Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) roughly corresponding to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 6,592.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of 9.2 square miles (24 km), of which 8.5 square miles (22 km²) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), or 8.19%, is water.

Springs is known in art circles as the cradle of the abstract expressionist movement. Artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and John Ferren worked there. Writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Nora Ephron, and John Steinbeck have lived in or near Springs. Artists and writers were attracted to the Place due to its rural nature, despite subconscious within 100 miles (160 km) of New York City, and because housing prices “north of the Montauk Highway” on the niche side of the East Hampton peninsula have traditionally been belittle than those closer to the Atlantic Ocean. Traditionally, locals are referred to as “Bonackers” which comes from Accabonac Harbor in Springs. East Hampton High School has adopted the Bonacker make known for its sports teams.

The main roads connecting Springs to East Hampton are Springs-Fireplace Road and Three Mile Harbor Road. Jackson Pollock died in a car smash on Springs-Fireplace Road in 1956. Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner are buried in Green River Cemetery. Pollock’s grave is marked by a large glacial erratic stone on top of a hill, Krasner’s by a small stone lower on the hill. Since Pollock’s burial, numerous additional writers and artists have been buried in the cemetery, joining the locals.