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In the Borough of Queens there are three volunteer houses on the far western end of what is called the Rockaway Peninsula or simply the "Rockaways". The communities of Roxbury, Point Rockaway and Breeze Point are about as far removed from a typical NYC neighborhood and still be within NYC.

Development began in the early 20th century, when the Rockaway Point Company rented tent sites to vacationers, most of them Irish immigrants. Land once owned by the city became part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in 1972.



Crossing the Gil Hodges Bridge across the Rockaway Inlet the first firehouse you come to is the quarters of the Roxbury Fire Department.