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'''Far Rockaway''' is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the [[Rockaway, Queens|Rockaway]] peninsula in the [[New York City]] [[borough (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 (beach)|Rockaway Beach]].

Far Rockaway is located in [[Queens Community Board 14|Queens Community District 14]] and its ZIP Codes are 11691 and  11693.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the [[New York City Police Department]]'s 101st Precinct.

==History==
=== Precolonial and colonial era ===
{{See also|Rockaway, Queens#History|l1=History of Rockaway, Queens}}
[[Image:Grand View Ave, Far Rockaway, New York.png|thumb|left|Grand View Avenue in the 1910s]]
The indigenous inhabitants of the Rockaways were the [[Canarsie Indians]], a band of [[Mohegan people|Mohegan]], whose name was associated with the geography of the location. By 1639, the Mohegan tribe sold most of the Rockaways to the [[Dutch West India Company]]. In 1664, the English defeated the Dutch colony and took over their lands in present-day New York.<ref group="note">See [[New Amsterdam]]</ref><ref>Henry L. Schoolcraft, "The Capture of New Amsterdam", ''English Historical Review'' (1907). Vol. 22 #88, pp 674–693 {{JSTOR|550138}}</ref> In 1685, the band chief, ''Tackapoucha'', and the English governor of the province agreed to sell the Rockaways to a Captain Palmer for 31 pounds sterling.<ref name="rockawave">* [http://www.rockawave.com/common/History/History.html "Rockaway... 'place of waters bright'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127222828/http://www.rockawave.com/common/history/history.html|date=November 27, 2006}}, rockawave.com. Accessed March 16, 2015.
* [http://www.rockawaymemories.com/Georges%20FarRockaway%20History.htm "The Dean Georges Collection: Far Rockaway, Edgemer, Arverne"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223014102/http://www.rockawaymemories.com/Georges%20FarRockaway%20History.htm|date=December 23, 2012}}. Rockaway Memories. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref>

The Rockaway Peninsula was originally designated as part of the [[Hempstead (town), New York|Town of Hempstead]], then a part of [[Queens]] County. Palmer and the Town of Hempstead disputed over who owned Rockaway, so in 1687 he sold the land to [[Richard Cornell]], an iron master from [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]]. Cornell and his family lived on a [[homestead (buildings)|homestead]] on what is now Central Avenue, near the shore of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. At his death, Cornell was buried in a small family cemetery, [[Cornell Cemetery]].<ref name="rockawave" />

=== 19th century ===
In the late 19th century, the Rockaway Association wanted to build a hotel on the Rockaway Peninsula, as it was increasingly popular as a summer destination. The association, consisting of many wealthy members who had homes in the area, bought most of Cornell's old homestead property. They developed the [[Marine Pavilion (Queens)|Marine Pavilion]] on that site, which attracted such guests as [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], [[Washington Irving]], and the [[Vanderbilt family]]. The Rockaway Association also built the [[Rockaway Turnpike]]. The Marine Hotel burned to the ground in 1864, but more hotels and private residences were built in the area.<ref name="rockawave"/>

In the 19th century, people traveled to the Rockaways by horse-drawn carriages or on horseback. A [[ferry]] powered by steam sailed from [[Lower Manhattan]] to [[Brooklyn]]. By the 1880s, the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Rockaway Beach Branch]] was built to serve [[Far Rockaway (LIRR station)|Far Rockaway]] station.<ref name="rockawave"/> The steam railroad went to [[Long Island City (LIRR station)|Long Island City]] and Flatbush Terminal (now [[Atlantic Terminal]]). When it opened in the 1880s, this connection stimulated population growth on the Rockaway Peninsula.<ref name="Citycyclopedia">{{cite encnyc}}, p. 120.</ref> Benjamin Mott gave the LIRR {{convert|7|acre|ha}} of land for a railroad depot. Land values increased and businesses in the area grew, and by 1888, Far Rockaway was a relatively large village.<ref name="rockawave"/>  It incorporated as a village on September 19 of that year.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nqslAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR9 ''Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 8''], p. 9. [[New Jersey Legislature]], 1913. Accessed July 26, 2016.</ref>

=== 20th century to present ===
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In 1898, the area was incorporated into the [[City of Greater New York]] and became part of Queens. The former Village Hall then served as a police precinct and magistrate's court until 1931. It was subsequently demolished to become a parking lot for [[FDNY]] Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134.<ref>Kadinsky, Sergey [https://forgotten-ny.com/2023/10/far-rockaway-village/ Far Rockaway Village] ''[[Forgotten NY]]'' October 8, 2023</ref>
The neighborhoods of Far Rockaway, [[Hammels, Queens|Hammels]], and [[Arverne, Queens|Arverne]] in Queens tried to secede from the city several times. In 1915 and 1917, a bill approving secession passed in the legislature but was vetoed by the New York City mayor [[John Purroy Mitchel]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Rootsweb.com |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynassa2/rockaways.htm |title=The Rockaways |access-date=December 6, 2006 |archive-date=January 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110003136/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynassa2/rockaways.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The area saw economic decline in [[World War I]] and again during the [[Great Depression]]. New apartment complexes were built in the neighborhood following [[World War II]], but the construction of public housing and medical institutions again caused the reputation of Far Rockaway to decline in the 1960s.<ref name="Rather 1987 l074">{{cite web | last=Rather | first=John | title=If You're Thinking of Living in; Far Rockaway | website=The New York Times | date=August 9, 1987 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/09/realestate/if-youre-thinking-of-living-in-far-rockaway.html | access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

