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Three firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm house fire in Far Rockaway early Wednesday morning.
Rockaway Beach re-opened for swimming on Wednesday, two days after a beachgoer was attacked by a shark there, officials said – as the FDNY and NYPD announced they are using drones to scan the ...
BACK TO THE BEACH By now, I’m like, I’ve got to get back to the beach. It’s usually less crowded by the afternoon but it’s also when the wind starts to pick up. It gets a little choppier.
Rockaway beaches were once again temporarily closed after FDNY drones spotted a shark at Beach 102nd Street Sunday afternoon. Rockaway beaches from Beach 83rd to 120th were closed for swimming until 3 ...
There have recently conversations online about a new Pelican Brewing location coming to 165 S Miller Street in Rockaway Beach. Recently, a Facebook profile for Pelican Brewery was created, listing the ...
Last year, the taco stand added its boardwalk location, a block from the original stand at Beach 96th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard. "The food vendors on the boardwalk have been an amazing ...
Rockaway residents are pushing back against the NYC Parks Department’s decision to handover a concessions contract along the Rockaway Beach Boardwalk to the team behind Brooklyn Bazaar.. The ...
Since 2011, Rockaway Beach Club has sold the best food at Rockaway Beach. But now a new group called Rockaway Beach Bazaar has been named the concessionaire by New York City’s Parks Department ...
Locals Surf School, another Rockaway Beach fixture that started out in 2011 storing boards in the back of an old silver van, has also opened a cafe and a 100-locker surfboard storage business at ...
Officials say FDNY drones spotted a shark at Beach 102nd Street at around 2:30 p.m. Per protocol, the beach was closed for one hour -- about one mile in each direction from the location where the ...
Today DNAinfo reported that uber-hip pizza joint Roberta's, located in Bushwick, is eyeing a second space in the Rockaways. According to DNAinfo, "A lease was signed earlier this month for a lot on ...
Rockaway Beach was a thriving tourist attraction until the mid-1950s, when the construction of Table Rock Dam turned Lake Taneycomo — which abuts Rockaway Beach — from a water water lake to a ...