Nov. 17, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Rockaway residents are facing a wave of anxiety over the upcoming four-month shutdown of the A train, the only subway line connecting the peninsula to the mainland. Locals packed a town hall on Thursday evening at the YMCA on Beach 73rd Street, bemoaning what will be four months…
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Rockaway residents voice frustration over four-month A train shutdown at packed town hall
Rockaway residents are facing a wave of anxiety over the upcoming four-month shutdown of the A train, the only subway line connecting the peninsula to the mainland. Locals packed a town hall on Thursday evening at the YMCA on Beach 73rd Street, bemoaning what will be four months of hardship between January and May…
Rockaway lifeguards compete in annual Olympics-style event
Aug. 3, 2023 By John Schilling More than 100 lifeguards gathered on Beach 106th Street in Rockaway Park on Monday, July 31, to participate in the 2023 NYC Parks Lifeguard Games, an Olympics-style event that tests the participants’ “strength, teamwork, skill and lifesaving prowess” through friendly competition. The annual event was first held in Rockaway…
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Teen drowns in rough surf in the Rockaways after lifeguards cleared beach due to lightning: NYC Parks
Jul. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenager drowned off Beach 75th Street in the Averne section of the Rockaways on Sunday evening when he became trapped in the rough surf after lifeguards cleared the waters ahead of a thunderstorm, according to NYC Parks. The 14-year-old boy went swimming just before 5 p.m. after lifeguards…
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FDNY battles two-alarm blaze in vacant Fort Tilden factory, squatters may be to blame: Councilwoman
Jun. 9, 2023 By Bill Parry As the smog from the Canadian wildfires continued to move offshore overnight in the Rockaways, the FDNY had to battle an early morning blaze in Fort Tilden that belched prodigious amounts of smoke and blotted out the blue skies near the Riis Ferry Landing. The fire broke out in…
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City announces beach closures in the Rockaways will continue this summer without impacting the boardwalk
Apr. 4, 2023 By Bill Parry The city announced that beach closures in the Rockaways will continue throughout the summer season, but it will be contained to a much smaller area than last year and will not impact concessions on the boardwalk, according to the city’s Parks Department. NYC Parks and the U.S. Army Corps…
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City to expand health care access in the Rockaways with new $30 million community health facility
Apr. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health and the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced plans to open a new $30 million comprehensive community health center in Far Rockaway. On March 30, the health system’s board of directors voted to approve a proposal to sign a 32-year lease for the…
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