Rockaway Waterfront Alliance is a partnership of community members who promote public waterfront access through conservation, education and recreation. To ensure the long-term vitality and health of the Rockaway waterfront we work with the local community, and specifically youth, to raise their environmental consciousness, establish a sense of ownership of the public waterfront, and create opportunities for them to play a role in the determination of their neighborhoods.
Our philosophy is that the public waterfront is for all people to enjoy. We believe people from all ethnic backgrounds deserve the same right to use, access and enjoy their waterfront.
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance believes the local community has a unique opportunity to make positive change in their communities. Partnering with local residents and youth in our efforts to revitalize and protect the waterfront will have a long lasting effect on the waterfront and the Far Rockaway community.
We hope that through our programs and community outreach the Rockaway community will be empowered to establish community-led initiatives that will create a diverse, vibrant, healthy and active waterfront; created by the community for the community.