Breezy Point, Queens, New York City
|
Getting Started
Index
NYC Neighborhoods
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Staten Island
NYC Icons
Chrysler Building
Flatiron Building
Empire State Building
Safe NYC
NYPD
FDNY
NYC Weather
NYC Climate
NYC Weather Forecast
Winter Season
Spring Season
Summer Season
Fall Season
NYC History & Politics
New York City History
Tammany Hall and Politics
New York City Politicians
New York City Personalities
Culture of Gotham City
Culture of the city
Cultural diversity
City in popular culture
|
Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the westward end of the Rockaway Peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet / Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the community's exclusive zip code (11697) has the nation's highest concentration of Irish-Americans, at just above 60%. It functions mainly as a summer get-away for many residents of New York. Estimates put summer residency at 12,000, while year-round residency is estimated at about 5,000.
The Town is run by The Breezy Point Cooperative, in which all residents pay the maintenance, security and community-oriented costs involved with keeping the town private. Its US zip code (11697) is reported to have the highest per capita consumption of Budweiser in the world.
History
Breezy Point was sold to the Atlantic Improvement State Corporation for $17 million dollars in 1960. The area had become a local getaway for New Yorkers and consisted mostly of bungalows and summer residents. The residents of the community purchased half of the land for approximately $11 million and formed the Breezy Point Cooperative. Today, it consists of about 3,500 homes, more than half of which are year-round housing with more being converted and built every season.
|
New York City Search
Quick NYC
|
|
|
How safe is New York City? Contrary to popular belief, the City consistantly ranks in the top ten safest large cities in the United States. The NYPD is the largest municipal police force in the world and has it's own Movie/TV Unit.
|
New York has a humid continental climate resulting from prevailing wind patterns that bring cool air from the interior of the North American continent. New York winters are typically cold with moderate snowfall. New York Weather Forecast
|
New York's two key demographic features are its density and diversity. The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. It is also home to nearly a quarter of the nation's South Asians, and the largest African American community of any city in the country. Ethnic composition
|
New York Newspapers
|