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The Rockaways

Turn your city trip into a surf getaway.
Jul 4

How to Turn an NYC Staycation Into a Surfing Trip

Three New York mainstays have teamed up on the ultimate surfing getaway—in your own town.
By Dena Silver
NEW YORK - JANUARY 28: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Cutter Wire, a 65-foot icebreaking tug homeported in Saugerties, New York makes its way through an ice flow January 28, 2004 in New York Harbor. As severe ice conditions still exist in the Northeast, U.S. Coast Guard ice breakers have been working continuosly keeping waterways open for maritime traffic. (Photo by Mike Lutz/USGC via Getty Images)
Feb 25

Afternoon Bulletin: Coast Guard Members Capsize, Chinatown Staple Bids Farewell

Five Coast Guard members dispatched to help the crew of Carolina Queen III, a capsized fishing vessel, faced trouble Thursday when their own 25-foot rescue boat capsized due to heavy waves off the Rockaways.
By Zoë Miller
Aug 1

Morning Links: De Stijl Katy Perry Edition

“When the auction ended at 5 p.m. on July 24, the estimates and final bids vanished from the site.” A
By Nate Freeman
Kevin Boyle, owner and editor of the Rockaway Times, gets ready to publish his first issue next week, putting the sign up in front of his bare bones office. (Courtesy of Kevin Boyle)
Jun 19

An Optimistic Start for a Paper at the End of New York

By Madeline Berg
The Rockaways, on a roll again. (MTA/Flickr)
Nov 19

The New, Free H-Train Shuttle Is Now Up and Running in the Rockaways

By Matt Chaban
Speaker Quinn weathers the storm. (NYSUT/Flickr)
Nov 13

She Sells Infrastructure by the Sea Shore: Chris Quinn’s $20 B. Disaster Plan

By Matt Chaban
Nov 9

Ferry Service Returns to the Rockaways to Shuttle the Stranded, Along With Flying Subway Cars

By Matt Chaban
The road to recovery. (Kristen Artz/Mayor's Office)
Nov 4

Freezing Temperatures and Some 40,000 Homeless Create Latest Sandy Crisis

By Matt Chaban
Not cool, bro, says the mayor. (gsz/Flickr)
Oct 27

Bloomberg to Rockaway Hipsters: Do Not Surf the Frankenstorm

By Matt Chaban
Lovely Beach 116th Street. (Forgotten NY)
Aug 9

Rocky Rockaways Wants Gentrification; It’s Not All Beachside Bohemia in Hipster Hideaway

By Matt Chaban
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