Food scene
Neighborhood favorite for fast casual Mediterranean, juice and smoothies, sandwiches, and healthy meals!
49 locals recommend
Cuisine By Claudette
143 Beach 116th StNeighborhood favorite for fast casual Mediterranean, juice and smoothies, sandwiches, and healthy meals!
1/2 acre urban farm with 120 araucana chickens, beehives, and lots of vegetables, herbs, wildflowers, and more. Farmers market on the weekends, and volunteer hours throughout the week.
14 locals recommend
Edgemere Farm
385 B 45 St1/2 acre urban farm with 120 araucana chickens, beehives, and lots of vegetables, herbs, wildflowers, and more. Farmers market on the weekends, and volunteer hours throughout the week.
Whit's End
97-02 Rockaway Beach BlvdWood fired pizza and fresh seafood. Must visit!
Coffee Shop
Right across the street from my house! Amazing espresso bar/coffee shop with refreshing drinks and sourdough waffles. Conveniently located on the ground floor of the Rockaway Hotel. Very gram-able
7 locals recommend
Greenhouse Cafe
108-10 Rockaway Beach DriveRight across the street from my house! Amazing espresso bar/coffee shop with refreshing drinks and sourdough waffles. Conveniently located on the ground floor of the Rockaway Hotel. Very gram-able
Bike Rentals
Bike rentals! Great for making your way around the neighborhood.
6 locals recommend
Rockaway Beach Cycles
98-16 Rockaway Beach BlvdBike rentals! Great for making your way around the neighborhood.
Watering Holes
Great self-pour taproom with a wide variety of beers, and a couple of wines and hard seltzers as well. Fun outdoor space!
Tap That
111-04 Rockaway Beach BoulevardGreat self-pour taproom with a wide variety of beers, and a couple of wines and hard seltzers as well. Fun outdoor space!
Nightlife/Entertainment
Beautiful, airy design. Rooftop terrace and poolside lounging with regular DJs, music, and cultural programming
24 locals recommend
The Rockaway Hotel
108-10 Rockaway Beach DrBeautiful, airy design. Rooftop terrace and poolside lounging with regular DJs, music, and cultural programming
Sightseeing
From Corey Kilgannon @ The NYT
To reach the beach at Fort Tilden, keep the missile silos on your right, the munitions buildings on your left, and head due south of the cannon batteries.
Remember this, because there are no signs to point the way, no scents of sunscreen, lifeguard’s whistles nor flying Frisbees; just these military landmarks, the briny breeze and the roar of the surf.
Once over the dunes, it may well be just you and a few stoic surfcasters there with the gulls and terns swooping and flopping on the breeze. The only clue you are still in New York City may be the hazy Manhattan skyline floating 10 miles in the distance.
69 locals recommend
Fort Tilden
From Corey Kilgannon @ The NYT
To reach the beach at Fort Tilden, keep the missile silos on your right, the munitions buildings on your left, and head due south of the cannon batteries.
Remember this, because there are no signs to point the way, no scents of sunscreen, lifeguard’s whistles nor flying Frisbees; just these military landmarks, the briny breeze and the roar of the surf.
Once over the dunes, it may well be just you and a few stoic surfcasters there with the gulls and terns swooping and flopping on the breeze. The only clue you are still in New York City may be the hazy Manhattan skyline floating 10 miles in the distance.
Watch planes, grill, BBQ, and observe native plant species at this state park located just across the bay from the JFK tarmac
Bayswater Point State Park
1479 Point Breeze PlWatch planes, grill, BBQ, and observe native plant species at this state park located just across the bay from the JFK tarmac