Tag: Rockaway Beach
The Parks Department wants to add two new surf-only beaches in Rockaway. If approved, the proposal would double the number of year-round surfer-only beaches in New York City. Since 2005, surfing has been allowed between Beaches 67th and Beach 69th streets. Another surf-only beach opened in 2007 between Beach 87th and Beach 92nd streets. The […]
FEMA, the government agency responsible for disaster relief, wants a refund from a number of senior citizens in Queens for the money that was provided in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. At least a dozen residents at Belle Harbor Manor, an assisted living facility, spent four months in emergency shelters after the destruction wrought by Sandy. They say that aid […]
The city released renderings of the new Rockaways boardwalk this week, and they look pretty much as you’d expect. Gone is the mostly wooden construction that was demolished in Hurricane Sandy, replaced with a sleek concrete walkway. Truth told, it looks more like a sidewalk than a boardwalk, but should hold up better against future […]
