Far Rockaway

Far Rockaway is a railway stop in Queens, New York. Far Rockaway is situated nearby to First Baptist Church, as well as near Far Roackaway Church of Christ.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Far Rockaway station and Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station.

Far Rockaway station

Railway station

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The Far Rockaway station is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The station is located at Nameoke Avenue and Redfern Avenue. Far Rockaway station is situated 510 feet northeast of Far Rockaway.

Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

Metro station

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The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is the eastern terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is currently the easternmost station in the New York City Subway. Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Far Rockaway.

Inwood station

Railway station

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Inwood is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Village of Lawrence, adjacent to the hamlet of Inwood, Nassau County, New York. The station is located at Doughty Boulevard and Brunswick Avenue. Inwood station is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Far Rockaway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Far Rockaway and Bayswater.

Far Rockaway

Quarter

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Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways.

Bayswater

Neighborhood

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Bayswater is a small neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula. The community is located to the northwest of Far Rockaway, along the southeastern shore of Jamaica Bay.

Inwood

Town

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Inwood is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of Long Island's Five Towns area and is located within the Town of Hempstead.

Far Rockaway

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60787° or 40° 36′ 28″ north

Longitude

-73.75162° or 73° 45′ 6″ west

Operator

Long Island Rail Road

Network

LIRR

Open location code

87G8J65X+49

OpenStreetMap ID

node 42802963

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=buffer_stop

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include First Baptist Church and Far Roackaway Church of Christ.

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