Rockaway Park, Queens
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. The neighborhood of Rockaway Beach lies on its eastern border while the community of Belle Harbor is situated on its western side. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14.[1]
Rockaway Park has been called the "Irish Riviera".[2] The United States Census, 2000 showed that 36.0% of the population were of Irish ancestry in the ZCTA for ZIP Code 11694.[3] The Saint Patrick's Day parade in Rockaway is the second-largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City, second only to New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.[4] Rockaway Park is becoming famous for its beach side food businesses, as beach goers from hip Brooklyn neighborhoods have increasingly spent their summers in the area. One of the most famous new businesses is Rockaway Taco, owned by Andrew Field and David Selig. The newfound popularity of Rockaway Park and the Rockaways has increased travel options to the area. In addition to the A train and LIRR (which goes to Far Rockaway, from there one must transfer to the Q22 bus to get to Rockaway Park), one can now take Rockabus from Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[5]
Transportation [edit]
Manhattan is accessible to commuters via the A train at the Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station, the terminus of the Rockaway Park Shuttle.
The area is served by bus routes operated by the MTA Bus Company. The Q22 bus runs the length of the Rockaway Peninsula. The Q52 runs from Beach 69th Street in Arverne ,over the Cross Bay Bridge via Cross Bay Boulevard to Woodhaven.The Q53 run from Beach 116th Street, over the Cross Bay Bridge via Cross Bay Boulevard to Woodside. The Q35 runs from Beach 116th Street to the Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue station in Brooklyn via the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Flatbush Avenue. It goes through Belle Harbor, Neponsit, and Jacob Riis Park on the Rockaway Peninsula.
References [edit]
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ Grace, Melissa. "Boro goes for brogue", New York Daily News, March 9, 2007. Accessed August 21, 2008.
- ^ Census Data Ancestry for the 11694 5-Digit ZCTA, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 23, 2006.
- ^ Queens County St. Patrick's Day Parade & Cultural Committee. Accessed September 27, 2011.
- ^ Rock Rock Rockaway Food Stands. Oct. 18, 2012.
Coordinates: 40°34′43″N 73°50′27″W / 40.578564°N 73.840967°W
