Camp Rockaway at the Jacob Riis bathhouse runs from June – Oct. 2018. Jacob Riis Park is located in Rockaway, within the Gateway Recreation Area of New York and New Jersey. Summer and fall are the perfect seasons to visit Riis beach. Quiet sunrise beach walks give way to the bustling “people’s beach”, with the Riis Park Beach Bazaar’s food vendors, beach equipment rentals & regular live entertainment scattered up and down the boardwalk. Biking, birding, nature watching, fishing, hiking and more are just a a short walk away in historic Fort Tilden Accommodations at Camp Rockaway include furnished safari tents. Just steps from the ocean, the property offers a communal fire pit, a picnic area, camp store, hammocks and games.