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	Far Rockaway, Queens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States.
		Far Rockaway is one of the most distant New York neighborhoods from Manhattan, the cultural and financial center of New York City.
		Far Rockaway is one of two New York City neighborhoods whose subway terminus is within realistic walking distance of the city limits (the Wakefield section of the Bronx is the other).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_Rockaway,_Queens (675 words)

	Rockaway, Queens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rockaway was initially settled by the Canarsie tribe, but sold to the Dutch by the Mohegan tribe along with most of Long Island in 1639, and to the British in 1685.
		Rockaway became a popular area for seaside hotels starting in the 1830s, and popularity grew with the coming of the Long Island Rail Road in the 1880s.
		Rockaways' Playland, a world renowned amusement park opened in 1901, and was a popular place for New York families until 1985 when insurance costs and competition from major regional parks made it impossible to continue operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockaway,_New_York (937 words)

	Rent-Direct.com: NY Apartment Queens apartments Far Rockaway
		Most historians believe Rockaway is a corruption of either "Reckonwacky," a name given to it by the Indians and meaning "place of our own people." According to the Forgotten New York website, it is called "far" based on its distance west from the older town of Near Rockaway (now called East Rockaway) in Nassau County.
		Far Rockaway was a popular seaside resort town in its height in the mid-1800s and had dozens of Victorian mansions (enough to rival those in Cape May, NJ) built near the water's edge, as well as casinos, parks and nightclubs.
		Far Rockaway's tallest building is the Roy Reuther Houses, an apartment complex built by the United Auto Workers.
	www.rent-direct.com /Queens_Apartments/apartments-queens-rkwy.html (447 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Rockaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ROCKAWAY [Rockaway] narrow peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Queens borough of New York City.
		The trashing of the rockaways by city and state.
		A FAR ROCKAWAY OF THE HEART.(Lawrence Ferlinghetti's speech as poet laureate of San Francisco)(Transcript)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Rockaway.asp (334 words)

	Obituary The Wave March 3, 2001 Leon S. Locke
		In 1984 Locke was honored by the Queens County Overall Economic Development Corporation as one of 17 awardees to receive a Business Award for active commitment to the borough of Queens.
		Monica was a member of the Far Rockaway Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and for 30 years was a preacher.
		She was a resident of Rockaway Park for 25 years and worked as a home health aid for the health care industry.
	www.rockawave.com /news/2001/0303/Obits.html (1252 words)

	Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Historic Preservation in Queens written by Jeffery A. Kroessler and Nina S. Rappaport highlights the bungalow of Far Rockaway Beach 17 th Street to 24 th Street.
		The Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association of Far Rockaway Inc. (BBPA) was established in September 1984 and incorporated as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization in June 1986.
		The BBPA organize and coordinate activities for the improvement of the neighborhood from Beach 24 th Street to Beach 27 th Street between Seagirt Boulevard and the boardwalk in Far Rockaway Queens, NY.
	www.preserve.org /bungalow (340 words)

	LIPA Press Release: LIPA Donates Energy Saving Electric Vehicles to Far Rockaway
		Far Rockaway, NY—September 14, 2004—In an effort to promote greater use of electric vehicles (EVs) in the region, Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Chairman Richard M. Kessel today announced the donation five electrically powered GEM cars for use by local agencies in Far Rockaway, Queens.
		The five low-speed, all-electric vehicles are being donated to the Peninsula Hospital Center (2), the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation (RDRC) (1) and the New York City Parks Department (2).
		RDRC is a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as a catalyst for the community’s revitalization by initiating community development activities that remove barriers to economic growth, stimulate the economy and create jobs.
	www.lipower.org /newscenter/pr/2004/sept14.gem.html (643 words)

	Gift to Rockaway School
		Queens, told a developer two years ago that he needed another building for the students that new housing was bringing to the area, he got a surprise answer: "O.K., I'll build it."
		New housing has been springing up across the Rockaways in the past decade, filling schools beyond their capacity, said Councilman James Sanders Jr.
		Queens from Israel in 1992, began building homes there eight years later, when he noticed that the neighborhood was booming.
	www.farrockaway.com /gifttorockawayschool.html (586 words)

	Far Rockaway Real Estate Agents, Far Rockaway Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Far Rockaway
		HomeGain provides Far Rockaway, New York real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Far Rockaway realty property.
		HomeGain has services to help you find a top Far Rockaway real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Far Rockaway home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Far Rockaway real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
		Cuando se registre para encontrar un agente de bienes raices en Far Rockaway, simplemente indique que necesita un agente que habla Español.
	www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/NY/far_rockaway.html (552 words)

