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Far Rockaway, Queens
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'''Far Rockaway''' is one of the four neighborhoods on the
Rockaway Peninsula in the
New York City borough of
Queens in the
United States. It describes the easternmost section of the Rockaways, usually the area east of Beach 77th Street, comprising the neighborhoods of
Bayswater, Queens Bayswater,
Edgemere, Queens Edgemere,
Arverne, Queens Arverne, as well as Far Rockaway proper and Downtown Far Rockaway.
Far Rockaway's character is that of an inner-city, oceanfront district, in some ways having more in common with
Asbury Park, New Jersey than with
New York City. Far Rockaway is one of the most distant New York neighborhoods from Manhattan, the cultural and financial center of New York City. Formerly populated by Eastern European
Jewish and
Ireland Irish immigrants, it now has a large
African-American population, though the westernmost portion still remains mostly Irish. Downtown Far Rockaway has a moderately large
Central American population. There is also a large
Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Jewish population in the Easternmost part of Far Rockaway, which borders
Inwood, New York Inwood and
Lawrence, Nassau County, New York Lawrence, and other areas in the densely-Jewish
Five Towns area across the
Nassau County, New York Nassau County border. The area is home to a large and growing number of
Haredi Judaism Haredi Jews with a large network of
yeshivas and Jewish communal needs.
Recently, the area is being renewed with new beach houses, and waterfront devolpment. and there has been a steady attempt at cleaning up the area. Despite its rough appearance, the crime rate is relatively low.
Far Rockaway is one of two New York City neighborhoods whose subway terminus is within realistic walking distance of the city limits (the
Wakefield, Bronx, New York Wakefield section of the
Bronx, New York Bronx is the other). This fact led to an interesting scenario in
1985, when New York City banned the sale of spray-paint cans to persons under the age of 18, in an effort to stem the tide of
graffiti in the city; teenagers would travel across the city line into either Nassau County (after getting off the subway at the last stop in Far Rockaway) or
Westchester County, New York Westchester County (from the last stop in Wakefield) to purchase spray paint there (Nassau County has since followed suit and prohibited spray-paint sales to minors, but Westchester County has not).
Rockaway Beach, Queens Rockaway Beach is sometimes known as the "
Irish Riviera."
Transportation
Access to
Manhattan is available via the
A-C (New York City Subway service) "A" subway line, which has a terminal at
Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line station) Mott Avenue
The
Far Rockaway (LIRR station) Far Rockaway station is the terminus for the
Long Island Rail Road's
Far Rockaway Branch, providing full service in both directions to
Pennsylvania Station (New York) Penn Station in
Midtown (Manhattan) Midtown Manhattan and
Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station) Flatbush Avenue / Atlantic Terminal in
Brooklyn. Passengers can "change at
Jamaica (LIRR station) Jamaica" between the various destinations and other LIRR lines. During rush hour, express service bypasses Jamaica station.
Residents of Far Rockaway thus have two options for access to Manhattan, an uncommon situation that provides a backup to commuters in the event of service disruptions on any one system.
Education
The neighborhood, like all of New York City, is served by the
New York City Department of Education. Far Rockaway residents are zoned to several different elementary schools:
* P.S. 43
* P.S. 104 The Bays Water School
* P.S. 105 The Bay School
* P.S. 106
* P.S. 197 The Ocean School
* P.S. 215 Lucretia Mott
* P.S. 253
Far Rockaway residents are zoned to I.S. 53 Brian Piccolo.
There is no high school zoning as all New York City residents who wish to attend a public high school must apply to high schools.
Far Rockaway High School is in Far Rockaway and
Beach Channel High School is near Far Rockaway.
Famous residents
*
Richard Bey: talk show host
*
Richard Feynman: physicist and
Nobel Prize laureate (1918–1988)
*
Nancy Lieberman (1958-) Women's basketball pioneer
*
Phil Ochs: (1940-1976) folk-protest singer (resided in the time for a period during childhood)
*
Michael Scanlan:
Catholic priest, author, and Chancellor of the
Franciscan University of Steubenville (1931-)
*
Raymond Smullyan: mathematician (1919- )
Category:Orthodox Jewish communities
Category:Queens neighborhoods
Category:Queens, New York City
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