Rockaway Beach (New York City, New York)
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Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the South Shore of Long Island. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east of Amstel Blvd. & Beach 73rd street and Rockaway Park to the west of Beach 108th street. It comprises in two principal sub-neighborhoods, per : Seaside to the west of the Cross Bay Parkway and Hammels to the east.
It is named for Rockaway Beach, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching for miles along the Rockaway Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. The beach is run and operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Rockaway Beach was once known as the "Irish Riviera" because of the large Irish American population in the area. As of the United States Census, 2000, 25.4% of residents in ZIP code 11693 identified themselves as having Irish ancestry. As of January 1, 2007, the community's total population has reached to over 19,000 people making it the third most populated neighborhood on the peninsula.
It is named for Rockaway Beach, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching for miles along the Rockaway Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. The beach is run and operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Rockaway Beach was once known as the "Irish Riviera" because of the large Irish American population in the area. As of the United States Census, 2000, 25.4% of residents in ZIP code 11693 identified themselves as having Irish ancestry. As of January 1, 2007, the community's total population has reached to over 19,000 people making it the third most populated neighborhood on the peninsula.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockaway_Beach,_Queens
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Coordinates: 40°35'11"N 73°48'57"W
- Broad Channel Island 6.3 km
- South Jamaica 13 km
- Jamaica Center 15 km
- Central Queens 18 km
- Queens Village 18 km
- Flushing 21 km
- Little Neck 22 km
- Douglaston 22 km
- Bayside 23 km
- Throggs Neck 28 km
- Hammels 0.6 km
- Seaside 0.7 km
- Arverne by the Sea 1.4 km
- Somerville 2 km
- The Rockaways 2.2 km
- Silver Hole Marsh 2.6 km
- Somerville Basin 2.8 km
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 3.3 km
- Joco Marsh 3.9 km
- Queens 8.6 km
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