	Catholic Charities Queens South
		Six counselors from the Rockaway Mental Health Clinic and Flatlands Guidance Center responded to the call to Kennedy Airport after the crash, helping family members and neighbors through this ordeal.
		But, every day, counselors at these centers and others in Jamaica, Far Rockaway, and Queens Village, are helping neighbors in South Queens deal with emotional and psychological stresses.
		The Sunset Psycho Social Club in Far Rockaway, for instance, is open evenings and weekends to offset the member's natural tendency to isolate himself or herself and risk re-hospitalization.
	www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org /ministries/charities/queens_south.html (391 words)

	NURSE'S AIDE CHARGED WITH ABUSING STROKE VICTIM AT QUEENS NURSING HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that a nurse's aide at a Far Rockaway nursing home has been arrested for abusing an elderly male patient at the facility.
		Patricia Faison, 42, of 455 Beach 36 Street in Far Rockaway, was arraigned last night in Queens County Court on a two-count complaint.
		Faison worked at Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation, which is located at 50-15 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens, from November 22, 1999, until her termination on April 4, 2002.
	www.oag.state.ny.us /press/2003/jan/jan29c_03.html (308 words)

	Questions and Answers about My Escape from Jail in Afghanistan
		I was invited to an Afghan party in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 28, 2001.
		As far as I was concerned, the real Koti Kulf was behind me where high level political prisoners, such as ministers of former governments, were kept in solitary confinement.
		My host at the party in Far Rockaway is now happily married and living with his three new wives and six new children in Gujur Khan, which is near Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
	www.ishipress.com /demazang.htm (1225 words)

	New York Daily News - News & Views - Wanna-be cop slain in 2 hrs. of mayhem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NYPD crime scene unit investigators examine shotgun retrieved yesterday after quadruple shooting outside Beach 41st St. Houses in Far Rockaway, Queens, that left two men dead and two in the hospital, one of them in critical condition.
		Two hours earlier in Far Rockaway, Queens, Derrick Samuels, 23, of Queens and Nicole Bostic, 23, of the Bronx were killed outside the Beach 41st Street Houses in a quadruple shooting, police said.
		A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg and was in critical condition at Jamaica Hospital.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/story/374137p-317998c.html (554 words)

	2 Officers Injured in Harlem and Queens - New York Times
		In Far Rockaway, Queens, yesterday afternoon, an object shattered a window of a police car, sending fragments of glass into the face of an officer on patrol with two other officers, the police said.
		The officer was injured at the Hammel Houses on Rockaway Beach Boulevard at 12:25 p.m.
		The police said two people, William Miller, 20, of Queens, and Antoine Berry, 22, of Manhattan, had been arrested in connection with the case and faced charges that included assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/06/19/nyregion/19cop.html?ex=1276833600&en=65261821add7ad02&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (357 words)

	PORT AUTHORITY AWARDS $500,000 FOR NEW QUEENS CENTER FOR AVIATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- Far Rockaway Facility Will ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The contribution to the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation will help offset the cost of renovating a 27,000-square-foot building on Beach Channel Drive between Beach 62nd and Beach 63rd streets in Far Rockaway.
		Their contribution to the Far Rockaway training and education center is an important new step in their continuing initiatives to train and prepare our youth for the 21st Century.”
		Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, who noted that the new resource center also will house a health clinic, said, “The rehabilitation of 62-00 Beach Channel Drive into a center for health and education is of vital importance to Rockaway.
	www.panynj.gov /pr/109-01.html (631 words)

	Far Rockaway, NY (Queens County) - neighborhood sports & recreation guide - ePodunk
		Far Rockaway, NY (Queens County) - neighborhood sports & recreation guide - ePodunk
		New York > All counties > Queens County > Far Rockaway, NY
		Parks in the Far Rockaway area include Gateway National Recreation Area - Breezy Point, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/sportsInfo.php?locIndex=653 (146 words)

	N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
		Brown noted that the garage's previous owner - the deceased husband of the garage's current owner -- was convicted of insurance fraud and sent to prison in 1992 for engaging in virtually the same kind of scheme.
		He said the charges are the result of the latest in a series of undercover operations in Queens County targeting auto insurance fraud that began in 1991.
		The District Attorney said that the defendants are alleged to have fraudulently received $8,070 in August 2002 from Liberty Mutual involving a 1997 BWM 740 sedan; $1,741 in October 2002 from Progressive Insurance involving a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4 pickup truck; and $7,200 in January 2003 involving a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban station wagon.
	www.insurancejournal.com /news/east/2003/08/14/31481.htm?print=1 (576 words)

