NEW YORK -- Rockaway Beach reopened to swimmers on Wednesday morning, more than a day after a woman was bitten by a shark. Working together, the NYPD, FDNY and Parks Department surveyed the waters by ...

Rockaway Beach re-opened for swimming on Wednesday – two days after a swimmer was attacked by a shark there – as the FDNY and NYPD announced they are using drones to scan the waters for shark activity ...

It’s “Shark Weekend” in New York City. Another shark was spotted swimming precariously close to swimmers at Rockaway Beach Saturday — just 100 feet away — prompting the closure of the popular watering ...

An immigrant welder who drowned off of Rockaway Beach during a late-night swim was a former lifeguard who told his mother he wanted to go lie on the beach and look at the stars, the Daily News has ...

Rockaway Beach officially reopened for swimming and surfing Wednesday after a brief closure following a shark attack Monday. In a statement, the city's Department of Parks and Recreation said the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Lifeguards at Rockaway Beach, Queens, sprang into action on the Fourth of July, blowing whistles and keeping a close watch after two sharks were spotted swimming near beachgoers.

Two years and some $12 million of beach replenishment to the tune of 360,000 cubic yards of beach replenishment on the western edge of Rockaway Beach has, sadly, done little to remediate erosion and ...

NYPD divers and aviation search teams have been searching for a young man who went missing while swimming off Rockaway Beach Friday night, police said. Just after 6 p.m., as intense thunderstorms ...

One day after a 65-year-old woman was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens and sent to the hospital in critical condition, officials at Jones Beach said possible shark sightings there Tuesday ...