Where the Sidewalk Ends.(Brief Article)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 02-SEP-02

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Breezy Point is a place where you can pull off a neat, necessary trick of urban living: escaping the city while remaining within the city limits. A slender peninsula of dune grass and stunted trees that separates Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean, Breezy (as it's nicknamed) is one of the few spots in New York City with beaches that would look right on a postcard. There are pieces of driftwood, clamshells, and dried-out seaweed. Seagulls and terns stand around in groups. The dunes are...

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