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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” and “Rockaway Beach, Queens”

Places of Interest

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

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

Bridge
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The is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across in , , between and the Rockaway Peninsula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Rockaways and Hammel.

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is a peninsula in , a borough of . The area is well known as Queens' main beach area. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Howard Beach and Broad Channel.

Neighborhood
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Hammels is an area within Rockaway Beach on the in the borough of . It is located west of and east of , and is centered on Beach 84th Street.

Neighborhood
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is a section of the Rockaway Peninsula in the borough of . It is bordered by the Rockaway Beach neighborhood on the east, and by the neighborhood of Rockaway Park on the west.

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)”
  • Japanese: “ロッカウェイ・ビーチ”
  • Japanese: “ロックアウェイ・ビーチ”
  • Ladin: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rockaway Beach”
  • Persian: “راکاوی بیچ، کوئینز”
  • 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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Notable Places Nearby

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