ZIP 11414 is Howard Beach, the marina-flanked, Italian-American-rooted, waterfront pocket of southern Queens. Cross Bay Boulevard cuts the ZIP north-south; the Belt Parkway forms the southern edge against Jamaica Bay. Terp Bros Ozone Park dispatches Howard Beach deliveries from Ozone Park Blvd.
Howard Beach is two communities by feel, Old Howard Beach (north of the Belt Parkway) is dense residential brick + frame houses on quarter-acre lots. New Howard Beach (south of the Belt) is the marina-front planned development with waterfront frame houses, boat slips, and Spring Creek Park views. The cuisine is deep Italian-American, Lindenwood Diner is the 24-hour anchor, multiple coal-oven pizzerias dot Cross Bay Blvd Blvd.
The A train serves Howard Beach-JFK Airport on the southern edge. The Q11, Q21, Q41 buses run Cross Bay Boulevard. From the Ozone Park depot, drivers reach 11414 in 10-15 minutes south on Cross Bay Blvd.
The 24-hour Italian-American diner at 153-43 Cross Bay Boulevard, the de-facto Howard Beach late-night anchor since 1972.
The north-south commercial spine running the length of 11414 from the Belt Parkway south to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.
The 234-acre Jamaica Bay waterfront park forming the eastern edge of 11414, Gateway National Recreation Area, herons + osprey nesting.
