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class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Far Rockaway in 2005"><img alt="Far Rockaway in 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg/250px-NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg/375px-NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg/500px-NYC_White_Castle_Rockaway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Far Rockaway in 2005</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&params=40.601_N_73.757_W_region:US-NY_type:city(50058)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°36′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°45′25″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.601°N 73.757°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.601; -73.757</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span 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href="/wiki/Borough_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough (New York City)">Borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Community_boards_of_Queens" title="Community boards of Queens">Community District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queens_Community_Board_14" title="Queens Community Board 14">Queens 14</a><sup id="cite_ref-NYCPlanning_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYCPlanning-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Place name of the Native American <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a>.</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2010)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">50,058</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Non-Hispanic White</th><td class="infobox-data">25.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Black or African-American</th><td class="infobox-data">44.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Hispanic or Latino of any race</th><td class="infobox-data">24.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Asian</th><td class="infobox-data">1.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Other</th><td class="infobox-data">1.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Two or more races</th><td class="infobox-data">1.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Economics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">Median income</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$27,820</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time Zone (North America)">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">11691, 11693<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_718,_347,_and_929" title="Area codes 718, 347, and 929">718, 347, 929</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Area_code_917" title="Area code 917">917</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Far Rockaway</b> is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Rockaway,_Queens" title="Rockaway, Queens">Rockaway</a> peninsula in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough (New York City)">borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways. The neighborhood extends from Beach 32nd Street east to the Nassau County line. Its southern boundary is the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>; it is one of the neighborhoods along <a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Beach_(beach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockaway Beach (beach)">Rockaway Beach</a>. </p><p>Far Rockaway is located in <a href="/wiki/Queens_Community_Board_14" title="Queens Community Board 14">Queens Community District 14</a> and its ZIP Codes are 11691 and 11693.<sup id="cite_ref-NYCPlanning_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYCPlanning-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is patrolled by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">New York City Police Department</a>'s 101st Precinct. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precolonial_and_colonial_era">Precolonial and colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Precolonial and colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_View_Ave,_Far_Rockaway,_New_York.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png/220px-Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png/330px-Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png/440px-Grand_View_Ave%2C_Far_Rockaway%2C_New_York.png 2x" data-file-width="1313" data-file-height="857" /></a><figcaption>Grand View Avenue in the 1910s</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rockaway,_Queens#History" title="Rockaway, Queens">History of Rockaway, Queens</a></div> <p>The indigenous inhabitants of the Rockaways were the <a href="/wiki/Canarsie_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Canarsie Indians">Canarsie Indians</a>, a band of <a href="/wiki/Mohegan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohegan people">Mohegan</a>, whose name was associated with the geography. By 1639, the Mohegan tribe sold most of the Rockaways to the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a>. In 1664, the English defeated the Dutch colony and took over their lands in present-day New York.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1685, the band chief, <i>Tackapoucha</i>, and the English governor of the province agreed to sell the Rockaways to a Captain Palmer for 31 pounds sterling.