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The Atlantic Beach Club, [22] later known as the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Cabana Club, the ABH, opened in 1930 [23] [24] and plans were announced for the building of the Casa Del Mar (later the Nautilus Hotel) [25]), an apartment hotel, which upon completion became an overnight sensation and, in August 1930, the new homeowners in Atlantic Beach ...
Smith Point Park, located on the barrier island of Fire Island, is a haven for sportsmen, surfers and beach lovers. An extremely popular facility, the park has white sands, rolling Atlantic surf and an adjoining camping facility that attract both Suffolk County residents and tourists each summer.
Besides sunbathing, the primary recreational activities are fishing, bird-watching and beach walks. Visitors can also take a nature walk on trails through a successional maritime forest behind the beach. An observation deck at one of two old military batteries at the park offers sweeping views of New York Harbor. [2] Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
It also features three of New York City's nine remaining volunteer fire departments. [13] On September 8, 2012, the community was struck by a tornado shortly before 11 a.m. that started as a waterspout over the Atlantic Ocean and came ashore at the Breezy Point Surf Club. [14] Hurricane Sandy damage
Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to the Long Island coastline in Nassau and Suffolk counties. It is often used as a generic name for the entire southern half of Long Island rather than just the area ...
New York State Route 878 (NY 878) is an expressway on Long Island in New York state. The route exists in two sections, which both form the Nassau Expressway . NY 878's western terminus is the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue ( NY 27 ) in Ozone Park , within southern Queens in New York City .
Atlantic Beach is the name of some places in the United States: Atlantic Beach, Florida, a city; Atlantic Beach, New York, a village; Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, a town; Atlantic Beach, South Carolina, a town
The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the 170-acre (69 ha) Rockaway Beach and the adjacent 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Rockaway Boardwalk. The beach runs from Beach 9th Street in Far Rockaway to Beach 149th Street in Neponsit , a distance of 7 miles (11 km).