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Rockaway Beach shark attack victim loses '20 pounds of flesh' after bite
August 8, 2023 | 12:12pmThe woman bitten by a shark while swimming alone at Rockaway Beach is believed to have lost “approx🐠imately 20 pounds of flesh” in the rare attack -- believed to be...
Rockaway Beach closed Tuesday aft🌱er first shark attack since 1953 leaves woman with g⭕ruesome leg injury
August 8, 2023 | 9:51amThe Queens hotspot will be closed off from swimming and surfing one day afꦦter a woman was seriously injured by a shark.
🎃 Woman, 50, bitten by shark at Rockaway Beach, suffers gruesome leg injury in ‘extremely rare’ attack not seen since 1953
August 7, 2023 | 8:19pmShark sightings have become more coဣꩵmmon in recent years in Queens and on Long Island.
👍 Two men shot dead, four others in🧸jured in less than 24 hours in NYC
February 26, 2023 | 8:54amTwo men were gunned down and two other people were injured in three separate shootings over less than 24 hours duri൩ng a bloody weekend in New York City, polﷺice said.
Surfers, hard hats make deജsperate attempt to save beached whale in Rockaways🅷
December 13, 2022 | 1:17pmA ragtag group of surfers and construction workers tried to save a beached whale in the Rockaways Tu꧋esday morning by jumping into freezing water in a frantic but futile rescue...
Rockaway Beach’s Jacob Riis Bathhouse to get $50M makeover 𝓰
October 27, 2022 | 4:47pmThe dilapidated Art Deco jewel is getting a multimillion-dollar restoration and the💫 promise of new life as a vendor and event space.
Motorcyclist crashes on NYC boardwꦐalk, leaves passenger to dieඣ: cops
August 30, 2022 | 1:06pmThe passenger, David Molina, 26, was ejected from the bike and hurled to the ground during the initial crash – suffering severe head trauma, authorit﷽ies said.
More NYC s𝓀hark sightings reported at Rockaway Beach, but swimming still allowed
August 10, 2022 | 6:56pm"We never want to close our beaches, but the safety of our swimmers is our top priority," the New York Parks Department said. "Thankfully, on Monday we were able༺ to... 𒀰
Two more sharks spotted at Rockaway Beach as 'scary' sightings, attacks surge in NY
August 9, 2022 | 4:32pmTwo sharks were spotted were spotted at Rockaway Beac🐟h on Monday morning at Beach 73rd Street, accor🐼ding to ABC 7.
🌃 Endangered birds on Rockaway beaches being watched over by NYC nonprofit
July 23, 2022 | 4:41pmVolunteers have been braving the ♔heat this week to protect the endangered piping plovers that flock to Rockaway beaches.
Shark sightings close Rockaway Beach for swimming as NYC heat wave continues 🍨
July 23, 2022 | 4:37pm"Beach goers are 💖not all⛦owed in the water at this time, but the boardwalk and concessions remain open," the Parks Department tweeted at 2:14 p.m.
NYC clo꧃ses Rockaway beaches after 2 more shark sightings
July 19, 2022 | 3:56pmThe sightings have shut down some of the most accessible beaches in the five borough♚s on one of the hottest days of the summer so far.
Best of: Blue-collar NYC, Jersey beaches beat Hamptons in 'best beaches' survey
May 28, 2022 | 10:30amTravel and Leisure recently releas🌱ed its selection of the 25 💯best beaches in the United States.
The summer's hottest beachside club and pool party is in Queens
July 23, 2021 | 4:45pmThe summer’s hottest new pool party is at Queens' Rockaway Hotel, a new luxury resort that op🏅ened in September blocks from the ocean in The Rockaways.
Rockaway Beach bu💃ms burned by two-hour subway delaysﷺ
July 5, 2021 | 4:37pmBeach bums looking to go to Rockaway Beac♊h found themselves stranded after subway service over the South Channel Bridge went dark for nearly two hours.
Dead🦋pool: Potentially dangerous lifeguard shortage hits NYC
June 26, 2021 | 6:21pmA staffing shortage is causing some Rockaway Beach lifeguards to protest grueling working conditions, creating a potentially dangerous situation 🌼for families, guards told The Post. 🌞
Smel✨ls fishy: New owners of Rockaway Bea♏ch snack bar claim sabotage
May 18, 2021 | 11:18amThe new operators of a Rockaway Beach snack bar found an unwelcome surprise when they unlocked the property last week and found it vandalized with rotting fish 🍌in the walls...
Body of missing Rockaway Beach swimmer recovered𒀰 on shores
September 12, 2020 | 5:34pmAuthorities said Chinnel Brown of Brownsville, Brooklyn, was found on the shore near Beach 136th St. and Rockaway Beach 🐷Blvd. at 9:49 a.m.
First responders pause search for missing Rockaway swimmer 🀅
September 12, 2020 | 2:27amFirst responders have paused their search for a swimmer who went missing at Rockaway beach Friday due to bad weather, p🐼olice said. A woman in her 20s is unaccounted for...
🎃 NYC beachgoers bummed by lack of lifeguards ꦚ— which is causing unsocial distancing
July 9, 2020 | 7:31pmLong stretches of surf still remain off-limits due to 📖a lack of lifeguards — making it tough to socially distance in the waters where taking a dip is allowed.