In September 2017, the [[New York City Council]] voted to rezone 23 blocks in the center of Far Rockaway,<ref name="Warerkar 2017 d205">{{cite web | last=Warerkar | first=Tanay | title=Far Rockaway rezoning is a go with City Council approval | website=Curbed NY | date=September 7, 2017 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/9/7/16267932/far-rockaway-rezoning-city-council-approval | access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jordan 2017 t762">{{cite web | last=Jordan | first=John | title=City Council Approves Far Rockaway Rezoning Plan | website=GlobeSt | date=September 8, 2017 | url=https://www.globest.com/2017/09/08/city-council-approves-far-rockaway-rezoning-plan/?slreturn=20240326162949 | access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> after the [[New York City Planning Commission]] approved the rezoning.<ref name="Savitch-Lew. 2017 c764">{{cite web | last=Savitch-Lew | first=Abigail | title=Far Rockaway Rezoning Sails Through City Planning Commission | website=City Limits | date=July 10, 2017 | url=https://citylimits.org/2017/07/10/far-rockaway-rezoning-sails-through-city-planning-commission/ | access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> The rezoning would allow as many as 3,100 residences to be built in the neighborhood, as well as community spaces and retail.<ref name="Jordan 2017 t762"/> Following the rezoning, city officials approved 670 affordable apartments within the area in 2018.<ref name="Kully 2018 v725">{{cite web | last=Kully | first=Sadef Ali | title=First Signs of Progress After Far Rockaway Rezoning | website=City Limits | date=July 18, 2018 | url=https://citylimits.org/2018/07/18/first-signs-of-progress-after-far-rockaway-rezoning/ | access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:NYC White Castle Rockaway.jpg|thumb|In 2005]]
Based on data from the [[2010 United States census]], the population of Far Rockaway was 50,058, a change of 1,714 (3.4%) from the 48,344 counted in [[2000 United States census|2000]]. Covering an area of {{convert|1251|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|40|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name="PLP5">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 25.5% (12,778) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 44.7% (22,400) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% (175) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.9% (931) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% (44) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1% (504) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.7% (860) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 24.7% (12,366) of the population.<ref name="PLP3A">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170733/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

Far Rockaway is a diverse neighborhood<ref name=FaRockDivers.NYT96>{{cite news
   |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/10/world/keeping-peace-alive-tensions-dormant-diverse-far-rockaway-sees-room-for-harmony.html
   |title=Keeping Peace Alive And Tensions Dormant;Diverse Far Rockaway Sees Room For Harmony as Jewish Enclave Grows
   |author=Pam Belluck
   |date=June 10, 1996
   |access-date=December 2, 2019
   |archive-date=May 17, 2022
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517030831/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/10/world/keeping-peace-alive-tensions-dormant-diverse-far-rockaway-sees-room-for-harmony.html
   |url-status=live
   }}</ref> with many immigrants from [[Jamaica]], [[Guyana]], and [[Guatemala]], as well as [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Huges |first=C.J. |title=Living In Far Rockaway, Queens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/realestate/27livi.html |date=January 27, 2008 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713040806/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/realestate/27livi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It also is home to a significant number of [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]].

==Points of interest==
===Bungalows===
[[File:48th street rockaway.jpg|thumb|left|Looking east from Beach 48th Street at location of former bungalows cleared for a development project]]
The [[Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District]] recognizes an area with a distinct character. This and individual properties, such as the [[Russell Sage Memorial Church]], [[Trinity Chapel (Queens)|Trinity Chapel]], and [[United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)|United States Post Office]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

With its nearby beach, Far Rockaway attracted tourists and vacationers from the other boroughs. Bungalows were the homes of choice for many residents who lived in Far Rockaway.  The railroad abandoned the [[Rockaway Beach Branch]] in 1950 because of the shift of many people to driving private cars.  In addition, this destination had to compete with the many others that people were visiting by car and air travel, which created access to even more distant destinations and heightened competition for travel dollars.

As the neighborhood's heyday as a resort community declined in the 1950s, the city built substantial numbers of public housing developments to try to replace substandard housing after World War II. Bungalows and other residential housing were converted to year-round use for low-income residents. Some bungalows were used as public housing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beach Bungalow Historic District |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000499.pdf |work=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 22, 2013 |year=2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234629/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000499.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Charles |title=The Subway-Accessible, Surf-Ready, Urban Beach Paradise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/18/magazine/far-rockaway.html |access-date=December 8, 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |date=March 16, 2012 |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719112230/http://www.nytimes.com//interactive//2012//03//18//magazine//far-rockaway.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1970s New York City budget crisis had a negative effect on the provision of social services, and problems of poverty, unemployment and drug use increased in this area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/fiscal-crisis-1975-taught-new-york-hard-lessons-chopping-freezing-handy-article-1.388460 |location=New York |work=Daily News |title=Fiscal crisis in 1975 taught New York hard lessons of chopping, freezing that are handy now |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-date=December 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214133825/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/fiscal-crisis-1975-taught-new-york-hard-lessons-chopping-freezing-handy-article-1.388460 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 1984, residents founded the Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association to "improve the quality of the Far Rockaway community through preservation, education, and cultural programs".<ref name="Autz2013">{{cite web |last=Autz |first=Lisa |title=Far Rock Man Stands Up for Bungalows |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2013/30/richardgeorge_tl_2013_07_26_q.html |work=TimesLedger Newspapers |publisher=Community Newspaper Group |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211070531/http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2013/30/richardgeorge_tl_2013_07_26_q.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The organization donated a collection of materials highlighting its history, correspondence, and activities to the Queens Library Archives in 2008.

===Parks===
* [[O'Donohue Park]]
* [[Bayswater Point State Park]]

==Police and crime==
Far Rockaway is patrolled by the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]]'s 101st Precinct, located at 16-12 Mott Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/101st-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 101st Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]] |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606182043/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/101st-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> The 101st Precinct and the adjoining 100th Precinct, which serves the rest of the Rockaways, collectively ranked 10th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the low-income and densely populated 101st Precinct has significantly more crime than the 100th Precinct, which is high-income and more insular.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rockaway – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/queens/rockaways/ |url-status=dead |website=www.dnainfo.com |access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415051724/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/queens/rockaways|archive-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>

The 101st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.6% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 6 murders, 26 rapes, 151 robberies, 301 felony assaults, 98 burglaries, 250 grand larcenies, and 31 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-101pct.pdf |title=101st Precinct CompStat Report |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref>

== Fire safety ==
Far Rockaway is served by the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY)'s Engine Cos. 264 and 328/Ladder Co. 134, located at 16-15 Central Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engine Company 264/Engine Company 328/Ladder Company 134 |website=FDNYtrucks.com |url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/queens/e264.htm |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080931/http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/queens/e264.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref>

