Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach is a beach in Queens, New York. Rockaway Beach is situated nearby to the synagogue Congregation Ohav Zedek, as well as near Saint Francis De Sales Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station and Beach 105th Street station.
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station
Metro station
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The Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is the western terminal station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located on Beach 116th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, Queens. Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is situated 1 mile northeast of Rockaway Beach.
Beach 105th Street station
Metro station
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The Beach 105th Street station is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Beach 105th Street on the Rockaway Freeway in Queens. Beach 105th Street station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rockaway Beach.
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in New York City, New York, that crosses Rockaway Inlet. The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, with Flatbush Avenue, in turn providing access to Floyd Bennett Field, Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in Brooklyn. Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles west of Rockaway Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belle Harbor and Neponsit.
Belle Harbor
Neighborhood
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough.
Neponsit
Neighborhood
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Neponsit is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the New York City borough of Queens.
Rockaway Park
Quarter
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Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is on the Rockaway Peninsula, nestled between Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
Rockaway Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.57149° or 40° 34′ 17″ northLongitude
-73.85152° or 73° 51′ 6″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G8H4CX+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 357582584OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Congregation Ohav Zedek and Saint Francis De Sales Church.
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