Sentences with phrase «on rockaway»

Residents ventured on to the boardwalk as Irene made landfall on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.

Reginald Marsh, Negroes on Rockaway Beach, 1934.

At Creative Time's Sandcastle Competition on Rockaway Beach in August, contestant Ghost of a Dream disperses into the surf

«Meeting here is about the fresh air, the salt air, the wild air,» says Chuck Gust, owner of Nick's Restaurant, a popular group venue on Rockaway Beach in Pacifica.

Features: The NYC dolphin & whale watching tour on the Rockaway Ferry allows guests to coast through the Atlantic Ocean, scouting out these beloved sea mammals.

The Rockaway Park and Boardwalk, on the Rockaway peninsula, is a hugely popular destination in summer, with plenty of facilities and the city's only surfing beach.

Keep an eye out for the official announcement of a surf contest sponsored by Pilgrim on Rockaway Beach, tentatively set for late July.

We have already dished some insider info on Rockaway, NY and Tamarindo, CR.

The original veterinary practice on the rockaway peninsula, serving the community for over 100 years, Far Rockaway's animal clinic looks forward to educating you on the importance of preventative health care for your pet.

The original veterinary practice on the rockaway peninsula, serving the community for over 100 years, the Rockaway Animal Hospital looks forward to educating you on the importance of preventative health care for your pet.

Cleanup continues on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York on Nov. 29.

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He was spotted on Rockaway Beach, as was one of his co-stars, Juno Temple.

Get your hands on a bit of liquid gold at summer's end on the Rockaway Boardwalk in Queens, where NYC Honey Week will conclude its yearly September festivities celebrating bees, beekeeping, and the sweet stuff itself all over the city.

«The residents and business owners on the Rockaway Peninsula continue to be engaged in the post-hurricane rebuilding and recovery process,» the Borough President added.

The mayor said he had reviewed the city's preparation plans with Commissioner Doherty to ensure snow removal efforts were being focused first in high - needs communities, like on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.

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Pledging to put forth a «holistic development plan» and to «undo a lot of what done wrong in the past» on Rockaway's economic development, de Blasio said that he will make «some more announcements in the coming months... that are specific and then thereafter you're going to see a much bigger plan.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio joined attendees at the service, held at the memorial constructed just off the beach on Rockaway's Beach 116th Street.

Each ride on another Rockaway ferry was subsidized about $ 30 before being the route was suspended last October after the city citing budgeting constraints.

Andrew Day Field's pristine ingredients and unique approach to building the perfect taco has New Yorkers trekking two hours to this seaside mecca on Rockaway Beach.

Not exact matches

Most of the summer - only pop - ups are concentrated along the boardwalk, but venture a few blocks inland and you'll find some of the best pizza in any of the boroughs (Whit's End), a thriving urban farm (Edgemere Farm), and fried - fish tacos (Rockaway Beach Surf Club) so magically puffy it's like you're, you know, on an island.

Back in 1958, when they first met, Dave was a young teaching pro at the Rockaway Hunting Club just outside New York City and Susan was working at NBC as secretary to Pat Harrington Jr., the television comic who was then appearing occasionally on The Jack Paar Show.

At 8:25 p.m., Hochul delivers remarks at the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation Gala, Russo's on the Bay, 162 - 45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach, Queens.

Will the critical Irish - American communities in the primary including Bay Ridge, Rockaway, Woodlawn, and Glendale express at the polls that Christine Quinn by the nature of her attacks on the pregnancy centers is probably the most anti-Irish Catholic candidate in NYC history?

On Wednesday morning, a Long Island Rail Road train coming from Far Rockaway failed to come to a complete stop as it entered Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal, injuring 104 commuters, according to the latest numbers from the Fire Department of New York.

At 5:15 p.m., labor, business and environmental leaders hold a news conference ahead of New York state Energy Research and Development Authority's public information meetings on offshore wind power for New York, Queens Public Library, 92 - 25 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Queens.

Gov. Cuomo announced Rockaway bridges no longer require cash or metal tokens on Sunday, April 30, 2017.

On the Republican side, the Queens GOP is not tipping its hand as to who it will designate as the party's nominee, but among the contenders is retired Rockaway businessman Bob Turner, who mounted an unsuccessful campaign against Weiner in 2009.

Under the redistricting proposal submitted by the state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, the Rockaways would be split, with Addabbo's district representing the western Rockaway neighborhoods, including Breezy Point and Rockaway Park, while Huntley would represent Arverne and Far Rockaway.

From left: Molloy students Julia Gutierrez, 20, of Plainview, Tommy Barone, 33, of East Rockaway, and Alexa Pappalardo, 20, of Dix Hills, help prepare cardboard box shelters on the campus green Thursday evening to experience the challenges of being homeless.

Yes, Nassau County is on Long Island, but 5 Towns is on the border of Far Rockaway, which is in Queens.

Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to answer questions about the derailment and other transit troubles while taking a stroll on the boardwalk in Far Rockaway Friday.

For instance, a driveway near Rockaway Beach on a sunny summer Saturday might go for $ 20 an hour, while an owner of a spot near Prospect Park might rent the space out for $ 5 an hour on weeknight when families might need a place to park near their kids» soccer game, reps explained.

He'd like to visit his grandchildren in Florida, and get back to the «positive habits» he used to enjoy — fishing on the beaches of Rockaway, and cooking Spanish food like rice and beans, chicken and dumplings.

That notion applied to the few sign - holding Rockaway residents who appeared at Mayor de Blasio's boardwalk press conference on Friday.

Rob Astorino returned to Rockaway today, touring Beach 116th Street on the two year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.

Council Member Eric Ulrich, a Republican whose district covers the western half of Rockaway, has had many harsh comments about de Blasio in the past but on Friday had only praise for his post-Sandy efforts.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer continued his series of town hall meetings focused on Hurricane Sandy recovery, visiting the Arverne Section of Rockaway Wednesday evening.

While there is far more to the recovery then shown in these clips, on this block and throughout Rockaway, they show a meaningful part of the story.

He first discussed it at a press conference in Far Rockaway on October 15th, offering that he anticipates putting forth a «holistic development plan» that will outline a «long term vision for the economic growth of the Rockaways and the transportation to go with it.»

The discussion (during the portion the press was allowed in, at least) focused on some longterm challenges for Rockaway, including rebuilding and the powerful economic issue of flood insurance, both it's pricing and it's applicability.

Bandshell at Forest Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Program.

The Queens Public Transit Committee is a small but energetic group recently founded by Queens residents focused on the possible reopening of a long dormant Long Island Railroad Rockaway Beach Branch.

Such increased insurance rates and coverage requirements will likely have a deep long - term impact on Sandy - damaged areas such as Rockaway.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

We spoke on Beach 116th Street in Rockaway, as Long accompanied Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino on a visit.

Thursday, August 27 QUEENS, NY — Americana and Blues singer Ddendyl of the 2014 season of NBC's «The Voice» will be the featured artist on Thursday, August 27 in Tribute Park in Rockaway Park.

Also at 10 a.m., state Sen. James Sanders presents a Women's Leadership Initiative Housing clinic, focusing on Legal Aid Society housing cases that help low - income women in New York keep their homes in the New York City public housing, 1931 Mott Ave., Far Rockaway.

Also at 10:30 a.m., ATU 1179 call on the MTA to negotiate with the union which represents bus operators, mechanics and supervisors who work from the Far Rockaway and JFK Depots of the MTA Bus division, outside MTA NYC Transit's Two Broadway HQs, Manhattan.