. Summer homes on Long Island. A brief description of New York and Brooklyn's nearest summer resorts .. . It is hardly necessary topoint out any of the advan-tages of such well-knownplaces as Coney Island andRockaway Beach, whichhave been familiar to thetraveling public for manyyears. There have been,however, many changes inrecent years in the matterof hotel facilities and cot-tage life. Just back ofManhattan Beach, with itsworld-renowned Manhat-tan and Oriental Hotels,is Sheepshead Bay, an ex-ceedingly popular near-byresort, with its numerouscottages. Beyond Jamaicaare many new settlementstha
. Summer homes on Long Island. A brief description of New York and Brooklyn's nearest summer resorts .. . It is hardly necessary topoint out any of the advan-tages of such well-knownplaces as Coney Island andRockaway Beach, whichhave been familiar to thetraveling public for manyyears. There have been,however, many changes inrecent years in the matterof hotel facilities and cot-tage life. Just back ofManhattan Beach, with itsworld-renowned Manhat-tan and Oriental Hotels,is Sheepshead Bay, an ex-ceedingly popular near-byresort, with its numerouscottages. Beyond Jamaicaare many new settlementsthat offer special advantages because of their proximity to the city. This applies also to Hewletts,Woodmere (Woodsburgh), Lawrence, Far Rockaway, Edgemere and Arverne. To one who hasnot visited Far Rockaway within the last decade the improvements that have been made in thevicinity of this popular ocean resort can hardly be appreciated. These places are no longer mere. A FA^uKITE DKIVE 1:,
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