My peaceful Rockaway neighborhood is the reason I'm staying in NYC

… a source of solace even though so many others were leaving NYC Heres how living in Rockaway has changed and why she is … of people have stayed in my childhood neighborhood because rent is cheaper there but in Wave Crest people come and go … for a while But I have several childhood friends and my parents still live around Rockaway Ive noticed that a lot of …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |September 24, 2020 - 12:30PM
Would you rent this one bedroom in Far Rockaway that's a couple blocks from the beach, for $1,655?

… a crowdlike on a weekday or early morning At those times youre more likely to have the beach nearly to yourselfand … ditto for the bath The neighborhood has a lot of nursing homes and urgent care facilitiesand suffered massively during Hurricane Sandy The A train at Beach Channel Drive is a sixminute ride away on the Q22 bus From …

By Jennifer White Karp |June 19, 2019 - 12:00PM