<sup id="cite_ref-rockawave_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rockaway Peninsula was originally designated as part of the <a href="/wiki/Hempstead_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Hempstead (town), New York">Town of Hempstead</a>, then a part of <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a> County. Palmer and the Town of Hempstead disputed over who owned Rockaway, so in 1687 he sold the land to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cornell" title="Richard Cornell">Richard Cornell</a>, an iron master from <a href="/wiki/Flushing,_Queens" title="Flushing, Queens">Flushing</a>. Cornell and his family lived on a <a href="/wiki/Homestead_(buildings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homestead (buildings)">homestead</a> on what is now Central Avenue, near the shore of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. At his death, Cornell was buried in a small family cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornell Cemetery">Cornell Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rockawave_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 19th century, the Rockaway Association wanted to build a hotel on the Rockaway Peninsula, as it was increasingly popular as a summer destination. The association, consisting of many wealthy members who had homes in the area, bought most of Cornell's old homestead property. They developed the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Pavilion_(Queens)" title="Marine Pavilion (Queens)">Marine Pavilion</a> on that site, which attracted such guests as <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Irving" title="Washington Irving">Washington Irving</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_family" title="Vanderbilt family">Vanderbilt family</a>. The Rockaway Association also built the <a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Turnpike" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockaway Turnpike">Rockaway Turnpike</a>. The Marine Hotel burned to the ground in 1864, but more hotels and private residences were built in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-rockawave_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 19th century, people traveled to the Rockaways by horse-drawn carriages or on horseback. A <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferry</a> powered by steam sailed from <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>. By the 1880s, the <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">Long Island Rail Road</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Beach_Branch" title="Rockaway Beach Branch">Rockaway Beach Branch</a> was built to serve <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway_(LIRR_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Far Rockaway (LIRR station)">Far Rockaway</a> station.<sup id="cite_ref-rockawave_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The steam railroad went to <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_City_(LIRR_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Island City (LIRR station)">Long Island City</a> and Flatbush Terminal (now <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Terminal" title="Atlantic Terminal">Atlantic Terminal</a>). When it opened in the 1880s, this connection stimulated population growth on the Rockaway Peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-Citycyclopedia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Citycyclopedia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benjamin Mott gave the LIRR 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land for a railroad depot. Land values increased and businesses in the area grew, and by 1888, Far Rockaway was a relatively large village.<sup id="cite_ref-rockawave_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It incorporated as a village on September 19 of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1898, the area was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_New_York" title="City of Greater New York">City of Greater New York</a> and became part of Queens. The neighborhoods of Far Rockaway, <a href="/wiki/Hammels,_Queens" title="Hammels, Queens">Hammels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arverne,_Queens" title="Arverne, Queens">Arverne</a> in Queens tried to secede from the city several times. In 1915 and 1917, a bill approving secession passed in the legislature but was vetoed by the New York City mayor <a href="/wiki/John_Purroy_Mitchel" title="John Purroy Mitchel">John Purroy Mitchel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area saw economic decline in World War I and again during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. New apartment complexes were built in the neighborhood following World War II, but the construction of public housing and medical institutions again caused the reputation of Far Rockaway to decline in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Rather_1987_l074_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rather_1987_l074-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">New York City Council</a> voted to rezone 23 blocks in the center of Far Rockaway,<sup id="cite_ref-Warerkar_2017_d205_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warerkar_2017_d205-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jordan_2017_t762_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jordan_2017_t762-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Planning_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City Planning Commission">New York City Planning Commission</a> approved the rezoning.<sup id="cite_ref-Savitch-Lew._2017_c764_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Savitch-Lew._2017_c764-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rezoning would allow as many as 3,100 residences to be built in the neighborhood, as well as community spaces and retail.<sup id="cite_ref-Jordan_2017_t762_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jordan_2017_t762-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the rezoning, city officials approved 670 affordable apartments within the area in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Kully_2018_v725_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kully_2018_v725-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg/220px-Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg/330px-Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg/440px-Rooftop_view_of_Far_Rockaway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3131" data-file-height="2347" /></a><figcaption>Rooftop view of Far Rockaway</figcaption></figure> <p>Based on data from the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a>, the population of Far Rockaway was 50,058, a change of 1,714 (3.4%) from the 48,344 counted in <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Census">2000</a>. Covering an area of 1,251 acres (506 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 40 inhabitants per acre (26,000/sq mi; 