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Forest Hills & The Rockaways, Queens →Fort Tilden
Rockaway peninsula · dunes, gun-battery ruins & the wild beach — bike over from Riis
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More in Forest Hills & The Rockaways, Queens
- Forest Hills Stadium1 Tennis Pl · The 1923 tennis stadium turned summer amphitheater · LIRR from Penn in 15 minutes
- Forest Hills GardensStation Square · A 1909 Tudor garden suburb by Olmsted Jr. · Free to walk, startling to find
- Rockaway Beach & BoardwalkBeach 9th to Beach 149th · Free · New York’s only legal surf beaches, at 67th and 87th
- NYC Ferry — Rockaway RouteWall St to Beach 108th · An hour on the water for the price of a subway ride
- Jacob Riis ParkRockaway Beach · The 1932 Art Deco bathhouse and the widest beach in the city
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeBroad Channel · Free · Over 300 bird species inside the city limits — bring binoculars