After hitting a setback when Hurricane Sandy hit, plans to open a new YMCA in the Rockaways are back on track.   Originally scheduled to open in June, it’s the first YMCA in the Rockaways, an area badly hit by the storm.   The facility is 12 feet above[.....]

  A competition, launched Tuesday, aims to use an 80-acre piece of oceanfront property in Queens, as a laboratory for possible storm-resistant residential development on the coast of the city.   The Bloomberg administration plans to use a massive 80-acre piece of oceanfront property in Far Rockaway, Queens, as a[.....]

In late 2012 many unfortunately witnessed Hurricane Sandy, a storm so severe it sadly caused over two hundred and fifty fatalities and over sixty billion dollars in devastation. However, to my surprise Arverne by the Sea in Far Rockaway, Queens, a NYC oceanfront community only yards from the Atlantic; remained[.....]

  By COREY KILGANNON Kirsten Luce for The New York Times Daria Mainetti and her husband, Phil Coxon, live in Arverne by the Sea, a community in the Rockaways that was not damaged by Hurricane Sandy.   The morning after Hurricane Sandy battered the Rockaways last month, Phil Coxon, 70, who[.....]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2012 No. 410 www.nyc.gov MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SEASTREAK ANNOUNCE NEW ROCKAWAY FERRY SERVICE TO ASSIST THOUSANDS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE SANDY Service Begins on Monday, Fare Will Be $2 Each Way Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Seastreak today announced a[.....]