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Rockaway Beach, Queens

Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west. It is named for the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching from Beach 3rd to Beach 153rd Streets on the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood, with 13,000 residents as of 2010, is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.

  1. 1 History
    1. 1.1 Early development
    2. 1.2 1930s–1960s
    3. 1.3 Early 21st century
  2. 2 Demographics
  3. 3 Education
  4. 4 Transportation
  5. 5 Notable people
  6. 6 In popular culture
  7. 7 References
  8. 8 External links

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  • File:Women_Veterans_Monument_Rock_Beach_jeh.jpg Women veterans memorial
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Comments

  • Penny

    Average beach. Lots of trash (but what do you expect from NYC?), lifeguards aplenty, nice benches, access to bathrooms (very important iykyk!), foot washing stations are helpful as well.

    a month ago
  • J

    Cool beach. Although located in a sketchy part of queens. Once u get on the beach its clean, good young fun crowd, pets allowed. Water is great.

    a year ago
  • Oh

    clean beach. easy ferry ride to beach. long boardwalk. limited food options after labor day. toilets not well maintained.

    11 months ago
  • Kimberly

    The waves will definitely slap you around and rearrange your whole bathing suit. But it is a beautiful beach. The sand is super fine, the seashells are gorgeous and so much fun to look for. The bathrooms are thoroughly cleaned. The board walk is so clean, I walked barefoot on most of it. This beach holds a special place in my heart. Love it.

    a year ago
  • Denise

    Nice beach but lots of seaweed in the water.

    a year ago
  • Ashwin

    Lovely beach and beautiful. Perfect place to visit for the summer. There is a fast food joint near the beach and has got a good ambience.

    2 years ago
  • Lisa

    Great beach in NYC. The ocean has lots of shells and seaweed so you might want to wear sandal not to hurt your feet. It’s relatively clean but get crowded easily. Avoid the area near the train station.

    2 years ago
  • Fadi

    Beautiful and clean beach....u can spend hour n hours there.....

    a year ago

Rockaway Beach, Queens

➴ Coordinates: 40° 35‘ N, 73° 48‘ W
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