While Jacob Riis Park is federally operated, the adjacent city-owned shoreline in the Rockaways is undergoing a years-long fortification, which has seen the construction and rehabilitation of 19 ...

The historic Jacob Riis Park bathhouse, on the western end of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, received funding to make a $50 million reboot possible.. CBSK Developers, Brooklyn Bazaar and Aulder ...

With temperatures in the area in the 90s, feeling more like 100 plus, Jacob Riis Park is the ideal place to catch a breeze. The thing that isn't so perfect - the ocean. Sunday was a red flag day ...

The missing 16- and 17-year-old boys entered the water at Jacob Riis Park's Bay 2 around 6:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Jacob Riis Park closed to swimming due to bacteria 00:22. NEW YORK-- A Queens beach is temporarily closed to swimming due to high levels of bacteria in the water.. A red flag was posted on a ...

A lone man walks a deserted beach at Jacob Riis Park, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, which is closed due to the government shutdown, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in New York.

Jacob Riis Park became part of the National Park Service in 1972, and the federal agency selected events and concession company Brooklyn Bazaar to renovate the bathhouse following an RFP process.

An award-winning 35-year-old filmmaker drowned surfing after his board apparently got tangled in wooden jetties along notoriously treacherous waters at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, according to polic… ...

NEW YORK - Beach erosion may be contributing to dangerous swimming conditions at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, and experts say common solutions come with consequences. Bonnie Siegel knows Jacob Riis ...