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Jacob Riis Park
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Jacob Riis Park
Jacob Riis Park
in the
New York City
borough
of
Queens
, is part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of the
Gateway National Recreation Area
, and is managed by the
National Park Service
(NPS). It lies at the foot of the
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
, toward the southwestern end the
Rockaway Peninsula
, just east of
Fort Tilden
and west of
Rockaway Beach
. The
Jacob Riis Park Historic District
features an extensive sand beach and an art deco
bath house
built in 1932, and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
. The bathhouse provides a place to get out of the sun and learn about the park's history. The park is named for
Jacob Riis
, a famous New York City
muckraker
journalist and photographer who documented the plight of the poor and working class. It is associated with the Jacob Riis Park Historic District, which it is in.
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