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  2. Rockaway Beach Boulevard - Wikipedia

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    Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Coordinates: 40°35′1.25″N 73°49′17.36″W. Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Rockaway Beach Boulevard, opened in 1886, was the first major east-west thoroughfare on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Borough of Queens in New York City. Much of its route parallels the Rockaway Freeway and the IND Rockaway Line above the Freeway.

  3. Rockaway Beach, Queens - Wikipedia

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    718, 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 ...

  4. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk - Wikipedia

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    Operated by. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the 170-acre (69 ha) Rockaway Beach and the adjacent 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Rockaway Boardwalk. The beach runs from Beach 9th Street in Far Rockaway to Beach 149th Street in Neponsit, a distance ...

  5. Rockaway Boulevard - Wikipedia

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    Rockaway Boulevard is a major road in the New York City borough of Queens. Unlike the similarly named Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway , it serves mainland Queens and does not enter the Rockaways .

  6. Rockaway, Queens - Wikipedia

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    The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the city, Rockaway became a popular summer retreat in the 1830s. It has since become a mixture of lower ...

  7. Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station - Wikipedia

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    S (all times) The Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is the western terminal station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located on Beach 116th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, Queens. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour A trains in the peak direction.

  8. List of Queens Public Library branches - Wikipedia

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    1. Arverne. 312 Beach 54th Street, Arverne, NY 11692. The Arverne branch was located at Beach 75th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Arverne, from 1915-1921. It moved to 488 Beach 66th Street in 1922, and was there until 1935. From 1951-1964, it was located at 339 Beach 54th Street, until it moved into its current location at 312 Beach 54th ...

  9. Rockaways' Playland - Wikipedia

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    Rockaways Playland, Car Ride, 1977. Rockaways' Playland was an amusement park that operated from 1902 to 1987 in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York City.Bounded by Beach 97th and Beach 98th Streets between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, Rockaways' Playland was created in 1902 by roller coaster designer LaMarcus Adna Thompson.