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Jacob Riis Park

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Rockaway Park

🌊"beautiful nature, not crowded with people, clean"
🚗Parking lot fills up fast, arrive early
🏛️Check out the 1932 bathhouse architecture

Step onto "The People's Beach," a 1930s Art Deco beauty with a grand historic bathhouse and way more breathing room than your typical packed NYC shoreline. Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, this sandy stretch delivers Atlantic waves without the Coney Island chaos.

Historic Art Deco beach
People’s Beach nickname
Less crowded shoreline
Gateway National Recreation Area
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  • Historic Art Deco beach
  • People’s Beach nickname
  • Less crowded shoreline
  • Gateway National Recreation Area
  • Rockaway Park

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