ROCKAWAY ARTISTS ALLIANCE
The Rockaway Artists Alliance is a nonprofit that engages
residents in the arts and cultural activities. The group provides
free lectures, presentations, exhibitions, and special events as well
as organizing beautification projects. Working with the Gateway
National Recreational Area, the alliance is renovating previously
dilapidated buildings to establish and cultural arts center.
Address: 260 Beach 116th Street, Rockaway Park,
www.rockawayartistsalliance.org.
ROCKAWAY THEATRE COMPANY
Founded in 1997, the Rockaway Theatre Company offers
performances intermittently throughout the year, usually Broadway
musicals, comedies, and dramas. Past performances include Guys
and Dolls, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Fiddler On the Roof,
Oklahoma, and Annie Get Your Gun. This nonprofit’s faculty
teaches workshops in such subjects as acting, vocal, tap dance,
dancing, stage management, sound, light design, and musical
theater history.
Inside scoop: The company performs at a renovated theater that
was once a cinema for United States Army personnel.
Address: Fort Tilden’s Post Theatre (Building T4), The
Rockaways, www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org.
Rockaway Restaurants
Riis Park Beach Bazaar, 167-02 Rockaway Beach Boulevard,
Rockaway Park, 11694, www.riisparkbeachbazaar.com.
Thai Rock, 375 Beach 92nd Street, Rockaway Beach, 11693,
718-945-5111, www.thairock.us.
Wharf Bar & Grill, 416 Beach 116th Street,
Rockaway Beach, 11694, 718-474-8807.
Rockaway Hotels
Camp Rockaway, a landscaping glamping community at Jamaica
Bay is set for a 2017 opening, www.camprockaway.com.
Playland Motel, 97-20 Rockaway Beach Boulevard,
Rockaway Beach, 11693, 347-954-9063, www.playlandmotel.com.
Surfside Motel, 164-33 Cross Bay Boulevard,
Howard Beach, 11414, 718-641-8400, www.surfside3motel.com.
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