Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The Peninsula Community Library has:
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
| ![]() image image image image |
International Language Collections at the Peninsula Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Peninsula Community Library include:
|
Child Care / Preschools | ||
Hammels-Arverne Day Care Center 216 Beach 87 Street Rockaway Beach Blvd. NY , 11693 phone: (718) 474-3162 |
Community Board | ||
Community Board District # 14 1931 Mott Avenue Far Rockaway NY , 11691 phone: (718) 471-7300 fax: (718) 868-2657 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways 253 Beach 116th Street Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 634-1300 | 100th Precinct Community Council 333 Beach 90th Street Rockaway Beach NY , 11693 phone: (718) 318-6536 | |
Rockaway Beach Civic Association PO Box 930134 Rockaway Beach NY , 11693 phone: (718) 318-1973 | Rockaway Museum 88-08 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach NY , 11694 phone: (718) 634-4000 | Rockaway Rotary Club PO Box 940631 Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 634-0800 |
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Early Head Start Program/Early Steps Family Center 86-01 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach Blvd. NY , 11693 phone: (718) 318-8040 fax: (718) 318-7699 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 266/Brush Fire Unit/Thawing Unit 266 92-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach NY , 11693 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Peninsula Hospital Center 51-15 Beach Channel Drive Far Rockaway NY , 11691 phone: (718) 734-2000 fax: (771) 834-2993 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
U.S. Postal Service Rockaway Beach 9014 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach NY , 11693-9997 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (718)634-5926 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
St. Rose of Lima (PK-8) 154 Beach 84th Street Rockaway Park NY , 11693 phone: (718) 474-7079 | St Camillus School (K-8) 185 Beach 99th Street Rockaway Beach NY , 11691 phone: (718) 634-5260 fax: (718) 634-8353 |
Public High Schools | ||
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
PS 183 Dr. Richard R. Green (PK-8) 2-45 Beach 79th Street Rockaway Beach NY , 11693 phone: (718) 634-9459 fax: (718) 634-9458 | WATERSIDE SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP (Q318) 190 BEACH 110 STREET Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 634-1128 fax: | Q262 Channel View School for Research (6-12) 100-00 Beach Channel Drive Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 634-1970 fax: (718) 634-2896 |
Senior Centers | ||
United Irish Foundation Hammel Senior Center 90-01 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach NY , 11693 phone: (718) 634-4047 | Ocean Promenade Nursing Center 140 Beach 113th Street Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 945-6350 | Park Nursing Home 128 Beach 115th Street Rockaway Park NY , 11694 phone: (718) 474-6400 |
Surfside Manor Home for Adults 9502 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Park NY , 11693 phone: (718) 945-5500 fax: (718) 634-8925 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Eric Ulrich EUlrich@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 93-06 101st Avenue Ozone Park NY, 11416 phone: (718) 738-1083 fax: (718) 738-1918 | Legislative Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1555 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-7069 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Stacey Pheffer Amato AmatoS@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 95-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Beach NY, 11693 phone: (718) 945-9550 fax: (718) 945-9549 | Albany Office LOB, Room 827 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4292 fax: (518) 455-4723 |
NYS Senate Hon. James Sanders, Jr. Sanders@nysenate.gov | |
District Office Address 142-01 Rockaway Boulevard South Ozone Park NY , 11436 phone: (718) 523-3069 fax: (718) 523-3670 | Albany Office Room 508, Legislative Office Building Albany NY , 12247 phone: 518-455-3531 fax: 518-426-0529 |
US Congress Hon. Gregory W. Meeks | |
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., Suite 204 Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 725-6000 fax: (718) 725-9868 | Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20516 phone: (202) 225-3461 fax: (202) 226-4169 |
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
  |   |
Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
  |   |
Rockaway Beach, located on the Rockaway Peninsula, has a rich history dating back to the early 17th century. Called Reckowacky or “the place of our own people”, by the Canarsie Indian tribe who had settled here, Rockaway was first sold to the Dutch in 1639.
The land was then sold to Captain Palmer in 1685. Richard Cornell purchased the land from Palmer two years later.
After the railroad opened in 1872, Rockaway Beach’s popularity grew as a premier beach resort, serving tourists and New York society’s elite families. Later, Rockaway Beach catered to the middle class.
Rockaway Beach was incorporated in 1897. In 1898 Rockaway Beach and the surrounding villages officially became part of Queens County. Steeplechase, the area’s first amusement park, was opened in 1901. Rockaway’s Playland opened in 1928 and remained a popular tourist spot until the 1980s.
Local areas of interest to tourists include “Whaleamena”, a Central Park Children’s Zoo whale sculpture donated to the Rockaways and located at the Beach 95th Street boardwalk entrance. The “Dough Girl” Monument, located on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 94th Street, recognizes the efforts of women who served in the armed forces. A four block section of Rockaway Beach was officially designated as the city’s first surfer’s only beach. Today, renewed interest in the Rockaways is spurring housing development.
More information about the Rockaway Beach community is available from the following sources:
Websites
Rockaway … “place of waters bright” www.rockawave.com/common/history/history.html
Books
Old Rockaway, New York in Early Photographs by Vincent Seyfried and William Asadorian
Queens A Pictorial History by Vincent Seyfried
The Peninsula Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library opened in July of 1943 and was then known as the “Rockaway Branch”. The branch was closed from 1958 through 1959 but subsequently reopened as the result of community pressure. In 1972 the branch was moved to a newly built City of New York building and renamed as the Peninsula Branch. A fire in 1999 temporarily closed the Peninsula Branch for several months until repairs and renovations were completed.