![]() The railroad abandoned the Rockaway Beach Branch in 1950 because of the shift of many people to driving private cars. Bungalows were the homes of choice for many residents who lived in Far Rockaway. With its nearby beach, Far Rockaway attracted tourists and vacationers from the other boroughs. This and individual properties, such as the Russell Sage Memorial Church, Trinity Chapel, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District recognizes an area with a distinct character. Looking east from Beach 48th Street at location of former bungalows cleared for a development project In 19, a bill approving the secession passed in the legislature but was vetoed by the New York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel. Far Rockaway, Hammels, and Arverne, all of Queens, tried to secede from the city several times. īy 1898, the area was incorporated into the Greater City of New York, which included Queens. It incorporated as a village on September 19 of that year. Land values increased and businesses in the area grew, and by 1888, Far Rockaway was a relatively large village. Benjamin Mott gave the LIRR 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land for a railroad depot. When it opened in the 1880s, this connection stimulated population growth on the Rockaway Peninsula. The steam railroad went to Long Island City and Flatbush Terminal (now Atlantic Terminal). By the 1880s, the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch was built to serve Far Rockaway station. A ferry powered by steam sailed from Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. In the 19th century, people traveled to the Rockaways by horse-drawn carriages or on horseback. The Marine Hotel burned to the ground in 1864, but more hotels and private residences were built in the area. The Rockaway Association also built the Rockaway Turnpike. They developed the Marine Pavilion on that site, which attracted such guests as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, and the Vanderbilt family. The association, consisting of many wealthy members who had homes in the area, bought most of Cornell's old homestead property. In the late 19th century, the Rockaway Association wanted to build a hotel on the Rockaway Peninsula, as it was increasingly popular as a summer destination. At his death, Cornell was buried in a small family cemetery, Cornell Cemetery. Cornell and his family lived on a homestead on what is now Central Avenue, near the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Palmer and the Town of Hempstead disputed over who owned Rockaway, so in 1687 he sold the land to Richard Cornell, an iron master from Flushing. The Rockaway Peninsula was originally designated as part of the Town of Hempstead, then a part of Queens County. ![]() In 1685, the band chief, Tackapoucha, and the English governor of the province agreed to sell the Rockaways to a Captain Palmer for 31 pounds sterling. In 1664, the English defeated the Dutch colony and took over their lands in present-day New York. By 1639, the Mohegan tribe sold most of the Rockaways to the Dutch West India Company. The indigenous inhabitants of the Rockaways were the Canarsie Indians, a band of Mohegan, whose name was associated with the geography.
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