by Rockaway Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | We Get Email
Dear Editor: Residents throughout the Rockaway community have been asking SHAFT (Surfside Housing Association) for the status of the Alma Realty Corporation’s development. Just to refresh everyone’s memory: Alma Realty Corporation is seeking approval for...
by Rockaway Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | We Get Email
Dear Editor: There used to be a time when Rockaway residents could phone the FAA right here at JFK and get true real time responses to questions emanating from heavy airplane traffic crossing our peninsula departing out of JFK. Those phoning the FAA didn’t have to be...
by Rockaway Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | We Get Email
Dear Editor: Aren’t public lands for the public? It seems the government likes to own land but doesn’t like to maintain it or let the public use it. That’s about to change. The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Park Conservancy is asking for proposals for the two...
by Rockaway Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | We Get Email
Dear Editor: Requiring bicyclists to dismount at boardwalk concessions is unnecessary and will lead to more accidents, here’s why… 1) When a bike is walked, it takes twice as much room, exacerbating congestion. 2) Riders not wanting to dismount will use the narrow...
by Rockaway Staff | Jun 26, 2025 | NEWS
This past Monday, I was driving down Shore Front Parkway, and my eyes were drawn to a drone hovering above the boardwalk. Operating the drone was the FDNY Beach Task Force, a unit of New York’s Bravest that supports lifeguards at a time when they’re high in demand and...
