No More New York State of Mind? Billy Joel’s Long Island Estate Is on the Market for $49M

No More New York State of Mind? Billy Joel's Long Island Estate Is on the Market for $49M

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It looks like Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Billy Joel isn’t in such a New York state of mind these days.

The New York native recently listed his trophy property on the very posh Oyster Bay Harbor for a hefty $49 million.

The 26-acre estate, known as Middlesea, comprises the original 14-acre property the musician bought for $22.5 million in 2002 and the adjoining parcels he’s picked up over the years, according to the Wall Street Journal. It comes with more than 2,000 feet of frontage on Centre Island.

Billy Joel’s estate on Oyster Bay Harbor

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The highlight of the estate is an elegant, 20,000-square-foot main house with spectacular water views.

Main house

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There are five bedrooms, six full baths, two half-baths, a playroom, a spa and hair salon, a bowling alley, and a wine cellar. There’s also an indoor pool, which Joel has covered up so he could use the space as a music room, because of its excellent acoustics, according to listing agent Bonnie Williamson, of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty.

Parts of the main house are being renovated and are expected to be completed within the next several months.

Living room

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Entry hall

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Main bedroom

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The estate also features a three-bedroom beach house, a three-bedroom guest apartment, and a four-bedroom gatehouse.

Other luxe amenities include a floating dock and boat ramp, two outdoor pools, and a helicopter pad.

Aerial view

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You might be wondering why, after spending more than 20 years developing this trophy property so close to his hometown of Hicksville, also on Oyster Bay, the musician would let it go. The Journal reports that Joel, wife Alexis Roderick, and their two young children are spending more time in Florida.

Joel purchased a $22 million Florida estate in 2015 and reportedly owns a Sag Harbor, NY, property. So it appears the music titan will not be moving out of New York completely.

Joel, 74, is a multiple-Grammy winner and one of the world’s bestselling artists of all time.

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