Rockaway Beach, Queens
Neighborhood of Queens in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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[update], is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.
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Rockaway Beach | |
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Coordinates: 40.586°N 73.812°W / 40.586; -73.812 | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
City | New York City |
County/Borough | Queens |
Community District | Queens 14[1] |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 13,449 |
Ethnicity | |
• White | 59.2% |
• Black | 29.3% |
• Hispanic | 14.5% |
• Asian | 2.0% |
• Other | 5.9% |
Economics | |
• Median income | $37,248 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 11693 |
Area codes | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
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