Lifeguards at Rockaway Beach, Queens, sprang into action on the Fourth of July, blowing whistles and keeping a close watch ...

Multiple shark sightings caused a temporary beach closure in New York City after two sharks were spotted in the waters off Rockaway beach in Queens.

Another shark sighting temporarily closed Rockaway Beach on Monday afternoon, officials said. NYPD drones captured the shark ...

The family of the 65-year-old Queens woman who lost “20 pounds of flesh” in a grisly shark attack off Rockaway Beach said Wednesday she is “grateful to be alive” after the harrowing encounter.

The Rockaway Beach attack appeared to be the first confirmed shark bite in New York City in decades, but city officials said they were amping up efforts to monitor the city’s beaches using ...