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Forest Hills & The Rockaways, Queens: the Gothamly guide
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Concert nights
Forest Hills Stadium
1 Tennis Pl · The 1923 tennis stadium turned summer amphitheater · LIRR from Penn in 15 minutes
- Always
Forest Hills Gardens
Station Square · A 1909 Tudor garden suburb by Olmsted Jr. · Free to walk, startling to find
- Daily
Rockaway Beach & Boardwalk
Beach 9th to Beach 149th · Free · New York’s only legal surf beaches, at 67th and 87th
- Seasonal
NYC Ferry — Rockaway Route
Wall St to Beach 108th · An hour on the water for the price of a subway ride
- Daily
Jacob Riis Park
Rockaway Beach · The 1932 Art Deco bathhouse and the widest beach in the city
- Daily
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Broad Channel · Free · Over 300 bird species inside the city limits — bring binoculars
- Anytime
Fort Tilden
Rockaway peninsula · dunes, gun-battery ruins & the wild beach — bike over from Riis
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