== Post office and ZIP Code ==
Far Rockaway is covered by [[ZIP Code]] 11691.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rockaways, New York City-Queens, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) |website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) |url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Queens_County/Z_The_Rockaways.htm |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922135426/https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Queens_County/Z_The_Rockaways.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United States Post Office]] operates the [[United States Post Office (Far Rockaway, Queens)|Far Rockaway Station]] at 18-36 Mott Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Location Details: Far Rockaway |website=USPS.com |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11694&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1363118&locationName=FAR+ROCKAWAY&address2=&address1=1836+MOTT+AVE |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080734/https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11694&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1363118&locationName=FAR+ROCKAWAY&address2=&address1=1836+MOTT+AVE |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Education==

===Schools===

====Public schools====
The neighborhood, like all of New York City, is served by the [[New York City Department of Education]]. Far Rockaway residents are zoned to several different elementary schools:
* P.S. 43<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 43 |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q043/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025121203/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q043 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* P.S. 104 (The Bayswater School) (Kindergarten–6th grade)<ref name="Darchei_Site.NYT2008">{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/realestate/27livi.html |title=Beaten Down, and Not Only by Nature |first=C. J. |last=Hughes |date=January 27, 2008 |access-date=February 16, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=2474-7149 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713040806/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/realestate/27livi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 104 The Bayswater School |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q104/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029081931/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q104 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* P.S. 105 (The Bay School)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 105 The Bay School |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q105/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026171307/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q105 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* P.S. 106<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 106 |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q106/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026174117/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q106 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* P.S. 197 (The Ocean School)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 197 The Ocean School |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q197/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030022146/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q197 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* P.S. 215 (W.A.V.E Prep)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 215 Lucretia Mott |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q215/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
* P.S. 253<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 253 |url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q253/ |publisher=New York City Department of Education |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125203540/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q253 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Far Rockaway residents are zoned to M.S. 53 Brian Piccolo.<ref>{{cite web |title=M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo |publisher=New York City Department of Education |date=December 2, 2019 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q053 |access-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023212/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q053 |url-status=live }}</ref>

All New York City residents who wish to attend a public high school must apply to high schools. [[Far Rockaway High School]] was located in Far Rockaway,<ref name=Darchei_Site.NYT2008/> but was shut down in 2011 as a stand-alone institution.  During the administration of Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] in 2011, many large, underperforming, older traditional high schools were closed in the city. The 1929 building was renovated to operate as the Far Rockaway Educational Campus, home to a number of smaller, specialized academies that share the building. They can provide more individualized attention to their students. The former [[Beach Channel High School]] was similarly closed in 2014 and repurposed to house several smaller, specialized academies; it is in [[Rockaway Park, Queens|Rockaway Park]], near Far Rockaway, and draws some of its students from Far Rockaway.

===Library===
[[Queens Public Library]] operates the Far Rockaway branch at 1637 Central Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Branch Detailed Info: Far Rockaway |website=Queens Public Library |url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/far-rockaway/ |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016213301/https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/far-rockaway |url-status=live }}</ref> The library replaced another one that was also located on Central Avenue. In 2013, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine reported that the city planned to construct a public library in the neighborhood, to be designed by the internationally known architectural firm [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/approval-matrix-2013-9-30/ |title=Approval Matrix |date=September 30, 2013 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |access-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313190028/http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/approval-matrix-2013-9-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction started in November 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Naeisha |title=Ground broken on $33.6 million Far Rockaway Library construction site |website=QNS.com |date=November 20, 2018 |url=https://qns.com/story/2018/11/20/ground-broken-33-6-million-far-rockaway-library-construction-site/ |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308082512/https://qns.com/story/2018/11/20/ground-broken-33-6-million-far-rockaway-library-construction-site/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the new library opened in July 2024 at a cost of $39 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ginsburg |first=Aaron |date=July 31, 2024 |title=New Snøhetta-designed public library opens in Far Rockaway |url=https://www.6sqft.com/new-snohetta-designed-library-opens-in-far-rockaway/ |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=6sqft}}</ref><ref name="Marshall d397">{{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Ethan |date=July 31, 2024 |title=Reopening of Far Rockaway library celebrated with ribbon-cutting – QNS |url=https://qns.com/2024/07/reopen-far-rockaway-library-celebrate-ribbon-cut/ |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=QNS}}</ref> The current building is {{Convert|18000|ft2}} across two stories, with a glass facade and a [[blue roof]] that collects rainwater;<ref name="Marshall d397" /> the color of the facade is an allusion to the color of the ocean.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davidson |first=Justin |date=May 5, 2025 |title=Two Striking New Libraries, Inviting in Different Ways |url=https://www.curbed.com/article/libraries-new-lots-brooklyn-far-rockaway-queens-snohetta.html |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Curbed}}</ref> The building's facade includes the artwork ''Style Writing'' by [[José Parlá]], while the second floor has the artwork ''Feynman Code'' by [[Pablo Helguera]].<ref name="Schillaci u407">{{cite web |last=Schillaci |first=Trevor |date=November 22, 2024 |title=Snøhetta drapes Far Rockaway Library in yellow-tinted glass |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2024/11/snohetta-far-rockaway-library-yellow-tinted-glass/ |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=The Architect’s Newspaper}}</ref>

===Jewish institutions===
During the early and mid-20th century, many Jewish immigrants and their working-class descendants settled in Far Rockaway, sometimes first as summer visitors. They founded numerous synagogues and private schools, including those devoted to all-boys or all-girls institutions for educating Orthodox children. Following World War II, as residential housing was developed in Nassau and later Suffolk counties, many Jewish families left the Rockaways for newer housing. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Far Rockaway had "flourished in the 1940s but withered...1960s" until "a few Jewish families...started the [[Hebrew Free Loan Society of New York|Hebrew Free Loan Society]] for new home buyers."<ref name=FaRock.NYT1996>{{cite news |last=Belluck |first=Pam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/10/world/keeping-peace-alive-tensions-dormant-diverse-far-rockaway-sees-room-for-harmony.html |title=Keeping Peace Alive And Tensions Dormant;Diverse Far Rockaway Sees Room For Harmony as Jewish Enclave Grows |work=The New York Times |date=June 10, 1996 |access-date=February 16, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517030831/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/10/world/keeping-peace-alive-tensions-dormant-diverse-far-rockaway-sees-room-for-harmony.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Synagogues include [[White Shul|Congregation Kneseth Israel in Far Rockaway (The White Shul)]], which was founded in 1922. Schools include [[Sh'or Yoshuv|Sh'or Yoshuv Institute of Jewish Studies/Sh'or Yoshuv Yeshiva]], [[Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway)|Yeshiva Darchei Torah]] and the [[Yeshiva of Far Rockaway]].

