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Far Rockaway, Queens

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. The name "Rockaway" may have meant "place of sands" in the Munsee language of the Native American Lenape.

Located at 40.6009, -73.757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens, Neighborhoods in Queens, Populated places in New York with African American majority populations

Bayswater, Queens

Bayswater is a small neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula. The community is located to the northeast of Far Rockaway, along the southeastern shore of Jamaica Bay. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14. One of Bayswater's early developers was William Trist Bailey, hence the street name Bailey Court, who had purchased the property and laid out the community circa 1878.

Located at 40.6019, -73.7669 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens, Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens

Bayswater Point State Park

Bayswater Point State Park is a state park located on Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York. Jamaica Bay is an attractive area for migratory birds; Bayswater Point State Park was established in order to preserve their habitat. The park comprises 12 acres at the western end of Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway and is largely built on land formerly belonging to the mansion of Louis A. Heinsheimer. The park offers hiking, birdwatching, and fishing.

Located at 40.61, -73.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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State parks of New York, Parks in Rockaway, Queens

Far Rockaway (LIRR station)

Far Rockaway (sometimes referred to as Far Rockaway—Nameoke Street) is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The station is located at Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue, and is 23.0 miles (37 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, and mean travel time is 56 minutes, although most off-peak trains require a transfer for service to Penn Station.

Located at 40.6086, -73.7508 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Long Island Rail Road stations, Transportation in Rockaway, Queens, Railway stations opened in 1869, Railway stations opened in 1958

Edgemere, Queens

Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula. It contains Rockaway Community Park. Arverne is to the west, and Far Rockaway to the east. Edgemere was founded in 1892 by Frederick J. Lancaster, who originally called it New Venice. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14.

Located at 40.596, -73.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens, Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens, Populated places established in 1892

Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 44th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms. This station has no closed exits, and the full time fare control is at the middle of the platforms.

Located at 40.5929, -73.776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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IND Rockaway Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1956

Beach 36th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 36th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 36th Street – Edgemere, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times. This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and black waist-high steel fences at either ends.

Located at 40.5954, -73.7681 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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IND Rockaway Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1956

Beach 25th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 25th Street, also known as Beach 25th Street – Wavecrest, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 25th Street. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms. The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station, and was closed and relocated 800 feet east of the former location in August 1940 as part of a grade elevation project.

Located at 40.6001, -73.7614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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IND Rockaway Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1956

Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)

Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue is the eastern terminal station on the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is the full-time southern terminal for the A train and the easternmost station on the New York City Subway. This station is the busiest of all the subway stations on the Rockaway peninsula. The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and an island platform.

Located at 40.604, -73.7554 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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IND Rockaway Line stations, Former Long Island Rail Road stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1869, Railway stations opened in 1958

Far Rockaway High School

Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 8-21 Bay 25 Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. The school was founded in 1897, with Sanford J. Ellsworth as principal for over 40 years. The last principal was Denise J. Hallett. The school, whose alumni included three Nobel Prize laureates and Bernard Madoff, stopped accepting students in 2008 as part of a planned closure because of declining grades. The doors closed on June 27, 2011.

Located at 40.6014, -73.7628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1897, Educational institutions disestablished in 2011, Far Rockaway High School alumni, Schools in Rockaway, Queens, Defunct high schools in New York City, Schools in Queens

Cornell Family Cemetery

The Cornell Family Cemetery is located on Gateway Boulevard (formerly Greenport Road and Greenwood Avenue) according to NYC Parks Department the Cornell Burial Ground is on the west side of Caffrey Avenue north of New Haven Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. The cemetery contains the remains of descendants of Richard Cornell, generally considered the first settler of European descent to homestead in Rockaway.

Located at 40.6001, -73.7495 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rockaway, Queens, Cemeteries in New York City, Cemeteries in Queens

East Rockaway Inlet

The East Rockaway Inlet is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Rockaway Peninsula from the barrier island which includes the Nassau County, New York communities of Atlantic Beach, Long Beach and Lido Beach. According to a plaque in Long Beach, NY, the original inlet was through Long Beach directly opposite East Rockaway, NY, hence the name.

Located at 40.5886, -73.7547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bodies of water around Rockaway, Queens, Geography of Long Island, Straits of New York