ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- Portions of Rockaway Beach ... any other shark sightings or swimmers in distress. Officers and Parks Department officers on ATVs also patrolled the boardwalk ...

The city Parks Department banned swimming on Rockaway Beach in Queens Tuesday as officials investigate a shark attack that landed a 65-year-old woman in the hospital with a gruesome leg wound.

May 14 00:28 Bike ban will hit Rockaway Boardwalk this summer. Here's what to know. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ... Swimmers at Rockaway Beach in Queens had a scare ...

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An endangered female sperm whale died Tuesday after washing up on Rockaway Beach in Queens, the city’s Parks Department said. The body of a 30-foot whale is seen on Rockaway Beach near Beach ...

A stretch of beach in Queens was ... 58 to Beach 81 at Rockaway Beach and the Boardwalk were closed at 2:40 p.m., sources tell NBC New York, which was confirmed by the NYC Parks website.

Shark sightings forced the Parks Department ... on the same day the new Rockaway Rocket express ferry service began operating from Lower Manhattan to the Queens beach.

About 300 people are asked to leave the waters at Rockaway Beach every day, the parks department said. Arrests, however, are rare. Only one other arrest was made this year at the Rockaways ...