'''Other synagogues (past and present):'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=27em|
* Agudath Israel of Long Island<ref>{{cite news
   |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
   |url=http://www.5tjt.com/daf-yomi-siyum-agudah-li
   |title=Daf Yomi Siyum At Agudah Of LI
   |date=November 9, 2017
   |access-date=August 4, 2021
   |archive-date=September 24, 2022
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924152007/http://www.5tjt.com/daf-yomi-siyum-agudah-li/
   |url-status=live
   }}</ref>
* Agudath Israel of West Lawrence<ref>{{cite news
  |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
  |url=http://www.5tjt.com/standing-room-only-for-agudath-israel-of-west-lawrences-melaveh-malkah
  |title=Standing Room Only For Agudath Israel Of West Lawrence's Melaveh Malkah
  |date=January 11, 2018
  |access-date=August 4, 2021
  |archive-date=September 24, 2022
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924152847/http://www.5tjt.com/standing-room-only-for-agudath-israel-of-west-lawrences-melaveh-malkah/
  |url-status=live
  }}</ref>
* Bayswater Jewish Center<ref>{{cite news
     |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
     |url=http://www.5tjt.com/bayswater-players-presents-the-crucible/
     |title=Bayswater Players Presents 'The Crucible'
     |access-date=August 8, 2021
     |archive-date=August 8, 2021
     |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808175822/http://www.5tjt.com/bayswater-players-presents-the-crucible/
     |url-status=live
     }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/13/nyregion/cantor-for-a-jewish-center-is-found-slain-in-apartment.html
|title=Cantor for a Jewish Center Is Found Slain in Apartment
|date=August 13, 1982
|access-date=August 8, 2021
|archive-date=August 8, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808175821/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/13/nyregion/cantor-for-a-jewish-center-is-found-slain-in-apartment.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
* Young Israel of Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite news
       |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
       |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-neponsit-adult-day-care-center-finds-new-home-at-synagogue.html
       |title=Neighborhood Report: Neponsit Adult Day Care Center Finds New Home at Synagogue
       |author=Richard Weir
       |date=December 6, 1998
       |access-date=August 8, 2021
       |archive-date=August 8, 2021
       |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808123451/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-neponsit-adult-day-care-center-finds-new-home-at-synagogue.html
       |url-status=live
       }}</ref>
* Young Israel of Bayswater<ref>Also known as Young Israel of Wavecrest/Bayswater {{cite web
   |url=https://youngisrael.org/branches/young-israel-of-wavecrest-bayswater
   |title=Young Israel of Wavecrest-Bayswater
   |access-date=August 8, 2021
   |archive-date=August 8, 2021
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808123502/https://youngisrael.org/branches/young-israel-of-wavecrest-bayswater/
   |url-status=live
   }}</ref>
}}

'''Other schools (past and present):'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=27em|
* Bnois Bais Yaakov<ref name=FaRock.NYT1996/>
* Siach Yitzchok Elementary School for Boys<ref>{{cite news
    |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
    |url=http://www.5tjt.com/the-mitzvah-of-chesed
    |title=The Mitzvah of Chesed
    |quote=local elementary boys (Siach Yitzchok) waitering for
    |date=June 24, 2013
    |access-date=August 4, 2021
    |archive-date=September 24, 2022
    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161937/http://www.5tjt.com/the-mitzvah-of-chesed/
    |url-status=live
    }}</ref>
* Torah Academy for Girls<ref>{{cite news
      |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
      |url=http://www.5tjt.com/royalty-visits-torah-academy-for-girls
      |title=Royalty Visits Torah Academy For Girls
      |date=April 6, 2017
      |access-date=August 8, 2021
      |archive-date=September 24, 2022
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924165613/http://www.5tjt.com/royalty-visits-torah-academy-for-girls/
      |url-status=live
      }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
  |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/05/archives/proud-high-spirited-demonstrators-attend-protest-hineni-movement.html
  |title=Proud, High-Spirited Demonstrators Attend protest
  |quote=high-school girls from the Torah Academy for Girls ... Tag Seminary in Far Rockaway
  |author=Paul L. Montgomery
  |date=November 5, 1974
  |access-date=August 8, 2021
  |archive-date=August 8, 2021
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808130345/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/05/archives/proud-high-spirited-demonstrators-attend-protest-hineni-movement.html
  |url-status=live
  }}</ref>
* The Hebrew Institute of Long Island<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/06/archives/heads-hebrew-institute.html |title=Heads Hebrew Institute |date=May 6, 1945 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517034127/https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/06/archives/heads-hebrew-institute.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Yeshiva Ateres Shimon<ref>{{cite news
    |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
    |url=http://www.5tjt.com/yeshiva-ateres-shimon-celebrates-fifth-annual-dinner/
    |title=Yeshiva Ateres Shimon Celebrates Fifth Annual Dinner
    |date=June 29, 2018
    |access-date=August 4, 2021
    |archive-date=August 4, 2021
    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804103211/http://www.5tjt.com/yeshiva-ateres-shimon-celebrates-fifth-annual-dinner/
    |url-status=live
    }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
          |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
          |url=http://www.5tjt.com/far-rockaway-kumzitz-with-rabbi-shalom-mordechai-rubashkin
          |title=Far Rockaway Welcomes Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin
          |quote=Yeshivas Ateres Shimon held a kumzitz on March 26
          |date=March 27, 2018
          |access-date=August 4, 2021
          |archive-date=September 24, 2022
          |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161231/http://www.5tjt.com/far-rockaway-kumzitz-with-rabbi-shalom-mordechai-rubashkin/
          |url-status=live
          }}</ref>
* Mechon Sara<ref>{{cite news
    |newspaper=5tJt.com ([[Five Towns Jewish Times]])
    |url=http://www.5tjt.com/tag-dedicates-machon-sarah-high-school
    |title=TAG Dedicates Machon Sarah High School
    |date=November 6, 2014
    |access-date=August 8, 2021
    |archive-date=September 24, 2022
    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924165208/http://www.5tjt.com/tag-dedicates-machon-sarah-high-school/
    |url-status=live
    }}</ref>
}}

