Far Rockaway, Queens

Far Rockaway
Neighborhood of Queens
Far Rockaway in 2005
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°36′04″N 73°45′25″W / 40.601°N 73.757°W / 40.601; -73.757
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County/Borough	Queens
Community District	Queens 14[1]
Named for	Place name of the Native American Lenape.
Population  (2010)
• Total	50,058
Ethnicity
• Non-Hispanic White	25.5%
• Black or African-American	44.7%
• Hispanic or Latino of any race	24.7%
• Asian	1.9%
• Other	1.4%
• Two or more races	1.7%
Economics
• Median income	$27,820
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	11691, 11693[2]
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917

Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the 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.

Far Rockaway is located in Queens Community District 14 and its ZIP Codes are 11691 and 11693.^[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 101st Precinct.