9,900/km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-PLP5_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PLP5-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 25.5% (12,778) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 44.7% (22,400) <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.3% (175) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1.9% (931) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% (44) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1% (504) from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.7% (860) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 24.7% (12,366) of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-PLP3A_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PLP3A-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Far Rockaway is a diverse neighborhood<sup id="cite_ref-FaRockDivers.NYT96_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FaRockDivers.NYT96-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with many immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also is home to a significant number of <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jews</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bungalows">Bungalows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bungalows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:48th_street_rockaway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/48th_street_rockaway.jpg/220px-48th_street_rockaway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/48th_street_rockaway.jpg/330px-48th_street_rockaway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/48th_street_rockaway.jpg/440px-48th_street_rockaway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Looking east from Beach 48th Street at location of former bungalows cleared for a development project</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway_Beach_Bungalow_Historic_District" title="Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District">Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District</a> recognizes an area with a distinct character. This and individual properties, such as the <a href="/wiki/Russell_Sage_Memorial_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Sage Memorial Church">Russell Sage Memorial Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Chapel_(Queens)" title="Trinity Chapel (Queens)">Trinity Chapel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Far_Rockaway,_Queens)" title="United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)">United States Post Office</a> are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With its nearby beach, Far Rockaway attracted tourists and vacationers from the other boroughs. Bungalows were the homes of choice for many residents who lived in Far Rockaway. The railroad abandoned the <a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Beach_Branch" title="Rockaway Beach Branch">Rockaway Beach Branch</a> in 1950 because of the shift of many people to driving private cars. In addition, this destination had to compete with the many others that people were visiting by car and air travel, which created access to even more distant destinations and heightened competition for travel dollars. </p><p>As the neighborhood's heyday as a resort community declined in the 1950s, the city built substantial numbers of public housing developments to try to replace substandard housing after World War II. Bungalows and other residential housing were converted to year-round use for low-income residents. Some bungalows were used as public housing.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1970s New York City budget crisis had a negative effect on the provision of social services, and problems of poverty, unemployment and drug use increased in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1984, residents founded the Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association to "improve the quality of the Far Rockaway community through preservation, education, and cultural programs".<sup id="cite_ref-Autz2013_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Autz2013-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization donated a collection of materials highlighting its history, correspondence, and activities to the Queens Library Archives in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks">Parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/O%27Donohue_Park" title="O'Donohue Park">O'Donohue Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayswater_Point_State_Park" title="Bayswater Point State Park">Bayswater Point State Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_and_crime">Police and crime</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Police and crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Far Rockaway is patrolled by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">NYPD</a>'s 101st Precinct, located at 16-12 Mott Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 101st Precinct and the adjoining 100th Precinct, which serves the rest of the Rockaways, collectively ranked 10th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the low-income and densely populated 101st Precinct has significantly more crime than the 100th Precinct, which is high-income and more insular.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 101st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.6% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 6 murders, 26 rapes, 151 robberies, 301 felony assaults, 98 burglaries, 250 grand larcenies, and 31 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fire_safety">Fire safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fire safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Far Rockaway is served by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department" title="New York City Fire Department">New York City Fire Department</a> (FDNY)'s Engine Cos. 264 and 328/Ladder Co. 134, located at 16-15 Central Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_office_and_ZIP_Code">Post office and ZIP Code</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post office and ZIP Code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Far Rockaway is covered by <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> 11691.