<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Billy Joel is selling his waterfront estate in New York that he once could only dream of owning.Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices/Laffey International Realty</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Billy Joel is selling his massive waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/500-Centre-Island-Rd-Oyster-Bay-NY-11771/31162908_zpid/">$49.9 million</a>.</li><li>The 26-acre estate has four distinct houses and over 2,000 feet of private beachfront.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/how-to-get-billy-joel-tickets-concert-tour">Billy Joel</a> is moving out.</p><p>The "Piano Man" singer and lifelong New Yorker is selling his massive waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, after completing a five-year renovation project.</p><p>The property, on the market through <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/500-Centre-Island-Rd-Oyster-Bay-NY-11771/31162908_zpid/">Berkshire Hathaway</a>, could fetch close to $50 million.</p><p>Known as "MiddleSea," the estate spans 26 acres and has over 2,000 feet of private beach access, four separate homes, two swimming pools, and views of Long Island Sound.</p><p>Aside from the luxurious amenities and square footage, MiddleSea also has quite the backstory.</p><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/realestate/billy-joel-mansion-long-island.html">The New York Times</a> reported that Joel first spotted the waterfront estate as a teenager while harvesting <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-oysters-are-so-expensive-scotland-loch-fyne-farming-2019-9">oysters</a> to earn extra money to support his working-class family.</p><p>"I'll never live in a house like that," he said that he thought to himself at the time, The New York Times reported.</p><p>He was wrong. Joel ended up purchasing the estate in 2002. <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/billy-joel/">Forbes</a> reported in 2019 that his net worth was an estimated $52 million.</p><p>Take a look inside Billy Joel's waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, which is on the market for $49.9 million.</p>