The Rockaways
The Rockaways is a peninsula in Queens, a borough of New York City. The area is well known as Queens' main beach area. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Howard Beach and Broad Channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region
- Description: neighborhoods of Queens in New York City
- Also known as: “Rockaway”, “Rockaway , Long Island”, “Rockaway , New York”, “Rockaway Peninsula”, “Rockaway, Queens”, and “Rockaways”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge and Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
Beach
Photo: Urielevy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the 170-acre Rockaway Beach and the adjacent 5.5-mile Rockaway Boardwalk.
Beach 98th Street station
Metro station
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The Beach 98th Street station is a 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockaway Beach and Seaside.
Rockaway Beach
Neighborhood
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Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west.
Seaside
Neighborhood
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Seaside is a section of the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by the Rockaway Beach neighborhood on the east, and by the neighborhood of Rockaway Park on the west.
Arverne
Quarter
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Arverne is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula. It was initially developed by Remington Vernam, whose signature "R.
The Rockaways
- Categories: neighborhood and peninsula
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover The Rockaways from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“The Rockaways” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Rokavey yarımadası”
- Catalan: “Rockaway”
- Chinese: “洛克威 (皇后區)”
- Chinese: “洛克威半岛”
- Chinese: “洛卡威半島”
- Dutch: “Rockaway”
- Estonian: “Rockaway”
- French: “Rockaway”
- German: “Rockaway Peninsula”
- Hebrew: “הרוקאווייז”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי רוקאווי”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי רוקאוויי”
- Hebrew: “רוקאווי”
- Hebrew: “רוקאווייז”
- Italian: “Rockaway”
- Japanese: “ロッカウェイ・ポイント”
- Japanese: “ロッカウェイ”
- Japanese: “ロッカウェイ半島”
- Low German: “Rockaway Peninsula”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rockaway”
- Portuguese: “Península de Rockaway”
- Russian: “Рокавей”
- Urdu: “روک اوے پیننسلا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hammel and Ocean Breeze.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “The Rockaways”. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.