Billy Joel sells Long Island mansion

Billy Joel has sold his beachfront mansion on Long Island.

Newsday reports that the sale was confirmed by the listing agent, Nancy Mizrahi of Saunders & Associates.

She said the deal on the 1,676 metre-squared Sagaponack home was closed late last week.

The buyer and price were not disclosed.

The cedar-shingled house sits on 44 metres of beach front. It has four bedrooms and a kitchen renovated by celebrity TV designer Nate Berkus. Joel has other homes on Long Island.

Sagaponack is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County. In 2009, it was listed as the most expensive small village in the US.