The Rockaways may technically be in Queens but, now that Williamsburg foodies are taking over the beach-side concessions and bearded surfers are everywhere, they have to be considered an honorary extension of Brooklyn. In case you needed further confirmation of the area’s hipification, the Wall Street Journal (via NY Mag) reports that Sean MacPherson (man-about-Montauk and developer of the Bowery and Jane hotels) is thinking about a project by the sea: “It’s the Lower East Side on the beach. It’s like, ‘Why are people not living out here?'” Obviously by “people” he means the cultured and moneyed classes. He does have a point though: Why spend your weekend in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Route 27 when you can just hop on the A train instead!
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