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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.
Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered to the north by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park,to the south by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel,to the east by 102nd–104th Streets in South Ozone Park,and to the west by 75th Street in East New York,Brooklyn. The area consists mostly of low-rise single-family houses.
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. The neighborhood,with 13,000 residents as of 2010,is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens,located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula,the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor commonly refers to the area from Beach 126th to Beach 141st Streets.
Joseph Patrick Addabbo Jr. is an American politician,a Democratic member of the New York State Senate from the 15th district representing Howard Beach,Ozone Park,Woodhaven,Glendale,Middle Village,Maspeth and parts of South Ozone Park,Ridgewood,Woodside and The Rockaways.
Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens,extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula. It contains Rockaway Community Park. Arverne is to the west,and Far Rockaway to the east. Edgemere was founded in 1892 by Frederick J. Lancaster,who originally called it New Venice.
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Walter Ward was a member of the New York City Council for a quarter of a century,serving 13 terms from 1968 until 1993. Ward,who took courses at the Dale Carnegie Institute,was the owner of the Ward Advertising Company,which specialized in outdoor signs. Ward sold the business in 1971 to devote himself solely to representing the 32nd district of the City Council,which incorporated Broad Channel,Howard Beach,Ozone Park,South Ozone Park,and the Rockaways. Towards the end of his tenure,Ward was the oldest member of the legislative body,and had earned the unofficial title "Dean of the Council."
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Audrey I. Pheffer is an American Democratic Party politician from New York. She is currently serving as Queens County Clerk. Previously,she represented District 23 in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 2011,which comprised Rockaway Beach,Howard Beach and Ozone Park,among other neighborhoods found within the New York City borough of Queens.
The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens,New York City,United States. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways,turning west there to a terminal at Rockaway Park. Along the way it connected with the Montauk Branch near Glendale,the Atlantic Branch near Woodhaven,and the Far Rockaway Branch at Hammels.
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- ↑ Kilgannon, Corey (2021-05-17). "And Then There was One: GOP Defends its Last Seat in Queens". New York Times . Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ↑ "Joann Ariola | New York City Campaign Finance Board".
- ↑ Sommerfeldt, Chris (2021-11-02). "Queens GOP Chair Joann Ariola defeats Democratic Challenger in Key NYC Council Race". New York Daily News . Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ↑ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, REP Council Member 32nd Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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