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Far Rockaway, Queens

Neighborhood in New York City

Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. 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 Atlantic Ocean; it is one of the neighborhoods along Rockaway Beach.

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  • 1639The Mohegan tribe sold most of the Rockaways to the Dutch West India Company.
  • 1664The English defeated the Dutch colony and took over their lands in present-day New York.
  • 1685Band chief Tackapoucha and the English governor agreed to sell the Rockaways to Captain Palmer for 31 pounds sterling.
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Nearby Places
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Beach 25th Street station
New York City Subway station in Queens
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Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station
New York City Subway station in Queens
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Far Rockaway High School
Defunct public school in New York City
Cornell Family Cemetery
Historic graveyard in Rockway Point, New York
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Trinity Chapel (Queens)
United States historic place
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United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)
Historic post office in Queens, New York
Far Rockaway–Lockwood's Grove station
St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore
Far Rockaway, Queens hospital