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Post Office">United States Post Office</a> operates the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Far_Rockaway,_Queens)" title="United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)">Far Rockaway Station</a> at 18-36 Mott Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools">Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_schools">Public schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Public schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The neighborhood, like all of New York City, is served by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Department_of_Education" title="New York City Department of Education">New York City Department of Education</a>. Far Rockaway residents are zoned to several different elementary schools: </p> <ul><li>P.S. 43<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 104 (The Bayswater School) (Kindergarten–6th grade)<sup id="cite_ref-Darchei_Site.NYT2008_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darchei_Site.NYT2008-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 105 (The Bay School)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 106<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 197 (The Ocean School)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 215 (W.A.V.E Prep)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>P.S. 253<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Far Rockaway residents are zoned to M.S. 53 Brian Piccolo.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All New York City residents who wish to attend a public high school must apply to high schools. <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway_High_School" title="Far Rockaway High School">Far Rockaway High School</a> was located in Far Rockaway,<sup id="cite_ref-Darchei_Site.NYT2008_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darchei_Site.NYT2008-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was shut down in 2011 as a stand-alone institution. During the administration of Mayor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a> in 2011, many large, underperforming, older traditional high schools were closed in the city. The 1929 building was renovated to operate as the Far Rockaway Educational Campus, home to a number of smaller, specialized academies that share the building. They can provide more individualized attention to their students. The former <a href="/wiki/Beach_Channel_High_School" title="Beach Channel High School">Beach Channel High School</a> was similarly closed in 2014 and repurposed to house several smaller, specialized academies; it is in <a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Park,_Queens" title="Rockaway Park, Queens">Rockaway Park</a>, near Far Rockaway, and draws some of its students from Far Rockaway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Queens_Public_Library" title="Queens Public Library">Queens Public Library</a> operates the Far Rockaway branch at a temporary location at 1003 Beach 20th Street.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The library was formerly located at Central Avenue. In 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York</a></i> magazine reported that the city planned to construct a public library in the neighborhood, to be designed by the internationally known architectural firm <a href="/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)" title="Snøhetta (company)">Snøhetta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction started in November 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jewish_institutions">Jewish institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Jewish institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the early and mid-20th century, many Jewish immigrants and their working-class descendants settled in Far Rockaway, sometimes first as summer visitors. They founded numerous synagogues and private schools, including those devoted to all-boys or all-girls institutions for educating Orthodox children. Following World War II, as residential housing was developed in Nassau and later Suffolk counties, many Jewish families left the Rockaways for newer housing. According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, Far Rockaway had "flourished in the 1940s but withered...1960s" until "a few Jewish families...started the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Free_Loan_Society_of_New_York" title="Hebrew Free Loan Society of New York">Hebrew Free Loan Society</a> for new home buyers."<sup id="cite_ref-FaRock.NYT1996_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FaRock.NYT1996-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Synagogues include <a href="/wiki/White_Shul" title="White Shul">Congregation Kneseth Israel in Far Rockaway (The White Shul)</a>, which was founded in 1922. Schools include <a href="/wiki/Sh%27or_Yoshuv" title="Sh'or Yoshuv">Sh'or Yoshuv Institute of Jewish Studies/Sh'or Yoshuv Yeshiva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeshiva_Darchei_Torah_(Far_Rockaway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway)">Yeshiva Darchei Torah</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yeshiva_of_Far_Rockaway" title="Yeshiva of Far Rockaway">Yeshiva of Far Rockaway</a>. </p><p><b>Other synagogues (past and present):</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 27em;"> <ul><li>Agudath Israel of Long Island<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Agudath Israel of West Lawrence<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bayswater Jewish Center<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Young Israel of Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Young Israel of Bayswater<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <p><b>Other schools (past and present):</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 27em;"> <ul><li>Bnois Bais Yaakov<sup id="cite_ref-FaRock.NYT1996_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FaRock.NYT1996-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Siach Yitzchok Elementary School for Boys<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Torah Academy for Girls<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Hebrew Institute of Long Island<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yeshiva Ateres Shimon<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mechon Sara<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG/220px-Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG/330px-Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG/440px-Far_Rockaway_viaduct_jeh.