‘A train’ stoppage will bring familiar headache for Rockaway locals
/More than a decade after Hurricane Sandy flooded the Rockaway peninsula, repairs to the remote community are still causing headaches.
Read MoreMore than a decade after Hurricane Sandy flooded the Rockaway peninsula, repairs to the remote community are still causing headaches.
Read MoreFinal approval would allow construction to begin on a beach erosion prevention project by 2020.
Read More“It’s not a question of whether New York will be hit by another superstorm like Sandy, but when.”
Read MoreWork crews will install more than two miles of water mains within a 21-block swath of the neighborhood, near Idlewild Park.
Read MoreThe judge explained that Harris, who grew up in Coney Island, was beaten by her mother with a belt as a teenager and never knew her father. He said that the unexpected death of her only child drove her to live on the streets while worked as a prostitute with a crack cocaine addiction.
Read MoreFor Queens coastal communities threatened rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms, a maritime barrier may seem like a simple solution to flooding. Indeed, storm surge barriers are a key measure to “manage future flood risk” proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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