Belle Harbor, Queens

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129-0-129-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park, NY 11694, USA

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N40° 34' 33.3786" W73° 50' 53.48616"   (40.5759385, -73.8481906) Start navigation »

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Belle Harbor is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is a tight-knit, affluent community located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. A large number of residents are of Irish or Italian descent and are often members of the NYPD, FDNY, or a financial firm on Wall Street. Belle Harbor is typically referred to the area between Beach 126th and Beach 141st Streets. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14. According to the 2010 United States Census, the neighborhood, coupled with nearby Neponsit, had a population just over 5,400.
Belle Harbor is the site of the fatal 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587. It was further devastated by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, but has since been rebuilt.

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