Rockaway Park

Queens, New York City,Why it made our list Admittedly, its not a particularly scenic or even clean beach, but for millions of subway bound, naturedeprived New Yorkers, its the best theyve got. Also, nothing beats mocking a pale, outofplace hipster worried about getting sand in his custom messenger tote. Rockaway Taco makes pretty much the best tacos ever. And theyre totally worth an hour sweating on the subway.