The legendary rockstar is selling the property he once admired as a teenager while dredging oysters.

“Piano Man” Billy Joel has listed his grand Centre Island estate in Long Island for $49.9 million. According to The New York Times, the 26-acre property, dubbed “MiddleSea,” features a main house, a beach house, and two guest houses, totaling 18 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.

The property’s acquisition story is particularly meaningful: Joel first spotted the mansion as a teenager while working as an oyster dredger in the surrounding waters. Living in working-class Hicksville at the time, young William Martin Joel could never have imagined he would one day own the very same mansion he gazed at from his boat.

The estate, purchased in 2002, includes three swimming pools, a bowling alley, a helipad, and over 2,000 feet of private beach – a rare feature in Long Island’s “Gold Coast.”

Joel, 75, has decided to sell the property primarily for family reasons, having relocated to Florida where his two youngest daughters attend school.

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