East Rockaway, New York

East Rockaway, New York
Village
Incorporated Village of East Rockaway
East Rockaway Village Hall on April 25, 2009.
Seal
Location in Nassau County and the state of New York.
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 40°38′37″N 73°40′1″W / 40.64361°N 73.66694°W / 40.64361; -73.66694
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau County, New York
Town	Hempstead
Incorporated	1900
Government
• Mayor	Gordon J. Fox [1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
• Land	1.02 sq mi (2.64 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,159
• Density	9,979.37/sq mi (3,852.97/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	11518
Area code	516
FIPS code	36-22876
GNIS feature ID	0949233
Website	www.villageofeastrockaway.org

East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census.^[3]

The Incorporated Village of East Rockaway is at the edge of Rockaway Peninsula Proper 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, although some have come to include wealthier sections of East Rockaway as a part of Five Towns. East Rockaway is an inner suburb, only 24 km (15 mi) from downtown Manhattan. The primary ethnicities are Italian and Irish. The Waverly Park neighborhood, near the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center [1] and along the border with Hewlett, has a sizable Jewish community.