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Agreed. Far Rockaway is a dump! It's home to some of the largest housing projects in nyc. I can't imagine there are very many jewish people left there. It's black,spanish, and a few scattered whites who couldn't escape. Anyone who would tell you far rock is safe definitely has an agenda. As other areas in the boroughs became nicer and more exspensive far rockaway became a dumping ground. Take a ride around, you will see firsthand.
actually far rockaway has a large jewish population still. and the rockaways are home to many irish. i'm not denying that some areas of far rockaway are bad, but some of your info is way off, and probably based on a saturday afternoon joyride and reading the daily news.
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Central Avenue begins in Far Rockaway, yes, but its mroe exclusive parts are squarely in the Five Towns area of Nassau County, NOT within Far Rockaway itself.
correct.
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Far Rockaway, haha, what a ****hole. My dad got windows on his school bus shot out by pellet guns last year during his bus route in Far Rockaway. Avoid.
Finally an honest opinion. I notice the people on the forum don't want anyone to badmouth their neighborhood. Far Rockaway is full of criminal types. I'm sure all the jewish people live in a small enclave. Irish? Yeah right, they left that area 20 yrs ago.
Finally an honest opinion. I notice the people on the forum don't want anyone to badmouth their neighborhood. Far Rockaway is full of criminal types. I'm sure all the jewish people live in a small enclave. Irish? Yeah right, they left that area 20 yrs ago.
if you take time to actually read my post, i stated that some areas of far rockaway are bad. no denying that. and there are 2 concentrated areas (bayswater and west lawrence) where many jewish live, but some also live throughtout far rockaway. and there are plenty of irish in rockaway still. we still have a st. patrick's day parade on beach 116th street every year. like i said, your information on far rockaway could have come from nothing more than a saturday afternoon joyride. i've lived there my whole life, so i really don't think you have any credibility to speak about it.
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I'm moving to Rockaway Park in January, I love it out there. Been enjoying the beach there for about 12 years now. I love it even in the winter. Far far Rockaway has some nice parts as well.
It has some great diversity and LOTS of characters!
I'm moving to Rockaway Park in January, I love it out there. Been enjoying the beach there for about 12 years now. I love it even in the winter. Far far Rockaway has some nice parts as well.
It has some great diversity and LOTS of characters!
You are going to do it, huh? Good for you. I hope it is what you are looking for. I spent 25 years of my life in the area & still have many friends there. Have a frozen pina colda for me at Connolly's in the Spring for me!
hi there and an early welcome to NY. I have never lived in Far Rockaway, and never would based on its crappy rep. But I have lived my whole life in Ozone Park, a block from the A train. I am also a young & blonde half-German woman, and I've never had a single problem. Our neighborhood now is mostly Indian/Guyanese with some Hispanic.
hah, don't let people tell you that you won't survive NY. I imagine it's easier to survive here (find a job, safety, etc.) than in any given Nowhere-ville, America.
Far Rockaway!! We moved out in 1973 and never looked back
I've been reading the posts and i cant see how anyone could say that Far Rockaway is a nice place to live !!! My parents moved us out in 1973, this was after several of their friends were mugged walking home from the A train station,in our apartment building,and also customers were getting mugged INSIDE OF the Waldbaums supermarket on Central ave, [which of course is not there anymore, like any major chain foodstore move out of high crime neighborhoods].
The city had made some choices during the 1960s that turned the western half of the Rockaways into what you see today.I had loved living there and growing into my teen years there, going to the boardwalk and beaches there. Anyone remember the boardwalk up by 35th street>? You could stop at Sams Bar n Grill, for a beer, and stuff yourself with HebrewNational hot dogs and home made knishes?? Now you cant even access the beach from the boardwalk due to the beach erosion. Going to school was fun and safe. If you had a fight with a kid at school, you certainly didn't have to worry about him trying to kill you!
A place that was once known as the best place to spend the summer, had been making the news about murders? We never heard that on the news when i lived there. My moms side of the family had largely settled in the Rockaways way way back. And from what they told me, it was a great place [back then]. I remember going out on Saturday nights with my parents, we would drive over to the front of the Woolworth store on Central Ave, and buy the newspapers that the vendors were selling along the sidewalk, pick up some appetizing at Toddys and go to Elfenbeins bakery ,and lastly the FarRockaway bagel store. That stretch of Central Ave had 3 bakeries. All that is gone now, half of the buildings are gated along that once busy business area. Now my old neighborhood has become a place for crack ,other drugs and crime.
And to clarify for the readers, the Rockaways used to have , the largest Jewish population in Queens , now theres just a remnant left. unless you are ultra orthodox and living in the Reads Lane area [which used to have the city Purim street carnival each year, not Forest Hills], or way down past Belle Harbor in fancy shmancy Neponsit, you couldnt get me to move back there in a million years or for a million dollars.
But the guys describing the conditions of the neighborhood in the previous posts are right for the most part.Anyone who says otherwise should drive eastward past the 5 towns area, and see what the Rockaways used to look like .
Far Rock isnt so bad ? Compared to where??????????????
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Far Rockaway!! We moved out in 1973 and never looked back
