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The Ramones turned the peninsula into punk geography with their 1977 song “Rockaway Beach,” a cultural connection NYC Parks itself highlights in the beach's history.
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Rockaway Beach is New York City's only legal surfing beach, making the peninsula both a disaster-recovery landscape and an active ocean-sports destination.
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Sandy destroyed most of the old wooden Rockaway boardwalk; the completed replacement uses concrete, raised sections and flood-resilience features informed by the storm.
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The Rockaway boardwalk rebuilt after Sandy runs 5.5 miles, and its concrete structure is designed as coastal infrastructure as well as a promenade.
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