Rockaway Beach Hotel is a hotel in Far Rockaway, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Rockaway Queens, New York City”. It opened in 1881. It stands about 6.7 km from the centre of Far Rockaway.[3]
Overview
The Rockaway Beach Hotel, also known as the Hotel Imperial, was a large hotel built in Rockaway, Queens, New York City during the late 1870s and early 1880s by the Rockaway Improvement Company. The hotel, promoted as the "biggest hotel in the world", ran along the Rockaway beachfront from the present-day Beach 110th Street to Beach 116th Street, thus locating it in the contemporary Rockaway Park neighborhood rather than Rockaway Beach as the name implies.
From “Rockaway Beach Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1881. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 6.7 km from the centre of Far Rockaway. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 5 km from the centre of Far Rockaway.[4]
It is one of 4 hotels in and around Far Rockaway recorded in Wikidata, 4 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 4 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Marine Pavilion, opened in 1833.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Curley's Atlas Hotel and Baths — 0.4 km, opened 1876
See also
References
- ^ Rockaway Beach Hotel (Q7354945). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Rockaway Beach Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-03-29.
- ^ Far Rockaway (Q62460). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Far Rockaway. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.