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2797" data-file-height="1725" /></a><figcaption>Elevated subway viaduct</figcaption></figure> <p>Far Rockaway is served by the following transportation services: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" title="New York City Subway">New York City Subway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/IND_Rockaway_Line" title="IND Rockaway Line">IND Rockaway Line</a> (<span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="A (New York City Subway service)">A</a></span> train), which has a <a href="/wiki/Terminal_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal station">terminal</a> at <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway%E2%80%93Mott_Avenue_(IND_Rockaway_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)">Mott Avenue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MTA-Rock-2015_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTA-Rock-2015-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway_(LIRR_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Far Rockaway (LIRR station)">Far Rockaway</a> terminal station for the <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">Long Island Rail Road</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Far_Rockaway_Branch" title="Far Rockaway Branch">Far Rockaway Branch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MTA-Rock-2015_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTA-Rock-2015-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The branch had been part of a loop with service along the existing route, continuing through the Rockaway Peninsula and crossing on a trestle across <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Bay" title="Jamaica Bay">Jamaica Bay</a> through Queens, where it reconnected with other branches. Frequent fires and maintenance problems led the LIRR to abandon the Queens portion of the route. The city acquired this to develop the IND Rockaway Line.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations" title="MTA Regional Bus Operations">MTA Regional Bus Operations</a>: <a href="/wiki/Q22_(New_York_City_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Q22 (New York City bus)">Q22</a>, <a href="/wiki/Q113_(New_York_City_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Q113 (New York City bus)">Q113</a>, <a href="/wiki/Q114_(New_York_City_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Q114 (New York City bus)">Q114</a>, <a href="/wiki/QM17_(New_York_City_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="QM17 (New York City bus)">QM17</a><sup id="cite_ref-MTA-Rock-2015_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTA-Rock-2015-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mapqns_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mapqns-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nassau_Inter-County_Express" title="Nassau Inter-County Express">Nassau Inter-County Express</a>: <a href="/wiki/N31_(Long_Island_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="N31 (Long Island bus)">n31</a>, <a href="/wiki/N31x_(Long_Island_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="N31x (Long Island bus)">n31x</a>, <a href="/wiki/N32_(Long_Island_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="N32 (Long Island bus)">n32</a>, <a href="/wiki/N33_(Long_Island_bus)" class="mw-redirect" title="N33 (Long Island bus)">n33</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MTA-Rock-2015_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTA-Rock-2015-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mapqns_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mapqns-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike other NICE routes in Queens, these buses operate open-door in Far Rockaway, meaning customers can ride these buses wholly within the neighborhood without going to <a href="/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York" title="Nassau County, New York">Nassau County</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Far_Rockaway,_Queens" title="Category:People from Far Rockaway, Queens">Category:People from Far Rockaway, Queens</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nisson_Alpert" title="Nisson Alpert">Nisson Alpert</a> (1927–1986), rabbi who was <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Yeshiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosh Yeshiva">Rosh Yeshiva</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rabbi_Isaac_Elchanan_Theological_Seminary" title="Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary">Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaleel_Anderson" title="Khaleel Anderson">Khaleel Anderson</a> (born 1996), politician who has represented the 31st district of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> since 2020<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bey" title="Richard Bey">Richard Bey</a> (born 1951), talk show host; went to Far Rockaway High School<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg" title="Baruch Samuel Blumberg">Baruch Samuel Blumberg</a> (1925–2011), winner of 1976 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize in Medicine">Nobel Prize in Medicine</a>; graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1942<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avrohom_Blumenkrantz" title="Avrohom Blumenkrantz">Avrohom Blumenkrantz</a> (1944–2007), <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> rabbi who was a widely consulted authority on the laws of <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a> <a href="/wiki/Kashrut" title="Kashrut">kashrut</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Brackley" title="Albert J. Brackley">Albert J. Brackley</a> (1874–1937), politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Brill_(journalist)" title="Steven Brill (journalist)">Steven Brill</a> (born 1950), journalist and founder of <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brothers" title="Joyce Brothers">Joyce Brothers</a> (1927–2013), family <a href="/wiki/Psychologist" title="Psychologist">psychologist</a> and advice columnist; grew up in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cassidy_(politician)" title="Joseph Cassidy (politician)">Joseph Cassidy</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1866</span>–1920), political boss who served as borough president of Queens<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinx" title="Chinx">Chinx</a> (1983–2015), rapper, grew up in both the Redfern Houses and Edgemere Houses (the latter are now known as Ocean Bay Apartments)<sup id="cite_ref-xxlmag1_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xxlmag1-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormega" title="Cormega">Cormega</a> (born Cory McKay, 1970), rapper, lived in Far Rockaway as a youth<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_DeMarco" title="Mac DeMarco">Mac DeMarco</a> (born 1990), Canadian songwriter and musician; has a house in Far Rockaway, where he recorded his album <i><a href="/wiki/Another_One_(Mac_DeMarco_album)" title="Another One (Mac DeMarco album)">Another One</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_MC" title="Father MC">Father MC</a> (born 1967), recording artist with <a href="/wiki/Uptown_Records" title="Uptown Records">Uptown Records</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folorunso_Fatukasi" title="Folorunso Fatukasi">Folorunso Fatukasi</a> (born 1995), <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olakunle_Fatukasi" title="Olakunle Fatukasi">Olakunle Fatukasi</a> (born 1999), linebacker for Rutgers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Feynman" title="Joan Feynman">Joan Feynman</a> (1927–2020), astrophysicist and <a href="/wiki/NASA_Exceptional_Achievement_Medal" title="NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal">NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal</a> recipient<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Feynman" title="Richard Feynman">Richard Feynman</a> (1918–1988), physicist and <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> winner; grew up in Far Rockaway and graduated from Far Rockaway High School.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Gaither" title="Marcus Gaither">Marcus Gaither</a> (1961–2020), professional basketball player in France and Israel, who played the guard position and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League_Statistical_Leaders" title="Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders">led the Israel Basketball Premier League in scoring</a> in 1989–90<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Gordon_(writer)" title="Mary Gordon (writer)">Mary Gordon</a> (born 1949), writer of novels, memoirs, and literary criticism, and professor at <a href="/wiki/Barnard_College" title="Barnard College">Barnard College</a>; born in Far Rockaway and lived there for several years<sup id="cite_ref-pshares_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pshares-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margo_Guryan" title="Margo Guryan">Margo Guryan</a> (1937–2021), singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist who is remembered for her 1968 album "<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Picture_(album)" title="Take a Picture (album)">Take A Picture</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Handel" title="Steven Handel">Steven Handel</a> (born 1945), educator and <a href="/wiki/Restoration_ecology" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration ecology">restoration ecologist</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zander_Hollander" title="Zander Hollander">Zander Hollander</a> (1923–2014), sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Icahn" title="Carl Icahn">Carl Icahn</a> (born 1936), businessman and philanthropist; grew up in Far Rockaway and went to Far Rockaway High School<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Jaffee" title="Al Jaffee">Al Jaffee</a> (1921–2023), cartoonist best known for his work in the satirical magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_(magazine)" title="Mad (magazine)">Mad</a></i>, including his trademark feature, the <a href="/wiki/Mad_Fold-in" title="Mad Fold-in"><i>Mad</i> Fold-in</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Nancy Lieberman</a> (born 1958), women's basketball pioneer; grew up in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Lipstadt" title="Deborah Lipstadt">Deborah Lipstadt</a> (born 1947), historian<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Madoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Madoff">Bernard Madoff</a> (1938–2021), former American stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier who was convicted of fraud; went to Far Rockaway High School, where he met his wife, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Madoff" title="Ruth Madoff">Ruth Alpern</a><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Madden" title="Steve Madden">Steve Madden</a> (born 1958), shoe designer and former CEO of Steve Madden Ltd; born in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Mass" title="Cliff Mass">Cliff Mass</a> (born 1952/53), atmospheric sciences professor and weather and climate blogger; born in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Nielsen" title="Alice Nielsen">Alice Nielsen</a> (1872–1943), Broadway performer and operatic soprano; owned a house in Far Rockaway in the 1920s<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Novak" title="Barbara Novak">Barbara Novak</a> (born 1929), art historian, novelist, <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Nonfiction" title="National Book Award for Nonfiction">National Book Award for Nonfiction</a> finalist<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Ochs" title="Phil Ochs">Phil Ochs</a> (1940–1976), folk-protest singer; resided here for a period during childhood and died at his sister's home here<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pearson_(basketball)" title="Ryan Pearson (basketball)">Ryan Pearson</a> (born 1990), professional basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Price" title="Kelly