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Village in New York, United States
10,159Population
1 sq miArea
10 ftElevation

East Rockaway is a village located within Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 10,159 at the time of the 2020 census. The Village of East Rockaway is located on the eastern edge of Rockaway Peninsula in the town of Hempstead, adjacent to Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett, Rockville Centre, Lynbrook, and Oceanside. It is the final neighborhood before the beginning of Five Towns to the west – although some have come to include wealthier sections of East Rockaway as a part of Five Towns. The village is an inner suburb, only 24 km (15 mi) from downtown Manhattan. The primary ethnicities are Italian and Irish. The Waverly Park neighborhood, near …

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