Rockaway Beach
USA · New York
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. The neighborhood, with 13,000 residents as of 2010, is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.
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Things to do in Rockaway Beach
- Rockaway Beach Blitz Scavenger Hunt · 2 h · from $23.20 · 4.3/5 (7 reviews)
All experiences in Rockaway Beach
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC-4 · 2 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- New York
- Main language
- English
- On the map
- 40.59° N, 73.82° W
Near Rockaway Beach
- Brooklyn · 15 km away
- New York City · 21 km away
- Gardiner · 23 km away
- Jersey City · 24 km away
- Newark · 34 km away
- Westchester County · 60 km away
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