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Marine Park, Brooklyn PLACES TO EAT BY TRAIN/BUS: Take the Q or R trains to Avenue U. Food Transfer to B3 heading east and exit at Avenue U BEACH 116TH, ROCKAWAYS and East 33rd Street bus stop. • Paninico Café: Or take 2 train to Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College. 241 Beach 116th Street, 718-474-2002 Walk two minutes southeast to Avenue H and • Cuisine by Claudette: Nostrand Avenue. Take B41 to Flatbush Avenue 143 Beach 116th Street, 718-945-5511 and Fillmore Avenue. Take B100 heading west • Belle Harbor Steak House: and exit at Fillmore Avenue and Marine Parkway. 268 Beach 116th Street, 718-318-5100 BY CAR: Belt Parkway to exit 11N, Flatbush Avenue • O’Sake Japanese Restaurant: North. Merge onto Flatbush Avenue heading north. Turn left on Avenue U. Continue .5 mile west along Jamaica Bay – 263 Beach 116th Street, 718-945-8888 Avenue U. The park is located on the north and south For a full list of restaurants, please visit side of Avenue U. Parking is available in the lot located nycgo.com/jamaicabay opposite the Salt Marsh Nature Center located on JACOB RIIS BEACH, ROCKAWAYS Avenue U between East 33rd Street and Stuart Street. • Eddie’s Pizza Rockaway Parks Rockaway Beaches, Queens • Lickety Split (snackbar food) • Pura Vida (healthy foods and smoothies) BEACH 21ST STREET Fun Things to Do in America’s Great Urban Park • Rickshaw Dumplings BY TRAIN/BUS: Take A train to Far Rockaway/ Mott Avenue stop. Transfer to the free shuttle bus MARINE PARK going to Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue. • Ice cream-truck vendor – Fillmore Avenue and Madison Place BEACH 86TH STREET BY TRAIN: Take A train to Beach 90 Street. THE ROCKAWAYS Walk four blocks northwest. • Mobile food unit at B69 Street • Snackbar at B86 Street BY BUS: Rockabus shuttle service from Williamsburg, Metropolitan Avenue and Meeker Avenue; from Grand • Snackbar at B97 Street (July 4) Army Plaza, Flatbush Avenue, directly across from the • Snackbar at B106 Street (June 20) Brooklyn Public Library; and from the Lower East Side: East Houston off of 1st Avenue. rockabus.com GETTING THERE BEACH 108TH STREET AND BEACH CHANNEL DRIVE BY TRAIN: Take A train to Beach 105 Street.

Canarsie Pier, Brooklyn Walk three blocks southwest. Take L train to Canarsie/Rockaway Parkway stop to B42. Walk three minutes southeast to destination. BY FERRY: Weekdays from East 34th Street/FDR and Pier 11/Wall Street. seastreakusa.com Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn Weekends starting July 4th from Pier 11 at South BY BUS: Q35 Street/Wall Street. newyorkbeachferry.com Jacob Riis Park, Rockaways, Queens BY CAR: Take LIE/I-495 E to Exit #19 for Woodhaven Boulevard. Turn right onto Woodhaven Boulevard. BY TRAIN/BUS: Take 2 train to Flatbush Avenue- Continue onto Cross Bay Boulevard. Take exit for Brooklyn College. Take Q35 to Rockaway Beach Riis Park. Merge onto Beach Channel Drive. Turn Boulevard and Neposit Hospital. left at Beach 108th Street. BY BUS: Rockabus shuttle service from Williamsburg, Metropolitan Avenue and Meeker Avenue; from Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Avenue, directly across GETTING AROUND from the Brooklyn Public Library; and from the Lower East Side: East Houston off of 1st JAMAICA BAY- Avenue. rockabus.com. Or take Q22, Q35, QM16. BY FERRY: Weekends and holidays only from Pier 11 ROCKAWAY PARKS at South Street/Wall Street to Riis Landing. FREE SHUTTLE TRAIN: A special shuttle train newyorkbeachferry.com operates between Mott Avenue/Beach 21st Street BY CAR: Take LIE/I-495 E to Exit #19 for Woodhaven and Beach 90th Street. Boulevard. Turn right onto Woodhaven Blvd. Continue BY BUS: Q22 provides local bus service between onto Cross Bay Boulevard. Take exit for Riis Park. Mott Avenue/Beach 21st Street and Beach 169th Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Street (at Rockaway Point Boulevard). Rockaways, Queens BY BIKE:Take Ocean Avenue to Neptune Avenue, which turns into Emmons Avenue. This eventually BY TRAIN/BUS: Take A train to Rockaway Boulevard, turns into the Greenway. transfer to Q53-LTD. Walk three minutes northwest. *Due to MTA service changes, please check BY BUS: Q52, Q53 mta.info for updated trip directions. Summer 2013