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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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....
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    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...
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    The Rockaway Park Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train that operates in Queens. It connects with the A train at Broad Channel station and is...
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    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...
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    neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and...
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    in Inwood, Manhattan and Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens or Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill, Queens, typically alternating between the latter two...
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    Virgilius Parish of Broad Channel merged with St. Camillus Parish of Rockaway Park. The Queens Public Library's Broad Channel branch is located at 16-26 Cross...
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  • County Rockaway River, a tributary of the Passaic River Rockaway, Queens, a peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens, on Long Island Rockaway Avenue...
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    Rockaway Hammels Neponsit Rockaway Beach Rockaway Park Roxbury Seaside Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are...
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    Killing of Jonathan Diller (category Deaths by firearm in Queens, New York)
    officer Jonathan Diller was shot while conducting a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens. He was subsequently transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center...
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    the route crashed into the neighborhood of Belle Harbor on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens, New York City, shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 people...
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    Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 821 Bay 25th Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. It operated from...
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    The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the 170-acre (69 ha) Rockaway Beach and the adjacent 5.5-mile...
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  • Rabbinical Seminary) is a yeshiva located at 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. It comprises a high school, beis medrash, and Kollel...
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  • Rockaway Beach, Oregon Rockaway Beach, Wisconsin Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, beach in Queens This disambiguation...
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    Peninsula in Queens from the Floyd Bennett Field (formerly Barren Island) in Brooklyn. Rockaway Inlet is bounded by Brooklyn to the north and Rockaway Peninsula...
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    located on Beach 116th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, Queens. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily...
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    Far Rockaway is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The station...
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  • Ruth Madoff (category People from Far Rockaway, Queens)
    Laurelton, Queens, in a practicing Jewish family. She has one sister, Joan Roman. A graduate of Far Rockaway High School and a 1961 graduate of Queens College...
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    Rockaway Boulevard is a major road in the New York City borough of Queens. Unlike the similarly named Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway, it...
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    County, ending at Far Rockaway in Queens, thus reentering New York City. LIRR maps and schedules indicate that the Far Rockaway Branch service continues...
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  • John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore, 327 Beach 19th Street, Far Rockaway, Queens. Opened as St. Joseph's Hospital on June 25, 1905, became the South...
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    Five Towns and the Rockaway Peninsula, and onto a trestle across Jamaica Bay through Queens where it reconnected with the Rockaway Beach Branch; westbound...
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    MC Serch (category People from Far Rockaway, Queens)
    album, Illmatic (1994). Serch grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He attended Far Rockaway High School and graduated from Music & Art High...
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    Lauren Vélez (category People from Far Rockaway, Queens)
    York City Police Department officer, eventually bought a house in Far Rockaway, Queens, and moved the family there. The twins staged improvised plays and...
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    Lorraine Vélez (category People from Far Rockaway, Queens)
    York City Police Department officer, eventually bought a house in Far Rockaway, Queens, and moved there with his wife and eight children. The twins enjoyed...
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  • Steve Madden (category People from Far Rockaway, Queens)
    following a conviction for financial crimes. Madden was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, the son of a Jewish mother and an Irish Catholic father. He grew up...
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