“I’m Gina Jurlando. I grew up in Blue Point on Long Island, and I moved to Rockaway about nine years ago. I actually bought a boat from the previous owner of Jupiter Club. So it's been very full circle, and that's kind of how we [Gina and her husband] ended up in...

“I was born in ‘76 in Marine Park. Fillmore Avenue. And then, uh, when I was a kid we had a cabana in Breezy Point. So you know, as I got older, we moved upstate for a little while, and then I came back to the city in the mid-‘90s. And then, um, I wanted to live on...

“I'm Chris LaMura. I am 39 years old, and I’ve been living in Breezy Point for my entire life.” I sat with Chris at his home in Breezy. He greeted me on crutches. Within the same week earlier in the summer, he and his wife welcomed a beautiful third baby, and Chris...

“My name is Clarence Tobias, better known as Toby. Um, born and raised in Trinidad. Been in Rockaway for I don't know, 35, 40. Sorry, my bad. Thirty-seven… 37 years now.” I met Toby waxing his board at the surf lockers by Beach 67th Street. “I ended up here through a...

I sat with Lorraine Agoglia one afternoon on her beautiful Neponsit porch. “I moved here 30 years ago, from Oceanside. Not far, but I never knew about Rockaway. We went east,” Agoglia said. “My nana was from Astoria, Queens, and when she heard I was coming back to...

“My name is Nick. My last name is Cregor. I was– I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nice place to grow up.” I met with Nick at Washed Up on Beach 97th one morning. “I went to NYU. I was 18 or so; I was like enamored with New York. Was more interested in just living in...

“My name is Michael Lonergan; everyone calls me Mikie or Irish Mike. I grew up in County Tipperary in Ireland. I was schooled in Cahir…So, I graduated school, and uh, I did college for a year. I did physical therapy, sports therapy, massage for a year in Cork. I did...

“My name is Brigit Butler. I live in Rockaway Beach, 129th Street in Belle Harbor, New York, and I go to the University of Tampa.” Brigit and I lifeguard together in the 17 shack during the summer. “Definitely the music at the DredSurfer: number one reason I'm a...