Belle Harbor is a neighborhood in the New York City
borough of
Queens. It is a tight-knit, affluent community located on the western half of the
Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor is typically referred to the area between Beach 126th and Beach 141st Streets. The neighborhood is part of
Queens Community Board 14. According to the
2010 United States Census, the neighborhood, coupled with nearby
Neponsit, had a population just over 5,400.