==Transportation==
[[File:Far Rockaway viaduct jeh.JPG|thumb|right|Elevated subway viaduct]]
Far Rockaway is served by the following transportation services:
* The [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IND Rockaway Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Far Rockaway}}), which has a [[terminal station|terminal]] at [[Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)|Mott Avenue]].<ref name="MTA-Rock-2015">{{Cite NYCS map|neighborhood|The Rockaways}}</ref><ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>
* The [[Far Rockaway (LIRR station)|Far Rockaway]] terminal station for the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Far Rockaway Branch]].<ref name=MTA-Rock-2015/> The branch had been part of a loop with service along the existing route, continuing through the Rockaway Peninsula and crossing on a trestle across [[Jamaica Bay]] through Queens, where it reconnected with other branches. Frequent fires and maintenance problems led the LIRR to abandon the Queens portion of the route. The city acquired this to develop the IND Rockaway Line.<ref>[http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/rockaway.html IND Rockaway Branch/Jamaica Bay Crossing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822164819/http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/rockaway.html |date=August 22, 2006 }}, accessed June 14, 2006.</ref>
* [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]]: {{NYC bus link|Q22|Q113|Q114|QM17}}<ref name=MTA-Rock-2015/><ref name="mapqns">{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref>
* [[Nassau Inter-County Express]]: {{LI bus link|n31|n31x|n32|n33}}.<ref name=MTA-Rock-2015/><ref name="mapqns"/> Unlike other NICE routes in Queens, these buses operate open-door in Far Rockaway, meaning customers can ride these buses wholly within the neighborhood without going to [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Far Rockaway, Queens}}
{{div col|rules=yes|colwidth=30em}}<section begin=notable_residents/><!--transcluded into [[Rockaway, Queens#Notable residents]]-->
* [[Nisson Alpert]] (1927–1986), rabbi who was [[Rosh Yeshiva]] at the [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/29/obituaries/nisson-alpert-58-a-scholar-at-rabbi-elchanan-seminary.html "Nisson Alpert, 58, a Scholar At Rabbi Elchanan Seminary"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 29, 1986. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Prof. Nisson Alpert, a noted rabbinical scholar at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, died of cancer Monday at his daughter's home in Queens. He was 58 years old and lived in Far Rockaway, Queens."</ref>
* [[Khaleel Anderson]] (born 1996), politician who has represented the 31st district of the [[New York State Assembly]] since 2020<ref>[https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Khaleel-M-Anderson/bio/ Khaleel M. Anderson: Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004102105/https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Khaleel-M-Anderson/bio/ |date=October 4, 2023 }}, [[New York State Assembly]]. Accessed January 7, 2024. "Assembly Member Anderson is the youngest Black Assembly Member in New York State history. Anderson lives in Far Rockaway, New York."</ref>
* [[Richard Bey]] (born 1951), talk show host; went to Far Rockaway High School<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Tina |work=Newsday |date=February 25, 1990 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77343259.html?dids=77343259:77343259&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+25%2C+1990&author=Compiled+by+Tina+Morales&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=SCHOOL+OF+THE+WEEK%2FFar+Rockaway+High+School&pqatl=google |title=SCHOOL OF THE WEEK/Far Rockaway High School |access-date=November 25, 2015 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=July 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723204845/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77343259.html?dids=77343259:77343259&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+25,+1990&author=Compiled+by+Tina+Morales&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=SCHOOL+OF+THE+WEEK/Far+Rockaway+High+School&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]] (1925–2011), winner of 1976 [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]]; graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1942<ref name=Tribune>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021101152241/http://www.queenstribune.com/best2002/celebrities-best2002.htm "The Best Queens Celebrities 2002"], ''Queens Tribune''. Accessed November 25, 2015.</ref>
* [[Avrohom Blumenkrantz]] (1944–2007), [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] rabbi who was a widely consulted authority on the laws of [[Passover]] [[kashrut]]<ref>[https://vinnews.com/2007/02/23/new-york-boruch-dayan-emmes-rav-avrohom/ "New York +Boruch Dayan Emmes: Rav Avrohom Blumenkrantz Z”L+"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108031836/https://vinnews.com/2007/02/23/new-york-boruch-dayan-emmes-rav-avrohom/ |date=January 8, 2024 }}, [[Vos Iz Neias?]], February 23, 2007. Accessed January 7, 2024. "The revered Posik and tzaddik, Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz of Far Rockaway, NY, has passed away this afternoon from diabetic complications."</ref>
* [[Albert J. Brackley]] (1874–1937), politician who served in the [[New York State Assembly]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1937/12/15/archives/albert-j-brackley-former-assemblyman-headed-far-rockaway-democratic.html "Albert J. Brackley; Former Assemblyman Headed Far Rockaway Democratic Club"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108031836/https://www.nytimes.com/1937/12/15/archives/albert-j-brackley-former-assemblyman-headed-far-rockaway-democratic.html |date=January 8, 2024 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 1937. Accessed January 7, 2024. "Former Assemblyman Albert J. Brackley, president of the Far Rockaway Regular Democratic Club, died on Monday night of a heart ailment in his home, 1293 Brunswick Avenue, Far Rockaway."</ref>
* [[Steven Brill (journalist)|Steven Brill]] (born 1950), journalist and founder of [[Court TV]]<ref>Steinbach, Alice. [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-09-25-1994268217-story.html "Steven Brill plans to bring the O.J. Simpson trial to the small screen; Courting TV"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620123154/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-09-25-1994268217-story.html |date=June 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', September 25, 1994. Accessed April 8, 2021. "So. How does a kid from the Far Rockaway section of Queens, N.Y., wind up running a mini-empire? In Steven Brill's case it was all because of a broken kneecap."</ref>
* [[Joyce Brothers]] (1927–2013), family [[psychologist]] and advice columnist; grew up in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=110 |title=Dr. Joyce Brothers: Television and Radio Writer, Producer, Host |publisher=The Paley Center For Media |access-date=November 25, 2015 |quote=The daughter of lawyers, Joyce Diane Bauer was born in Manhattan and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126063349/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=110 |archive-date=November 26, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Cassidy (politician)|Joseph Cassidy]] ({{Circa|1866}}–1920), political boss who served as borough president of Queens<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/11/22/103499874.html?pageNumber=14 "Joseph Cassidy Of Queens Dies; Stricken With Apoplexy at Club, Ex-Leader Expires on Reaching His Home. Twice Borough President One of the Last of the City's Old-Time Political 'Bosses'-Was Long Under Fire."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 1920. Accessed January 7, 2024. "Joseph Cassidy, former borough President of Queens, and for many years Democratic "boss" of that borough, died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home in Carlton Avenue, in the Hollywood Park district of Far Rockaway."</ref>
