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Breezy Point, New York

Breezy Point
Neighborhood of Queens
Breezy Point Shopping Center
Breezy Point Shopping Center
Nickname(s): Irish Riviera, Cois Farraige
Breezy Point is located in New York City
Breezy Point
Breezy Point
Breezy Point is located in New York
Breezy Point
Breezy Point
Breezy Point is located in the US
Breezy Point
Breezy Point
Coordinates: 40°33′23″N 73°55′34″W / 40.5564945°N 73.9262483°W / 40.5564945; -73.9262483
Country  United States
State  New York
County Queens
Area
 • Total 2.0 km2 (0.78 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 4,079
Ethnicity
 • White 98.2%
 • Black 0.1%
 • Hispanic 1.2%
 • Asian 0.6%
 • Other 0.1%
Economics
 • Median income $86,941
ZIP code 11697
Area code(s) 718 Exchanges: 318,474,634,734,945.

Coordinates: 40°33′23″N 73°55′34″W / 40.5564945°N 73.9262483°W / 40.5564945; -73.9262483

Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay on the landward side, and the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 14. The community is run by the Breezy Point Cooperative, in which all residents pay the maintenance, security, and community-oriented costs involved with keeping the community private. The cooperative owns the entire 500-acre (2 km2) community; residents own their homes and hold shares in the cooperative. Breezy Point and the Rockaways are less urbanized than most of the rest of New York City.

Breezy Point Tip, to the west of the community, is part of Gateway National Recreation Area, which is run by the National Park Service. This isolated, 200-acre (0.81 km2) area includes an ocean-facing beach, a shoreline on Jamaica Bay, sand dunes, and marshland. It is a breeding spot for the piping plover, least tern, black skimmer, American oystercatcher and common tern.


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