Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the in the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by to the east and Rockaway Park to the west.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 13,400 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in borough of Queens, New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Rockaway Beach, New York”, “Rockaway Beach, Queens”, “راکاوی بیچ، کوئینز”, “ロッカウェイ・ビーチ”, and “ロックアウェイ・ビーチ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Beach 98th Street station and Beach 90th Street station.

Metro station
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The is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway.

Metro station
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The is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway.

Bridge
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The is a toll…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Rockaways and Hammel.

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is a peninsula in , a borough of .

Neighborhood
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Hammels is an area within Rockaway Beach on the…

Neighborhood
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is a section of the Rockaway Peninsula in the borough of .

Rockaway Beach

Latitude
40.58451° or 40° 35′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.81679° or 73° 49′ 0″ west
Population
13,400
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87G8H5MM+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2131546597
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
11838915
Wiki­data ID
Q62289
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Rockaway Beach” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Basque: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Chinese: “洛克威海灘”
  • Dutch: “Rockaway Beach”
  • French: “Rockaway Beach”
  • German: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Irish: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Japanese: “ロッカウェイ・ビーチ (クイーンズ)”
  • Ladin: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Persian: “راکاوی بیچ”
  • Portuguese: “Rockaway Beach (Queens)”
  • Portuguese: “Rockaway Beach”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راکوی بیچ، کوئینز”
  • Ukrainian: “Рокуей Біч (Рокавей Пляж), Квінс”
  • Urdu: “روک اوے بیچ، کوئینز”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ocean Breeze and Palmer’s Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: District Office of Assemblywoman Stacey P Amato and Queens Library at Penninsula.

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