* [[Chinx]] (1983–2015), rapper, grew up in both the [[Redfern Houses]] and Edgemere Houses (the latter are now known as Ocean Bay Apartments)<ref name="xxlmag1">{{cite web |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2012/02/the-break-presents-chinx-drugz |title=The Break Presents: Chinx Drugz |publisher=Xxlmag.com |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213218/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2012/02/the-break-presents-chinx-drugz/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Cormega]] (born Cory McKay, 1970), rapper, lived in Far Rockaway as a youth<ref>Golianopoulos, Thomas. [http://www.complex.com/music/2014/11/queensbridge-rap-is-over "The Bridge Is Over; The Queensbridge Houses were once at the center of the rap universe. What happened to hip-hop's most storied housing project?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625235741/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/11/queensbridge-rap-is-over |date=June 25, 2017 }}, ''[[Complex (magazine)]]'', November 25, 2014. Accessed July 16, 2017. "Born Cory McKay in Brooklyn, Cormega moved at an early age from Bedford-Stuyvesant to Co-Op City in the Bronx where he lived on a 22nd floor apartment with a balcony. Life was good until his father discovered crack cocaine. Mega moved to Far Rockaway, Queens, and then he began dealing drugs in Brooklyn."</ref>
* [[Mac DeMarco]] (born 1990), Canadian songwriter and musician; has a house in Far Rockaway, where he recorded his album ''[[Another One (Mac DeMarco album)|Another One]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Video // Mac DeMarco Announces New Mini LP + Tour Dates |url=http://www.capturedtracks.com/video-mac-demarco-announces-new-mini-lp-tour-dates/ |publisher=[[Captured Tracks]]|access-date=April 23, 2015 |date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150423172737/http://www.capturedtracks.com/video-mac-demarco-announces-new-mini-lp-tour-dates/|archive-date=April 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Father MC]] (born 1967), recording artist with [[Uptown Records]]<ref>Creekmur, Chuck. [https://allhiphop.com/features/father-mc-talks-launching-mary-j-blige-jodeci-bet-his-career-with-diddy-andre-harrell/ "Father MC Talks Launching Mary J. Blige & Jodeci, BET, His Career With Diddy & Andre Harrell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212183220/https://allhiphop.com/features/father-mc-talks-launching-mary-j-blige-jodeci-bet-his-career-with-diddy-andre-harrell/ |date=February 12, 2023 }}, [[AllHipHop]], April 13, 2021. Accessed February 12, 2023. "One of those talents was Father MC, the Brooklyn-born, Far Rockaway-bred lyricist."</ref>
* [[Folorunso Fatukasi]] (born 1995), [[defensive end]] for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>Costello, Brian. [https://nypost.com/2018/04/28/jets-land-far-rockaway-native-in-sixth-round/ "Jets land Far Rockaway native in sixth round"], ''[[New York Post]]'', April 28, 2018. Accessed October 9, 2018. "Gang Green picked defensive lineman Folorunso “Foley” Fatukasi in the sixth round, the 180th-overall pick. Fatukasi grew up in Far Rockaway and played at Beach Channel High School."</ref>
* [[Olakunle Fatukasi]] (born 1999), professional football [[linebacker]] for the [[St. Louis Battlehawks]] of the [[United Football League (2024)|United Football League]]<ref>Schwach, Ryan. [https://www.rockawave.com/articles/rockaway-kid-olakunle-fatukasi-makes-nfl-roster/ "Rockaway Kid, Olakunle Fatukasi makes NFL Roster"], ''The Wave'', September 9, 2022. Accessed May 5, 2025. "Rockaway native Olakunle Fatukasi, who attended Scholars’ Academy before Grand Street Campus to play football, is the only undrafted player to get signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers regular season roster."</ref>
* [[Joan Feynman]] (1927–2020), astrophysicist and [[NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal]] recipient<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientist-solved-mysteries-of-the-sun-and-magnetic-fields-11600437600 "Scientist Solved Mysteries of the Sun and Magnetic Fields Joan Feynman, sister of a Nobel laureate, made her own mark in physics despite her mother’s doubts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214035352/https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientist-solved-mysteries-of-the-sun-and-magnetic-fields-11600437600 |date=December 14, 2020 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', September 18, 2020. Accessed March 19, 2021. "Joan Feynman was born on March 30, 1927, and grew up in the Far Rockaway section of Queens."</ref>
* [[Richard Feynman]] (1918–1988), physicist and [[Nobel Prize]] winner; grew up in Far Rockaway and graduated from Far Rockaway High School<ref name=Tribune/><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Phillips Feynman Facts, information, pictures |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Richard_Phillips_Feynman.aspx |website=Encyclopedia.com |date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126164047/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Richard_Phillips_Feynman.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Marcus Gaither]] (1961–2020), professional basketball player in France and Israel, who played the guard position and [[Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders|led the Israel Basketball Premier League in scoring]] in 1989–90<ref>Markus, Don. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/494461707/ "Gaithers 29 spark FDU win"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127232142/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/494461707/ |date=November 27, 2020 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 22, 1983. Accessed November 19, 2020. "Marcus Gaither recently became Fairleigh Dickinson's all-time leading scorer, but the achievement was overshadowed by the confusion the 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard was going through.... A shift to point guard, because of an injury to teammate Freddie Collins, made things even more unsettling for the senior from Far Rockaway, N.Y."</ref>
* [[Mary Gordon (writer)|Mary Gordon]] (born 1949), writer of novels, memoirs, and literary criticism, and professor at [[Barnard College]]; born in Far Rockaway and lived there for several years<ref name="pshares">[https://www.pshares.org/issues/fall-1997/about-mary-gordon-profile Don Lee, "About Mary Gordon: A Profile"]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210120511/https://www.pshares.org/issues/fall-1997/about-mary-gordon-profile |date=December 10, 2018 }}, ''Ploughshares'',  Issue 73 |Fall 1997; accessed August 14, 2018</ref>
* [[Margo Guryan]] (1937–2021), singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist who is remembered for her 1968 album "[[Take a Picture (album)|Take A Picture]]"<ref>[[Neil Genzlinger|Genzlinger, Neil]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/arts/music/margo-guryan-dead.html "Margo Guryan, Whose Album Drew Belated Acclaim, Dies at 84"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 24, 2021. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Margo Guryan was born on Sept. 20, 1937, in Hempstead, N.Y., on Long Island, and grew up in the Far Rockaway section of Queens."</ref>
