Roxbury, Queens

Roxbury is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens originally settled by Irish immigrants in the early 20th century.

[1] The neighborhood is just west of the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and adjoins Fort Tilden.

[2] Roxbury is part of the Breezy Point Cooperative, a private property owning corporation of residents.

Roxbury, like other parts of the Rockaway Peninsula, has a significantly larger proportion of residents with Irish-American heritage.

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