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The Rockaway Boardwalk, a visitor attraction on the peninsula | |
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Community District | Queens 14[1] |
Named for | Corruption of original Lenape language name |
Population | |
• Estimate (2020) | 124,185 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | |
Area codes | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
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, middle, and upper-class neighborhoods. In the 2010s, it became one of the city's most quickly gentrifying areas.
The peninsula is divided into nine neighborhoods or sections, with Riis Park in between two of such sections. From east to west, they are:
The peninsula is part of Queens Community District 14[1] and is patrolled by the 100th and 101st Precincts of the New York City Police Department.[3][4] As of 2020, the peninsula's total population is estimated to be 124,185.[5] All ZIP Codes in Rockaway begin with the three digits 116 and the central post office is in Far Rockaway.
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