8 / 10: Breezy Point Resort offers golfers three different 18-hole courses to play at, Deacon’s Lodge, Whitebirch Course and Traditional Course. (Kelly Humphrey, Brainerd Dispatch) ...

Breezy Point, a gated community in the Rockaways, has committed to rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy. All photos by Nathan Kensinger. Deep dives on cities, architecture, design, real estate, and ...

10 / 43: People have fun Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 during Breezy Point Ice Fest. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch 11 / 43: People have fun Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 during Breezy Point Ice Fest.

Linda Strong, 59, a school secretary who has lived full time in Breezy Point for 37 years, said she and her son sunk $400,000 to renovate their home. The renovation was finished in August 2011.

Breezy Point was created in the early 1900s as a summer enclave. Sleeping quarters were tents near the beach. These were replaced by small cottages from 1910-1920.

And that seems within their right: All Breezy Point’s private land belongs to a large co-op, which, like most Park Avenue apartments houses, curtails access. Here, though, annual charges are ...