The name Reckowacky was used to distinguish the Rockaway village from other Mohegan villages "Reckowacky" means "lonely place", or "place of waters bright". The indigenous inhabitants of the Rockaways were the Canarsie Indians, a band of Lenape, whose name was associated with the geography. Other spellings include Requarkie, Rechouwakie, Rechaweygh, Rechquaakie and Reckowacky, transliterated in Dutch and English by early colonists. The name "Rockaway" may have meant "place of sands" in the Munsee language of the Native American Lenape who occupied this area at the time of European contact in the early 17th century. All ZIP Codes in Rockaway begin with the three digits 116 and the central post office is in Far Rockaway. As of 2007, the peninsula's total population is estimated to be just below 130,000. The peninsula is part of Queens Community District 14 and is patrolled by the 100th and 101st Precincts of the New York City Police Department. This includes the smaller areas of Roxbury and Rockaway Point, as well as * Fort Tilden
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