Rockaway Beach, Queens

Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach in 2013
Rockaway Beach in 2013
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Coordinates: 40°35′10″N 73°48′43″W / 40.586°N 73.812°W / 40.586; -73.812
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
County/Borough Queens
Community DistrictQueens 14[1]
Population
 (2010)
 • Total13,449
Ethnicity
 • White59.2%
 • Black29.3%
 • Hispanic14.5%
 • Asian2.0%
 • Other5.9%
Economics
 • Median income$37,248
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
11693
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

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. It is named for the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching from Beach 3rd to Beach 153rd Streets on the Atlantic Ocean.[2] The neighborhood, with 13,000 residents as of 2010, is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.

  1. ^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chill out this summer ... on an urban beach", The Vancouver Sun, June 2, 2007. "Rockaway Beach is the largest urban beach in the States."

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