Rockaway Beach, Arverne NY

Beautiful Place. I love inhaling the pure and cool sea breeze. The Broadwalk is always clean and inviting. Visitors and Residents are always polite and kind. Oh, what a wonderful place.

The whole (even the nature preserve) boardwalk has been getting crowded. It's getting harder to ride your bike on the weekends without having to stop a few times because of someone not paying attention even in the bike lanes. I've lived in Rockaway a long time about 2yrs before Rockaway Playland closed down, and it's getting as crowded as it was back then.

We had a lovely walk down the shore, but my friend spent a lot of time picking up refuse from careless individuals. People need to act like adults and put their trash where it belongs. The beach has a very nice long boardwalk where you can walk, go bike riding, skating or whatever you choose. I even saw a couple of surfers and people also jetski.

I really enjoyed my time there with my son. The waves kept coming in and as they hurried to shore I made my son ride them, he had a blast. The beach is well kept. Security walks along the beach monitoring what's going on. There's also a few spots right there at the beach where you could get something to much on or even have a drink by yourself or with a few friends. There are seats while you have something to eat and or drink. Lovely.

Beautiful site! Remember it in the 90's.never thought it could come back to be this wonderful!

Awesome beach, longest boardwalk in the world (possibly tied with Atlantic City), water isn’t great definitely need a lifeguard present super dangerous rip tides, beautiful sunsets and rises, also a wildlife sanctuary for endangered seabird nesting grounds with free stationary binoculars on site for viewing them.

Nothing compared to our beaches in the Caribbean, however it does meet the definition of a beach so.

Nice place to come and relax, swim, or surf.it's clean and it's fun. Also a free beach.

Rockaway is a beautiful beach!
Clean, great waves!
It has a parking lot.
There are ittle shops along the boardwalk, food, drinks & occasional live music & dancing.
You can get to it easily via train or ferry if you don't have a car.
I recommend ferry if you don't drive, the ride is awesome with fantastic views along the way & pretty quick.
Family friendly.

It was a beautiful morning with lots of people enjoying their workout.the weather was great.i enjoy my workout.

It was clean, not too crowded. I didn't find nice restaurants around. Bit a good experience.

Clean. Spacious. Quiet. Many areas for activities or just chilling. Handball, Skateboarding, eating, swimming.