Rockaway Parkway is a major commercial street in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

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Canarsie High School

Canarsie High School

Canarsie High School is a public high school in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie in New York City.-Student demographics:84.51% Black or African American, 11.47% Hispanic or Latino, 2.07% White non-Hispanic, 1.66% Asian and 0.28% Native American. The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is...

, as well as a firehouse and several homes and businesses are on Rockaway Parkway. The Rockaway Parkway station is the southern terminus of the BMT Canarsie Line

BMT Canarsie Line

The Canarsie Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn...

 ( train). The B42 bus runs primarily along Rockaway Parkway, and riders can board free at the Rockaway Parkway subway station.

Description

It begins at Foster Avenue in Canarsie, intersects Linden Boulevard and Flatlands Avenue

Flatlands Avenue

Flatlands Avenue is a major street in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It runs approximately five miles east / west, from Avenue N and East 35th Street in Flatlands, Brooklyn in the west to Forbell Street, east of Fountain Avenue....

, crosses under the Belt Parkway

Belt Parkway

The Belt System is a series of connected limited-access highways that form a belt-like circle around the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The system comprises four officially separate parkways; however, three of the four are signed as the Belt Parkway...

, and ends at Canarsie Pier. Northbound and southbound traffic are separated in some places by a median.

See also

• Rockaway Parkway Line
  Rockaway Parkway Line
  The Rockaway Parkway Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Rockaway Parkway between Canarsie Pier and the Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway...