In the past decade, developers have detected potential in the Rockaways. Now that it's harder to reach by ferry and more expensive to leave by car, will the peninsula's promise peter out?
The peninsula’s long journey out of the economic devastation will be challenged—but, some residents insist, not stopped—by cuts to ferry service and increases in bridge tolls.
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