Rockaway Park | |
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 Local fire station | |
 Location within New York City | |
| Coordinates:40°34′44″N73°50′28″W / 40.579°N 73.841°W /40.579; -73.841 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| County/Borough | Queens |
| Community District | Queens 14[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11694 |
| Area codes | 718, 347, 929, and917 |
Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in theNew York Cityborough ofQueens. The area is on theRockaway Peninsula, nestled betweenJamaica Bay to the north and theAtlantic Ocean to the south. The neighborhood ofRockaway Beach lies on its eastern border while the community ofBelle Harbor is situated on its western side. The neighborhood is part ofQueens Community Board 14.[2]
The heavily Irish Rockaway Park has been called the "Irish Riviera".[3] The2000 United States census showed that 36.0% of the population were ofIrish ancestry in theZCTA forZIP Code 11694.[4] TheSaint Patrick's Day parade in Rockaway is the second-largestSt. Patrick's DayParade inNew York City, second only to New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade upFifth Avenue inManhattan.[5]
The neighborhood is centered around Beach 116th Street, a two-block street that runs from Beach Channel Drive southward to Ocean Promenade.[6] At the street's northern end isTribute Park, which has a memorial to the 343 firefighters killed in theSeptember 11 attacks,[7] and at its southern tip is a memorial to the 265 victims ofAmerican Airlines Flight 587, which crashed nearby inBelle Harbor on November 12, 2001.[8]
TheNew York City Subway'sA and S trains serve theRockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station, the terminus of theIND Rockaway Line and its associated services.[9]
The area is served by bus routes operated byMTA Bus Company. TheQ22 bus runs along theRockaway Peninsula from Beach 116th Street to Mott Avenue.[10] TheQ53 SBS runs from Beach 116th Street, over theCross Bay Bridge viaCross Bay Boulevard toWoodside, andWoodside LIRR station and61st Street subway station.[10] TheQ35 runs from Beach 108th Street to theFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station, and theBrooklyn College, inBrooklyn via theMarine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge andFlatbush Avenue. It goes throughBelle Harbor,Neponsit, andJacob Riis Park on the Rockaway Peninsula.[10] Express service to Manhattan is also provided by theQM16 bus to/from Riis Park.
In the aftermath ofHurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, which caused massive infrastructure damage to theA train south of the station atHoward Beach–JFK Airport, ferry operatorSeaStreak began running a city-subsidized ferry service between a makeshift ferry slip at Beach 108th Street andBeach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park andPier 11/Wall Street in Manhattan'sFinancial District, then continuing on to theEast 34th Street Ferry Landing. In August 2013, a stop was added atBrooklyn Army Terminal.[11] The service was extended multiple times,[12] finally ending on October 31, 2014.[13] On May 1, 2017,NYC Ferry's Rockaway route started operations between Pier 11/Wall Street in Manhattan's Financial District and Beach 108th Street in Rockaway Park, with a stop at Brooklyn Army Terminal.[14][15]
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