Rockwood Park

Rockwood Park is a neighborhood in Howard Beach, in the New York City borough of Queens on the west side of Cross Bay Boulevard. It mainly consist of single family homes and is considered to be a more upper class section of Howard Beach. It is commonly referred to as "New Howard" by many residents. The area is situated between 79th and 92 Streest (these are north south streets) and 156th and 164th Avenues (the east west streets). The Q41 bus line serves Rockwood Park. To the west of 79th street, the last street in the neighborhood, lies the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in which lies the border between Brooklyn and Queens. The area remained primarily undeveloped during the first half of the 1900's. After the Second World War marsh land...