	Syed Durali Shah Naqwi from Grishk, Afghanistan
		Syed Durali Shah Naqwi in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York
		Zahir, the Governor of Nawzad, who ordered us arrested, claimed that we were headed to the mountains of Central Afghanistan, where we were going to recruit new members to join the mujahidin.
		Syed Shah now lives on Beach 32nd Street, in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, where this photo was taken.
	www.ishipress.com /syedshah.htm (1031 words)

	A Line
		From: Far Rockaway, Queens OR Lefferts Blvd, Queens OR Rockaway Pk, Queens
		From: Far Rockaway, Queens OR Lefferts Blvd, Queens
		Lefferts Blvd Shuttle operates during late nights, and Rockaway Pk Shuttle operates at all times.
	www.njnyrails.com /cgi-local/subLine.cgi?line=A (92 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PPA is the first charter public school to open in Far Rockaway, and received approval from the New York State Board of Regents and the New York City Department of Education.
		To be selected as one of the first new charter schools authorized by the Department is a great acknowledgement of the strength of the charter school’s board of trustees and the success of the Victory educational model.”
		The Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School (“PPA”) is the first public charter school to be approved in Far Rockaway, Queens and one of the first new public charter schools to be authorized by the New York City Department of Education.
	www.victoryschools.com /new/news/indexdynamic.asp?PageID=pr091304 (668 words)

	New York Daily News - News & Views - Blaze kills loving Qns. couple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Heavy flames blast from the windows of Far Rockaway, Queens, home in an early-morning fire that killed the Ghents, who had lived in the house for 23 years.
		Two sweethearts who loved God as much as one another and were about to retire to Florida were killed yesterday when a fire raced through their Queens home.
		The couple had lived in the Far Rockaway home for 23 years, and were excited about moving to Orlando, where they had purchased a second home.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/story/412414p-348785c.html (340 words)

	Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
		In that same year he immigrated to the United States and joined the Solid Rock Seventh-day Adventist church in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.
		He also serves as the Chaplain for the Queens’ Master Guide class, Queens Adventist Youth Federation and the Northeastern Conference Pathfinder Federation.
		His ministry thus far has taken him back to Jamaica, W.I., Canada and throughout the United States.
	www.northeastern.org /ray03.asp (216 words)

	Long Island History: Woodsburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He came from Brooklyn in 1869 and bought several farms around Browers Point in what was then Far Rockaway, Queens.
		The Last Rockaway: Woodsburgh is the site of a monument to Culluloo Telewana, billed as the last of the Rockaway Indians, who died in 1818.
		The 8-foot granite stone was placed 70 years later, in 1888, by Abraham Hewlett, who as a child knew the Indian.
	www.newsday.com /community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist0094,0,3902740.story (322 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Queens County, N.Y.
		Capital Impact: Queens County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
		Fedstats/Mapstats: Queens County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
		The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 10, 2005.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/NY/QU2.html (492 words)

	Related Buys Queens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		RAP has been approved for the use of $39 million of tax-exempt bonds provided by the New York State Housing Finance Agency.
		The new financing and equity infusion will enable RAP to invest extensively in property renovations including new roofs, new windows, a complete renovation of the outdoor concrete plaza, building-façade repairs and interior and apartment renovations.
		Ocean Park is a 602-unit rental consisting of two 26-story towers and two single-story commercial buildings in Far Rockaway, Queens.
	www.multi-housingnews.com /multihousing/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846941 (556 words)

	Margert Community Corporation: Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Through the Neighborhood Preservation Program, the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) provides administrative grants that allow non-profit, community-based housing organizations to perform housing and community renewal activities in designated areas within the state.
		As a DHCR-funded Neighborhood Preservation Company, Margert is involved in the planning and development of capital projects in Far Rockaway, including the new construction and/or rehabilitation of existing structures for residential use.
		More importantly, Margert also uses these funds to administer so-called "soft services" in Far Rockaway, which are designed to preserve and promote affordable housing for low-income, elderly and handicapped households.
	www.margert.org /majorprograms/b_preservation.html (173 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We are a non for profit organization based in Far Rockaway, Queens.
		Our goal is to help the younger community with more positive choices in life and to give the people in the surrounding area of Far Rockaway a chance to achieve their goals and dreams.
		The Irish Ropes of New York Boxing Club was founded in 1998, at the back of a bar in Maspeth, Queens, NY called the "Grandstand".
	site.mawebcenters.com /irishropes?lp=en_zt&doSystran=zt (175 words)

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