New York City canceled an emergency shelter under construction in a beach parking lot in the Bronx and will move it to Randalls Island. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Beaches”
A ‘Time Capsule’ in Photos, Just in Case a Beach Changes
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2022
A condemned building along a beach in Queens is coming down. A photographer spent the summer visiting beachgoers who felt protected by its standing. Source: New York Times
In Montauk, Big Money Moves In on a Surfers’ Paradise
By Gotham Rex on September 4, 2022
The acres overlooking a prize stretch of Long Island’s East End were empty for years. Now they’ve been sold in multimillion-dollar deals. It’s been the talk of the beach all summer. Source: New York Times
NYC’s Tougher Lifeguard Rules May Help Fuel a Shortage
By Gotham Rex on August 27, 2022
The city requires its pool lifeguards to meet standards similar to those set for ocean lifeguards, beyond what the state sets. Source: New York Times
Montauk, the Development Boom and Entrenched Family Businesses
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2022
In Montauk, millennials are taking over their parents’ restaurants, hotels and shops to preserve a bit of tradition. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C Closes Rockaway Beach Over Shark Sightings
By Gotham Rex on July 19, 2022
As temperatures in the city climbed into the 90s this week, all of Rockaway’s beaches were closed for swimming because of shark sightings. Source: New York Times
It’s the Summer for Sharks on Long Island Beaches
By Gotham Rex on July 15, 2022
Climate change has sent sharks from the Chesapeake Bay up north to New York and New Jersey waters, a scientist said. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Lifeguards Now Watch for Sharks, Facing Dramatic Increase in Sightings
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2022
Amid an increase in shark sightings, lifeguards are increasing patrols and adopting new strategies, but marine experts say “the danger to people is infinitesimal.” Source: New York Times
Swimmer at Long Island Beach May Have Been Bitten by Shark, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2022
A laceration on a 57-year-old man’s right foot could have been the result of a shark bite — a rare occurrence in New York’s waters. Source: New York Times
Rockaway Beach Is Partially Closed. That’s Not Stopping These Beachgoers
By Gotham Rex on May 29, 2022
Access is restricted along a popular stretch of the beach until at least mid-July because of work to protect the shoreline from coastal flooding. Source: New York Times
Sharks Are Spotted Off Long Island. Scientists Say Don’t Panic.
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2021
A major reason more sharks are being seen, scientists say: More people are looking for them. Source: New York Times
How a Rockaways Locations Rep Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2021
If Claudia Bloom is not surfing or swimming in the ocean, she’s walking or biking down the boardwalk to find friends, yoga, tacos or music. Source: New York Times
Beach Bums, Unite!
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2021
When it’s too hot to do anything else in New York City, that means it’s time to go to the beach. Source: New York Times
Red Knots in Steepest Decline in Years, Threatening the Species’ Survival
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2021
The annual count along the Delaware Bay beaches showed another severe drop in numbers of the shorebird, whose migration is one of the longest avian journeys in the world. Source: New York Times
Reggie Jones, Jones Beach’s Longest-Serving Lifeguard, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
He began keeping an eye on beachgoers in 1944 and kept doing it for 64 summers. He made more than 1,000 ocean rescues in his career. Source: New York Times