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Rockaway Parkway is a major commercial street in the Canarsie neighborhood as well as the border between the Brownsville and East Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. It occupies the position of East 97th Street in the Brooklyn street grid. Contrary to its name, Rockaway Parkway does not enter the Rockaways in Queens.
Canarsie High School campus, which includes the Urban Action Academy, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, and High School for Medical Professions, is at 1600 Rockaway Parkway. [1] [2] Also, a firehouse, churches (including the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church and a Church of God in Christ), and dozens of homes and businesses are on Rockaway Parkway.
The following subway stations serve Rockaway Parkway:
And these bus routes serve the corridor:
Rockaway Parkway originated as an 18th-century road to the Canarsie Ferry.
Rockaway Parkway is divided into two segments by the Bay Ridge Branch of the LIRR.
Its northern segment begins at East New York Avenue in Brownsville. It then intersects Linden Boulevard and ends past Ditmas Avenue. The southern segment begins north of Avenue D in Canarsie, then intersects Flatlands Avenue, crosses under the Belt Parkway, and ends at Canarsie Pier. Northbound and southbound traffic is separated by a median between Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue; south of Seaview Avenue, Rockaway Parkway again becomes separated by a median to its southern terminus at Canarsie Pier.