Seaside is a section of the
Rockaway Peninsula in the
New York City
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borough
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History
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of
Queens
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. It is bordered by the
Rockaway Beach neighborhood on the east, and by the neighborhood of
Rockaway Park on the west. Formerly a resort community of small seasonal bungalows, Seaside is today dominated by middle-income high-rise
Mitchell-Lama apartment buildings along its south shore beachfront. The zip code of Seaside is 11694.
The main roads through Seaside are
Rockaway Beach Boulevard,
Rockaway Freeway, and the never-finished
Shore Front Parkway. The southern end of the
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge can be found between Seaside and Rockaway Park. Seaside contains
New York City Subway
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stations on the
IND Rockaway Line () at
Beach 105th and
Beach 98th Streets.
References
External links
Seaside Library (Queens Public Library)
Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens
Populated coastal places in New York (state)
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