Yes — EmergencyRefs staffs certified officials across Long Beach's fields and courts, including the City's citywide youth sports program and its Recreation Campus. Long Beach is an incorporated city, not a town-run hamlet, so it manages its own 56 sports fields and facilities through the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine. We aim for 12 hours notice and take same-day requests based on availability, with extra lead time recommended on peak summer beach-traffic weekends.
A City, Not a Town-Run Hamlet
Our Nassau County coverage guide notes that the county is made up of three townships plus two incorporated cities — Long Beach and Glen Cove. That distinction matters for booking: most Nassau hamlets we cover run their fields through the Town of Hempstead, North Hempstead, or Oyster Bay, but Long Beach has its own city government and its own Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine managing fields, permits, and youth programs directly. The City's free youth sports program serves boys and girls roughly ages 5 to 14 across a range of team sports, separate from any private travel or club program also playing on the island.
Long Beach also sits on a barrier island connected to the mainland by bridge, which is mostly irrelevant to booking a referee — except on the handful of summer weekends when beach traffic backs those bridges up for miles. If your game falls on a July or August Saturday, a little extra lead time on your request matters more here than it would for a mainland Nassau town.
Fields and Facilities We Staff
The City's Recreation Campus is the hub: turf fields, basketball courts, and a roller hockey rink sit alongside the municipal pool and ice arena, plus seven neighborhood playgrounds and dozens of additional sports fields spread across the city for soccer, softball, and other team sports. We staff officials for the field and court sports there. Roller hockey is a different discipline from ice hockey or field officiating — see our roller hockey officials guide for how that crew and rule set differs, since sending an ice-hockey-only official to a roller rink isn't a like-for-like substitution.
🏖️ Beach volleyball note: Long Island's beach volleyball season runs May through September, and a beach city like Long Beach sees more of it than most towns we cover. See our volleyball referees guide for indoor vs. beach officiating differences.
How to Book a Referee in Long Beach
- Tell us the sport, age group, and level — City youth program, private club, rec, or tournament.
- Name the exact facility — Recreation Campus turf field, a neighborhood field, or the roller hockey rink.
- Confirm your date and time — same-day requests are accepted based on availability; add extra lead time for peak summer weekends when bridge traffic is heaviest.
- We confirm your official — certification matched to your sport and age bracket, with a backup plan if plans change before game time.
Need a Referee in Long Beach This Week?
Tell us the sport, facility, and time. We'll confirm a certified local official — same-day requests welcome.
Request a Long Beach Referee at EmergencyRefs.com →What's Different From a Standard County Request
If your program also plays elsewhere in Nassau, our Nassau County referee guide covers the full county footprint, including the mainland towns immediately north of Long Beach. Because Long Beach runs its own department rather than a town parks office, permit and field-scheduling questions go through the City directly rather than through Hempstead — worth knowing before your first booking. For distance and response-time questions specific to a barrier-island location, see our guide to how far referees travel on Long Island. On the mainland just across the bay, our Oceanside referee coverage guide covers a neighboring South Shore hamlet that shares some of the same weather-driven scheduling factors.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Long Beach is one of only two incorporated cities in Nassau County, along with Glen Cove, and runs its own Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine.
Yes, for the field and court sports there. Roller hockey uses a different officiating crew than ice hockey — see our roller hockey officials guide.
It can, especially on summer weekends when beach traffic backs up onto the island. Extra lead time helps for peak-season requests.
No. The City runs its own free youth sports program for ages roughly 5–14, separate from private club or travel programs also playing in the city.
We aim for 12 hours notice and take same-day requests based on availability, outside of peak summer beach-traffic weekends.