Price">Kelly Price</a> (born 1973), nine-time <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy</a> nominated R&B and gospel singer and songwriter grew up in the Edgemere Projects<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rammellzee" title="Rammellzee">Rammellzee</a> (1960–2010), rap pioneer; born and died in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Alan_Ribet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth Alan Ribet">Kenneth Alan Ribet</a> (born 1948), mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Richter" title="Burton Richter">Burton Richter</a> (1931–2018), winner of 1976 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a>; graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1948<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Schwartz_(art_historian)" title="Gary Schwartz (art historian)">Gary Schwartz</a> (born 1940), art historian<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MC_Serch" title="MC Serch">MC Serch</a> (born 1967 as Michael Berrin), former member of the hip hop group <a href="/wiki/3rd_Bass" title="3rd Bass">3rd Bass</a><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan" title="Raymond Smullyan">Raymond Smullyan</a> (1919–2017), mathematician; grew up in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Sturhahn" title="Herbert Sturhahn">Herbert Sturhahn</a> (1902–1979), football player elected to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>; born in Far Rockaway<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Thibault" title="Conrad Thibault">Conrad Thibault</a> (1903–1987), <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> vocalist who frequently appeared on radio, recordings, and concert tours<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/New_Amsterdam" title="New Amsterdam">New Amsterdam</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Far_Rockaway,_Queens&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NYCPlanning-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYCPlanning_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYCPlanning_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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Vol. 22 #88, pp 674–693 <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/550138">550138</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rockawave-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rockawave_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rockawave_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rockawave_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rockawave_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rockawave_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">* <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rockawave.com/common/History/History.html">"Rockaway... 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2015</span>. <q>The daughter of lawyers, Joyce Diane Bauer was born in Manhattan and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dr.+Joyce+Brothers%3A+Television+and+Radio+Writer%2C+Producer%2C+Host&rft.pub=The+Paley+Center+For+Media&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shemadeit.org%2Fmeet%2Fbiography.aspx%3Fm%3D110&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFar+Rockaway%2C+Queens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/11/22/103499874.html?pageNumber=14">"Joseph Cassidy Of Queens Dies; Stricken With Apoplexy at Club, Ex-Leader Expires on Reaching His Home. 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What happened to hip-hop's most storied housing project?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170625235741/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/11/queensbridge-rap-is-over">Archived</a> June 25, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Complex_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex (magazine)">Complex (magazine)</a></i>, November 25, 2014. Accessed July 16, 2017. "Born Cory McKay in Brooklyn, Cormega moved at an early age from Bedford-Stuyvesant to Co-Op City in the Bronx where he lived on a 22nd floor apartment with a balcony. Life was good until his father discovered crack cocaine. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2015</span>. <q>On May 6, 2000, the Far Rockaway, NY native earned her degree from <a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_University" title="Old Dominion University">Old Dominion University</a> in interdisciplinary studies.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ODU+Sports&rft.atitle=Nancy+Lieberman+player+profile&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.odusports.com%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FATCLID%3D208424702&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFar+Rockaway%2C+Queens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900329.html">"Lieberman, Nancy"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2015</span>. <q>But Madden was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, where his family is from, and his corporate headquarters are in a huge, Tudor-style building in Long Island City not far from the Queensboro Bridge.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+News+%28New+York%29&rft.atitle=BRINGING+IT+BACK+HOME.+Steve+Madden%27s+new+ad+campaign+focuses+on+his+fashion+center+-+Queens&rft.date=2006-10-19&rft.aulast=Dominguez&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Farchives%2Flifestyle%2Fbringing-back-home-steve-madden-new-ad-campaign-focuses-fashion-center-queens-article-1.649141&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFar+Rockaway%2C+Queens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenderson1996" class="citation news cs1">Henderson, Diedtra (March 19, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960319/2319786/mass-appeal----uw-meteorologist-cliff-mass-not-only-knows-his-science-hes-also-a-whiz-at-getting-it-across-to-the-public">"Mass Appeal -- UW Meteorologist Cliff Mass Not Only Knows His Science; He's Also A Whiz At Getting It Across To The Public"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" title="The Seattle Times">The Seattle Times</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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