Rockaways

A pile of debris from superstorm Sandy in Midland Beach, Staten Island - Nov. 13, 2012 (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Fires On The Rise In Areas Hit Hard By Sandy

It’s been over a month since superstorm Sandy slammed into the Tri-State area and many are still trying to secure basic needs like heat.

2012/12/03

Demand the Sand Rally Dec. 2, 2012 (credit: Jim Smith/WCBS 880)

Hundreds Of Rockaways Residents Hold ‘Demand The Sand’ Rally For Better Storm-Proofing

The rally was held on Beach 86th Street in the Rockaways, where the devastation is still apparent more than a month after Sandy hit.

2012/12/02

Queens Community Hard Hit By Superstorm Sandy Continues Recovery Efforts

Toll Collections Resume On 2 Bridges In Rockaways

Toll collections resumed Saturday morning at two bridges in the storm-damaged Rockaways.

2012/12/01

President Barack Obama (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images), Representative Michael Grimm (credit: grimm.house.gov)

President Obama Approves Measure Allowing Natural Gas Pipeline Through Rockaways, Brooklyn

The three-mile pipeline would run from the Atlantic Ocean beneath Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways and under Jamaica Bay to Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field.

2012/11/28

Men clean a home damaged by Sandy in Broad Channel, Queens - Nov. 5, 2012 (credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

New Orleans Firefighters Come To Help NYC Firefighters Who Helped Them After Katrina

This morning, roughly one dozen started swinging hammers and sawing wood in the Rockaways, whatever needs to be done to help members of the FDNY rebuild their own homes damaged by the storm.

2012/11/28

Clean-up continues amongst piles of debris where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov. 10, 2012 in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Rockaway Beach Replenishment Advocates Call For Rock Jetties, Call It ‘No Brainer’ Line Of Defense

Advocate John Cori said he thinks the jetties helped spare the community of Arverne By The Sea and its boardwalk.

2012/11/27

Rockaway Newspaper ‘The Wave’ Works To Put Out New Edition After Sandy

The Rockaway Beach Boulevard offices of ‘The Wave’ were destroyed by Sandy and the weekly staff is now working out a rented second floor office on rented computers to put out Friday’s first post-storm edition.

2012/11/27

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Teen Charged With Shooting, Killing Man In The Rockaways

A teenage suspect has been charged with the murder of a man in the Rockaways late last week.

2012/11/25

Crews tackle piles of debris as clean-up continues where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on November 10, 2012 in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Residents In Hard-Hit Areas Helped By NYC Rapid Repairs Program

Mary Butler’s home in Arverne was without heat and electricity since the storm hit. She signed up for the city’s rapid repairs program on Monday and now has her power back.

2012/11/21

Homes destroyed or damaged by Sandy in Belle Harbor, Queens - Nov. 6, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

St. Francis Church Helping As Basic Needs Still A Struggle In Rockaways After Sandy

Many stores are closed and people from Far Rockaway are walking 50 to 60 blocks to line up for food at St. Francis De Sales Parish in Belle Harbor.

2012/11/21

Free H Train Service Operating In Hard-Hit Rockaways

In an effort to put Sandy in the past and get people moving again, the MTA is resurrecting the long-shuttered H subway line as work continues on the damaged A line.

2012/11/20

Belle Harbor Family Brought Together After Being Devastated By Sandy

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, we keep hearing the refrain, “We’re all in this together.” One family from the Rockaways has proved how that works.

2012/11/19

FDNY Engine 233 Ladder 176 in Brooklyn (file / credit: Google Maps)

FDNY Thanksgiving Charity Run To Proceed Despite Sandy

Despite the devastation from superstorm Sandy, a Brooklyn firehouse will continue with a thanksgiving week tradition.

2012/11/19

Graybeards Group Collects Over $100,000 For Sandy Victims In Rockaways

Every one of them has been hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, but a group of men in the Rockaways has managed to raise a lot of money to help neighbors who need it even more.

2012/11/18

Sen. Schumer FCC news conference Nov. 18, 2012 (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

Sen. Schumer: Cell Towers Should Have Backup Power To Prevent Widespread Service Outages Like After Sandy

Schumer said a nationwide plan to require power reserves for cell towers would help ensure no disruption in coverage following severe weather, a terrorist attack or any other events that may cause power failures.

2012/11/18

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