Hammels, Queens
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Hammels is a section of Rockaway Beach on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located west of Arverne and east of Seaside. Its main thoroughfare is Beach Channel Drive. The A train passes through the neighborhood. The Hammel Houses, a public housing project built in the 1950s, are located in the neighborhood.
Hammels is named for local landowner Louis Hammel (1836-1904). During the summers he ran a hotel in the area. In 1878, he gave land to the New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad for construction of the "Hammels" station, which was used as the name for the entire community. In 1897, Hammels merged with Hollands and was incorporated as the Village of Rockaway Beach. The following year Rockaway Beach became part of the City of Greater New York when the five boroughs consolidated into a single city.[1]
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- ^ Hammel Playground, accessed December 12, 2006
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