Saturday: 9am-1pm

Established: 1664
Incorporated: 1672

Website: Block Island/New Shoreham Town Website

Census info:
Area: 9.74 square miles
Population: 1,010 (2000 U.S. Census)
Density: 104 people per square mile
Housing units: 1,606
Median Age: 43 years
Percent of population under 18 years old: 18.3%
Residential real estate tax rate: $3.17 per $1,000

Council typically meets on the 1st Monday & 3rd Wednesday of every month.
Phone: 401.466.3210
Fax: 401.466.3219
Email:

Building Inspector
Phone: 401.466.3216
Fax: 401.466.3219
Email:

New Shoreham Police Department:
10 Beach Avenue
Phone: 401.466.3220
Website: New Shoreham Police Department

Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue
10 Beach Avenue
Main Phone: 401.466.2211
Alt Phone: 401.466.3229
Website: Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue

Block Island School Department

Phone: 401.466.5600
Website: Block Island School Department

New Shoreham School services 130 students in grades Pre-K to 12th.
401.466.7732
High Street, Block Island, RI 02807

Block Island Parks & Recreation
Phone: 401.466.3223
Recreation Center: 401.466.2130
Fred Benson Town Beach: 401.466.7717
Website: Block Island Parks & Recreation

Things to Do

Mohegan Bluffs
2 hundred foot cliffs with great views of the Atlantic Ocean.
Mohegan Trail, Block Island
401.466.5009

Mansion Beach secluded beach on Block Island

Block Island Ferry
Transportation to/from the island from Port Judith

Southeast Lighthouse
Two lighthouses stand watch over tiny Block Island, scene of 50 shipwrecks in the early 1800s.
Mohegan Trail, Block Island
401.466.5009

Settler's Rock
Rock engraved with the names of the settlers who immigrated to the region in the 17th century.
Corn Neck Road, Sandy Point Cow Cove, Block Island

Rodman's Hollow
Wildlife refuge formed by glaciers.

National Wildlife Refuge
401.364.9124

North Lighthouse
Granite built lighthouse at Sandy Point
Corn Neck Road, Block Island
401.466.3200

Island Free Library
Address: Dodge Street, Block Island
Phone: 401.466.3233
Hours:
Sunday: 11am-2pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 10am-7pm
Wednesday & Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-3pm
Website: Island Free Library

Website: Block Island Times

Senior Citizens Advisory Board: 401.466.3200

Block Island Wastewater Management

Phone: 401.466.5699
Website: Block Island Wastewater Management

To be announced