* [[Steven Handel]] (born 1945), educator and [[restoration ecology|restoration ecologist]]<ref>Ginsburg, Elisabeth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/nyregion/a-well-traveled-ecologist.html "A Well-Traveled Ecologist"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 10, 2002. Accessed March 7, 2024. "As an urban ecologist, Steven N. Handel has traveled from a former landfill near Thoreau's Walden Pond to West Virginia strip mines, but he always returns to the Garden State.... Mr. Handel, who grew up in Far Rockaway, was a 'nature-loving kid,' he says."</ref>
* [[Zander Hollander]] (1923–2014), sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist<ref>Martin, Douglas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/sports/zander-hollander-sports-trivia-shepherd-dies-at-91.html "Zander Hollander, Sports Trivia Shepherd, Dies at 91"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 14, 2014. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Alexander Hollander was born in Brooklyn on March 24, 1923, and grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens."</ref>
* [[Carl Icahn]] (born 1936), businessman and philanthropist; grew up in Far Rockaway and went to Far Rockaway High School<ref name=Tribune/><ref>{{cite web |last=Crowe |first=Portia |title=Carl Icahn told a story about his dad that always makes him tear up |website=Business Insider |date=May 4, 2015 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-told-a-story-about-his-dad-that-always-makes-him-tear-up-2015-5 |access-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126105926/http://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-told-a-story-about-his-dad-that-always-makes-him-tear-up-2015-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Christian Izien]] (born 2000), [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]] for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>[https://www.rockawaytimes.com/rockaway-native-turned-nfl-star-gives-back/ "Rockaway Native Turned NFL Star Gives Back"], ''The Rockaway Times'', December 5, 2024. Accessed May 5, 2025. "On Saturday, November 23, at the Rockaway YMCA, Tampa Bay Buccaneer and Far Rockaway native Christian Izien and Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers teamed up to provide Thanksgiving food supplies to those in need in the community."</ref>
* [[Al Jaffee]]  (1921–2023), cartoonist best known for his work in the satirical magazine ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'', including his trademark feature, the [[Mad Fold-in|''Mad'' Fold-in]]<ref>[[George Gene Gustines|Gustines, George Gene]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/media/al-jaffee-mad-magazine.html "At 99, Al Jaffee Says Goodbye to Mad Magazine As a send-off for the cartoonist, the satirical publication has prepared an all-Jaffee issue that includes his final Fold-In."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615165004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/media/al-jaffee-mad-magazine.html |date=June 15, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 2020. Accessed June 15, 2020. "In 1933, Mr. Jaffee’s father brought Al and two of his brothers back to America for good. The family lived in Far Rockaway, N.Y."</ref>
* [[Shlomo Levinger]] (born 1997), magician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vinnews.com/2023/05/15/how-a-queens-yeshiva-boy-became-a-world-class-magician-for-celebrities-and-athletes/ |title=How a Queens Yeshiva Boy Became a World-Class Magician for Celebrities and Athletes |last=Green |first=Baruch |date=2023-05-15 |website=VIN News |access-date=2025-03-19}}
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* [[Nancy Lieberman]] (born 1958), women's basketball pioneer; grew up in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208424702 |title=Nancy Lieberman player profile |publisher=[[Old Dominion University]] |work=ODU Sports |quote=On May 6, 2000, the Far Rockaway, NY native earned her degree from [[Old Dominion University]] in interdisciplinary studies. |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125224006/http://www.odusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208424702 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lieberman, Nancy |website=Encyclopedia.com |date=May 6, 1996 |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900329.html |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126062427/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900329.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Deborah Lipstadt]] (born 1947), historian<ref>[[Deborah Dash Moore|Moore, Deborah Dash]]. [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/Lipstadt-Deborah Deborah Lipstadt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911173302/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/lipstadt-deborah |date=September 11, 2023 }}, [[Jewish Women's Archive]]. Accessed February 13, 2019. "Deborah grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. Lipstadt traces her activism back to her parents and Rabbi [[Emanuel Rackman]] of the Shaarey Tefila Synagogue in New York."</ref>
* [[Bernard Madoff]] (1938–2021), former American stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier who was convicted of fraud; went to Far Rockaway High School, where he met his wife, [[Ruth Madoff|Ruth Alpern]]<ref>{{cite web |first1=John |last1=Carney |website=[[Business Insider]] |title=The Education of Bernie Madoff: The High School Years |access-date=November 25, 2015 |date=December 22, 2008 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/the-education-of-bernie-madoff-far-rockaway-high-school |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126052505/http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/the-education-of-bernie-madoff-far-rockaway-high-school |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Steve Madden]] (born 1958), shoe designer and former CEO of Steve Madden Ltd; born in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dominguez |first1=Robert |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/lifestyle/bringing-back-home-steve-madden-new-ad-campaign-focuses-fashion-center-queens-article-1.649141 |title=BRINGING IT BACK HOME. Steve Madden's new ad campaign focuses on his fashion center - Queens |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)]] |date=October 19, 2006 |access-date=November 25, 2015 |quote=But Madden was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, where his family is from, and his corporate headquarters are in a huge, Tudor-style building in Long Island City not far from the Queensboro Bridge. |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417014922/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/lifestyle/bringing-back-home-steve-madden-new-ad-campaign-focuses-fashion-center-queens-article-1.649141 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Cliff Mass]] (born 1952/53), atmospheric sciences professor and weather and climate blogger; born in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite news |last=Henderson |first=Diedtra |title=Mass Appeal -- UW Meteorologist Cliff Mass Not Only Knows His Science; He's Also A Whiz At Getting It Across To The Public |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960319/2319786/mass-appeal----uw-meteorologist-cliff-mass-not-only-knows-his-science-hes-also-a-whiz-at-getting-it-across-to-the-public |access-date=August 2, 2019 |publisher=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=March 19, 1996}}</ref>
