East Rockaway is a village on the south shore of Nassau County, Long Island.
A picturesque community, the village was incorporated in an effort by the village fathers to fight ag.
Shipping waned, milling became obsolete, and new families arrived as East Rockaway entered the 20th century.
In 1689, Joseph Haviland built a gristmill, which became the center of economic, social, and cultural life for the next century and a half, until the arrival of the railroad changed the focus of East Rockaway.
East Rockaway is a village on the south shore of Nassau County, Long Island