I don’t know about you, but the thought of missiles rising out of their silos on the shores of Queens scares the heck out of me. The fact that anyone thought this was a good idea, and necessary to the ...

Since closing due to Hurricane Sandy (that was 2012, readers!), the beach at Fort Tilden is finally open again. Bedford and Bowery reported yesterday that the National Parks Service quietly reopened ...

Starring Bridey Elliott, Clare McNulty and Jeffrey Scaperrotta. Directed by Sarah Violet-Bliss and Charles Rogers. Rated R for strong language, sexual content, some graphic nudity and brief drug use.

Aerial view of Katharina Grosse’s “Rockaway!” at Fort Tilden, with the artist waving below (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of the most remarkable places accessible to the public in ...

Yayoi Kusama (maybe you know her from the Superchunk song) will bring her “Narcissus Garden” installation, consisting of 1000+ mirrored steel spheres, to the Rockaways’ Fort Tilden in July. The rain ...

A prominent piece of New York City’s military history in Rockaway will soon be no more. The National Park Service is demolishing Fort Tilden’s building T-9, meaning this will be the final summer that ...

Ah, the unexpected antics that befall Todd P’s Unamplified Acoustic BBQs. The premise to these independently organized escapades is fairly simple: there’s no amplification (so that no permit is ...

There are two kinds of beachy cocktails. Go there in your mind for a second and think of something you’d typically drink on or near a beach. Does it have rum? Some tropical juices? A little umbrella ...