* [[Alice Nielsen]] (1872–1943), Broadway performer and operatic soprano; owned a house in Far Rockaway in the 1920s<ref>{{cite web |last=McNamara |first=Pat |title=We Love Our Nielsen |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mcnamarasblog/2009/01/%E2%80%9Cwe-love-our-nielsen%E2%80%9D.html |publisher=[[Patheos]] |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125225047/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mcnamarasblog/2009/01/%E2%80%9Cwe-love-our-nielsen%E2%80%9D.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Barbara Novak]] (born 1929), art historian, novelist, [[National Book Award for Nonfiction]] finalist<ref>[https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_366142 ''Oral history interview with Barbara Novak,''], [[Smithsonian Archives of American Art]], October 8–17, 2013. Accessed May 26, 2022. "And then I found out that I could have lessons, art lessons, in one of the big old houses. I remember there was a big white house on [Beach] Ninth Street in Far Rockaway, where I was growing up."</ref>
* [[Phil Ochs]] (1940–1976), folk-protest singer; resided here for a period during childhood and died at his sister's home here<ref>Tomasson, Robert E. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/10/archives/phil-ochs-a-suicide-at-35-singer-of-peace-movement.html "Phil Ochs a Suicide at 35; Singer of Peace Movement"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207145216/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/10/archives/phil-ochs-a-suicide-at-35-singer-of-peace-movement.html |date=February 7, 2024 }}, ''The New York Times'', April 10, 1976. Accessed March 19, 2021. "Mr. Ochs was born in El Paso. His father, a doctor, moved the family to upstate New York when Phil was a few years old. When he was a teen‐ager, the family moved to Far Rockaway."</ref>
* [[Ryan Pearson (basketball)|Ryan Pearson]] (born 1990), professional basketball player<ref>Goff, Steven. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/george-mason-basketball-ryan-pearson-is-scarred-but-not-slowed-by-childhood-accident/2011/02/04/ABTo0xQ_story.html "George Mason basketball: Ryan Pearson is scarred but not slowed by childhood accident"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', February 4, 2011. Accessed February 12, 2023. "'It's a challenge for him every day,' George Mason Coach Jim Larranaga said. 'Whatever obstacles he has had to overcome, he has done it. He has found a way.' The obstacles formed in Far Rockaway, N.Y., a rough area of Queens pinched between John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean."</ref>
* [[Kelly Price]] (born 1973), nine-time [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominated R&B and gospel singer and songwriter grew up in the Edgemere Projects<ref>Musleah, Rahel. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/star-in-the-making-doesn-t-live-like-one.html "Star in the Making Doesn't Live Like One"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031100112/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/star-in-the-making-doesn-t-live-like-one.html |date=October 31, 2020 }}, ''The New York Times'', September 12, 1999. Accessed March 19, 2021. "Born in Jamaica, Queens, and reared in the Edgemere Projects in Far Rockaway, Ms. Price grew up in a strict Pentecostal home."</ref>
* [[Rammellzee]] (1960–2010), rap pioneer; born and died in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiss |first=Jeff |title=R.I.P. Rammellzee: The original abstract-rapping outlaw |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/07/rip-rammellzee-19602010.html |access-date=July 3, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702212955/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/07/rip-rammellzee-19602010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Alan Ribet]] (born 1948), mathematician
* [[Burton Richter]] (1931–2018), winner of 1976 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]; graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1948<ref>Crease, Robert P.; and Mann, Charles C. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/26/magazine/in-search-of-the-z-particle.html "In Search Of The Z Particle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322141725/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/26/magazine/in-search-of-the-z-particle.html |date=March 22, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', October 26, 1986. Accessed March 19, 2021. "Burton Richter was born in Brooklyn 55 years ago, but grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens."</ref>
* [[Gary Schwartz (art historian)|Gary Schwartz]] (born 1940), art historian<ref>[https://arthistorians.info/schwartzg Gary Schwartz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163355/http://arthistorians.info/schwartzg |date=June 19, 2018 }}, [[Dictionary of Art Historians]]. Accessed May 5, 2022.</ref><ref>Brenson, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/28/arts/an-idiosyncratic-expert-redraws-rembrandt.html "An Idiosyncratic Expert Redraws Rembrandt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505144207/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/28/arts/an-idiosyncratic-expert-redraws-rembrandt.html |date=May 5, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 28, 1987. Accessed May 5, 2022. "Gary Schwartz was born in Brooklyn in 1940. His mother was Hungarian; his father, who worked in and eventually took over his father's sweater factory, was of Polish origin. The family moved to Far Rockaway when he was 12."</ref>
* [[MC Serch]] (born 1967 as Michael Berrin), former member of the hip hop group [[3rd Bass]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Brian Keith |title=Ice, Ice Babies |website=NYMag.com |date=October 24, 2007 |url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/26038/ |access-date=November 25, 2015 |quote=I grew up in Far Rockaway, and you’d always see shoes on the line. |archive-date=January 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106094352/http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/26038/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Raymond Smullyan]] (1919–2017), mathematician; grew up in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite web |title=Smullyan biography |website=University of St Andrews School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences |url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Smullyan.html |access-date=November 25, 2015 |quote=Raymond Smullyan, known as Ray, was brought up in Far Rockaway in New York City. |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017080846/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Smullyan.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Herbert Sturhahn]] (1902–1979), football player elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]; born in Far Rockaway<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Sturhahn |website=National Football Foundation |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1453 |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207145327/https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1453 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Conrad Thibault]] (1903–1987), [[baritone]] vocalist who frequently appeared on radio, recordings, and concert tours<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/04/obituaries/conrad-thibault-dies-an-ex-radio-vocalist.html "Conrad Thibault Dies; An Ex-Radio Vocalist"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 4, 1987. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Conrad Thibault, a popular baritone from the heyday of radio, died Saturday at St. John's Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens. He was 83 years old and lived in Far Rockaway. "</ref><section end=notable_residents />{{div col end}}

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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=SZ8QlXHxPR0C Old Rockaway, New York, in Early Photographs] by Vincent Seyfried, William Asadorian
* [https://kensinger.blogspot.com/2009/06/far-rockaway-abandoned-bungalows.html Far Rockaway: Abandoned Bungalows] a 2009 photo essay by Nathan Kensinger

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