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Rockaway Inlet

Rockaway Inlet is a strait connecting , wholly within , with the Atlantic Ocean. It separates the Rockaway Peninsula in from the in .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Plumb Beach and Mau Mau Island.

Park
Photo: Glenn ocean, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a beach and surrounding neighborhood along the north shore of Rockaway Inlet, in the borough of . It is located near the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach, just off the Belt Parkway.

Island
, also called White Island, is a small uninhabited island in the borough of , located between and Mill Creek in the Marine Park recreation area.

Park
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gerritsen Beach and Manhattan Beach.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the borough of , located between to the west and Marine Park to the east. The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15.

Neighborhood
Photo: Multiplicitous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a residential neighborhood in the borough of . It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, by on the north, and to the west.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in southern , . It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.

Rockaway Inlet

Latitude
40.57873° or 40° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
-73.92361° or 73° 55′ 25″ west
Open location code
87G8H3HG+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1373338603
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5134169
Wiki­data ID
Q7354954
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Satellite Map

Discover Rockaway Inlet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Rockaway Inlet” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rockaway Inlet”
  • Chinese: “洛克威海峽”
  • Chinese: “洛克威灣”
  • Dutch: “Rockaway Inlet”
  • French: “Rockaway Inlet”
  • German: “Rockaway Inlet”
  • Hebrew: “מצר רוקאווי”
  • Hebrew: “מצר רוקאוויי”
  • Japanese: “ロッカウェイ入り江”
  • “Rockaway Inlet”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rockaway Point and Breezy Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gerritsen Beach and Lew Fidler Park.

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