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*[http://books.google.co.il/books?id=SZ8QlXHxPR0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 Old Rockaway, New York, in Early Photographs] by Vincent Seyfried, William Asadorian
*[http://books.google.co.il/books?id=SZ8QlXHxPR0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 Old Rockaway, New York, in Early Photographs] by Vincent Seyfried, William Asadorian
*[http://kensinger.blogspot.com/2009/06/far-rockaway-abandoned-bungalows.html Far Rockaway: Abandoned Bungalows] a 2009 photo essay by Nathan Kensinger
*[http://kensinger.blogspot.com/2009/06/far-rockaway-abandoned-bungalows.html Far Rockaway: Abandoned Bungalows] a 2009 photo essay by Nathan Kensinger
*[http://forgotten-ny.com/2003/10/queens-far-rockaway/ Forgotten New York: Far Rockaway


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40°36′03″N 73°45′25″W / 40.600920°N 73.756971°W / 40.600920; -73.756971

Far Rockaway
Neighborhoods of New York City
Far Rockaway street scene
Far Rockaway street scene
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyQueens
Named forPlace name of the Native American Lenape.
Population
 (2000)
 • Total56,184
Ethnicity
 • White30.0%
 • Black51.8%
 • Hispanic22.9%
 • Asian1.6%
 • Other10.9%
Economics
 • Median income$27,820
ZIP code
11691
Area code(s)718, 347, 917
Grand View Ave., 1910s
A subway viaduct on a background of Far Rockaway residential buildings
The typical structure of NYC MTA elevated subway rail line in Far Rockaway

Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways. The neighborhood starts at the Nassau County line and extends west to Beach 32nd Street. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14.[1] The name "Rockaway" may have meant "place of sands" in the Munsee language of the Native American Lenape. Other spellings include Requarkie, Rechouwakie, Rechaweygh, Rechquaakie and Reckowacky (see: Toponymy of New Netherland).[2]

Transportation

Far Rockaway is served by the following transportation services:

  • The Far Rockaway terminal station for the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch. The branch had originally been part of a loop that traveled along the existing route, continuing through the Rockaway Peninsula and heading on a trestle across Jamaica Bay through Queens where it reconnected with other branches. Frequent fires and maintenance problems led the LIRR to abandon the Queens portion of the route, which was acquired by the city to become the IND Rockaway Line.[3]
  • Nassau Inter-County Express: N31, N32, and N33. Unlike other NICE routes in Queens, these buses operate open-door in Far Rockaway, meaning customers can ride these buses wholly within the neighborhood without necessarily going to Nassau County.
  • NYC Beach Bus. A shuttle bus company that takes you to Far Rockaway in style. They leave from downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg and drop off at Beach 84 and Jacob Riis Park. www.nycbeachbus.com

Housing

NYCHA

  • Redfern Houses
  • Beach 41st Street-Beach Channel Drive Houses

Goldfarb Properties

  • Wavecrest Gardens Apartments

Other

  • Roy Reuther Houses
  • Dix Mc Bride LLC
  • Rachel Arms Apartments
  • Gateway Apartments
  • Sandcastle Oceanfront Living

Education

The neighborhood, like all of New York City, is served by the New York City Department of Education. Far Rockaway residents are zoned to several different elementary schools:

Far Rockaway residents are zoned to I.S. 53 Brian Piccolo.

All New York City residents who wish to attend a public high school must apply to high schools. Far Rockaway High School was located in Far Rockaway, but was shut down in 2011. Beach Channel High School is near Far Rockaway.

Church of God Christian Academy is a K-12 co-ed school, located on Central Avenue.

LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

Jewish institutions

Schools (past and present)

  • Chaim Berlin High School
  • Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR)
  • Mesivta Chaim Shlomo
  • Bnois Bais Yaacov
  • Tichon Meir Moshe
  • Sh'or Yoshuv Institute of Jewish Studies
  • Siach Yitzchok Elementary School for Boys
  • Torah Academy for Girls
  • Yeshiva Darchei Torah
  • Yeshiva of Far Rockaway
  • The Hebrew Institute of Long Island
  • Yeshiva Bnei Torah

Synagogues (past and present)

  • Agudath Israel of Long Island
  • Agudath Israel of Rockaway
  • Agudath Israel of West Lawrence
  • Bayswater Jewish Center
  • Beis Medrash Ateres Yisroel (Rabbi Avraham Blumenkranz)
  • Bnos Israel Institute (Rabbi Shmelke Rubin)
  • Congregation Kneseth Israel in Far Rockaway
  • Congregation Shaarey Tefila
  • Congregation Shaarey Zedek
  • Congregation Shomrai Shabbos
  • Young Israel of Far Rockaway
  • Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater

Famous residents

References

  1. ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Also, see Metoac#Exonyms.
  3. ^ IND Rockaway Branch/Jamaica Bay Crossing, accessed June 14, 2006.
  4. ^ Morales, Tina. "SCHOOL OF THE WEEK/Far Rockaway High School", Newsday, February 25, 1990. Accessed July 3, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "The Best Queens Celebrities 2002", Queens Tribune, accessed May 14, 2007.
  6. ^ Dr. Joyce Brothers: Television and Radio Writer, Producer, Host, Museum of Television & Radio, Accessed May 14, 2007. "The daughter of lawyers, Joyce Diane Bauer was born in Manhattan and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens."
  7. ^ Nancy Lieberman player profile, Old Dominion University, accessed May 14, 2007. "On May 6, 2000, the Far Rockaway, NY native earned her degree from Old Dominion University in interdisciplinary studies."
  8. ^ Dominguez, Robert. "BRINGING IT BACK HOME. Steve Madden's new ad campaign focuses on his fashion center - Queens", Daily News (New York), October 19, 2006. Accessed November 24, 2008. "But Madden was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, where his family is from, and his corporate headquarters are in a huge, Tudor-style building in Long Island City not far from the Queensboro Bridge."
  9. ^ We Love Our Nielsen (Pat McNamara. January 9, 2009)
  10. ^ Tomasson, Robert E. "Phil Ochs a Suicide at 35; Singer of Peace Movement", The New York Times, April 10, 1976. Accessed July 24, 2008.
  11. ^ Weiss, Jeff (July 1, 2010). "R.I.P. Rammellzee: The original abstract-rapping outlaw". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  12. ^ "IN SEARCH OF THE Z PARTICLE", The New York Times, October 26, 1986. Accessed October 2, 2007. "BURTON RICHTER was born in Brooklyn 55 years ago, but grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens."
  13. ^ Jackson, Brian Keith. "Ice, Ice Babies: Reality-TV show tries to create the next Eminem.", New York (magazine), December 31, 2006. Accessed November 23, 2007. "I grew up in Far Rockaway, and you’d always see shoes on the line."
  14. ^ Raymond M Smullyan, University of St Andrews School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Accessed June 11, 2007. "Raymond Smullyan, known as Ray, was brought up in Far Rockaway in New York City."
  15. ^ Herbert "Cobbles" Sturhahn, College Football Hall of Fame. Accessed August 13, 2007.
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