Where To Catch The City's Only Legal Surf Break
Ride the city's only legal surf break, then walk the boardwalk at this wide Atlantic beach in the Rockaways, Queens.
🏄 Surf off the A train
Rockaway Beach holds the only stretch of ocean in New York City where surfing is legal, and the designated breaks sit a short walk from the subway. The A train runs straight to the peninsula, and board-carrying riders share the platform with beach chairs and coolers all summer. Wide Atlantic sand runs for blocks past a long concrete boardwalk lined with concession stands and food vendors. Lifeguards flag the swimming zones, while surfers keep to their own marked sections. On hot weekends the crowds thicken, and the water stays busy from morning through the evening light.
