Rockaway Beach Neighborhood Guide
Where Surfers Meet Subway Riders
🧭Generally defined as the area: the Rockaway Peninsula stretching from Beach 1st to Beach 149th Street, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and Jamaica Bay to the north
📌Well known for: the only legit surf break in NYC limits, beachfront taco bars
👕You'll fit in if: you own a wetsuit and complain about summer tourists
👍Move here for: oceanfront living without leaving the five boroughs completely
👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: the A train taking 90 minutes when it decides to work, but limited parking if you decide to drive; the rest of NYC flocking here in the summer
✨The general vibe is: salty beach town accidentally inside NYC
Pros & Cons of Rockaway Beach
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Rockaway Beach Neighborhood DNA
surfers who actually check the swell report daily, boardwalk joggers
