Rockaway Inlet is bounded by
Brooklyn to the north and
Rockaway Peninsula to the south. It is the entrance to
Jamaica Bay, and most of the inlet is within the boundary of
Gateway National Recreation Area. Its entrance is marked by a light on a jetty extending southward from Rockaway Point. The entrance channel extends westward of the jetty and is marked by lighted buoys. It has a depth of about 15 feet midchannel with a
shoal of only one foot. In 1968 a light failed and the tanker
Mary A. Whalen ran aground, resulting in a case entitled
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. about dividing damage payments. The inlet is spanned by the
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. == See also ==