Located on Beach Third Street, Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula on the South Shore of Long Island in Queens. Rockaway Beach is the largest urban beach in the U.S. and stretches for many miles along the peninsula. Because of the large number of Irish Americans living here, the area was given the nickname of the Irish Riviera.

Rockaway Beach contains the only legal surfing beach in New York City. In addition to the sand and the sea, there are also playgrounds and other outdoor activities for children as well as for adults. Adventurous scuba divers can even explore a sunken ship from Pier Five.

Beach Third Street to Beach 153 Street and Boardwalk to Atlantic Ocean

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