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Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is on the Rockaway Peninsula, nestled between Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The neighborhood of Rockaway Beach lies on its eastern border while the community of Belle Harbor is situated on its western side. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14. Rockaway Park has been called the "Irish Riviera". The United States Census, 2000 showed that 36.0% of the population were of Irish ancestry in the for ZIP Code 11694. The Saint Patrick's Day parade in Rockaway is the second-largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City, second only to New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Rockaway Park is becoming famous for its beach side food businesses, as beach goes from hip Brooklyn neighborhoods have increasingly spent their summers in the area. One of the most famous new businesses is Rockaway Taco, owned by Andrew Field and David Selig. The new found popularity of Rockaway Park and the Rockaways has increased travel options to the area. In addition to the A train and LIRR (which goes to Far Rockaway, from there one must transfer to the Q22 bus to get to Rockaway Park), you can now take Rockabus from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or a ferry from the South Street Seaport to the Jacob Riis Park part of the Rockaways (once in Jacob Riis,transfer to the Q22 to get to Rockaway Park
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