Conception and early history The first real interest in modern-day Atlantic Beach came in 1922 when Robert Moses – the famous highway builder and public works czar, and Chairman of the State Council of Parks – included Atlantic Beach as part of his "State Park Plan for New York". The blueprints, which are on file at the archives in Albany, showed a parkway from central Queens to a bridge crossing Reynolds Channel with architecturally refined facilities for thousands of beach goers; however, cost overruns on many of Robert Moses' other projects at the time and other factors dampened his plans, which were ultimately abandoned.
conception and early history the first real interest in modern-day atlantic beach came in 1922 when robert moses – the famous highway builder and public works czar and chairman of the state council of parks – included atlantic beach as part of his "state park plan for new york" the blueprints which are on file at the archives in albany showed a parkway from central queens to a bridge crossing reynolds channel with architecturally refined facilities for thousands of beach goers; however cost overruns on many of robert moses' other projects at the time and other factors dampened his plans which were ultimately abandoned