Rockaway
Park is a neighborhood
in the
New York City
borough
of
Queens.
The area is on the
Rockaway Peninsula,
nestled between
Jamaica Bay
to the north and the
Atlantic Ocean to the south. The neighborhood of
Rockaway Beach lies on its eastern border while the
community of
Belle Harbor is situated on its western side. The
neighborhood is part of
Queens Community Board 14.
Rockaway Park has been called the "Irish Riviera". The United States Census, 2000 showed that 36.0% of the population were of Irish ancestry in the ZCTA for ZIP Code 11694. The Saint Patrick's Day parade in Rockaway is the second-largest parade St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City, second only to New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockaway_Park,_Queens
