‘Sunset in the Park’ will take place at Tribute Park on Beach 116 Street and Beach Channel Drive this Friday, July 22 from 6:00 p.m. until sunset. More...
On Sunday, July 24 at 1:00 p.m., in Fort Tilden, Bernie Feuer, a Rockaway historian, will be telling a little known American adventure story about the first Navy aviators to take flight across the Atlantic Ocean. More...
Every Wednesday night, large crowds come to the Beach 108 Street hockey rink to participate in one of the newest and most fun ways to get in shape. More...
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) to bring a comprehensive pedestrian information system to sidewalks in key New York neighborhoods. More...
On Friday, June 24, the Graduate Medical Education Department at Peninsula Hospital Center held its annual graduation at the Lawrence Country Club in Lawrence, New York. More...
As the days get warmer, State and Federal emergency management officials warn that extreme heat can be very dangerous and in some instances even fatal, so it is important to be ready. More...
Peninsula Hospital Center, following very positive feedback from the Joint Commission after a recent survey, treated its staff to an “Ice Cream Social” in appreciation for their outstanding performance and professionalism. More...
Representatives from Arverne By The Sea announced this week that they have closed on the land for the future site of the YMCA, meaning construction can officially commence. More...
New York City Councilman James Sanders Jr., who represents the peninsula’s east end, will be holding a meeting on July 27, at 7:00 p.m. to talk about the area’s mosquito problem. More...
The Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation has set its annual Board of Directors meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, according to an announcement from the organization’s executive director, Kevin Alexander. More...
Cedarhurst resident Phillip Lynch recovered the photos on this page from the Rockaway home of his father and mother, Edward and Mary Carolan Lynch. Edward Lynch was an orphan at St. More...
Mario P. Russo was known as Mr. Rockaway for his more than 30 years of unselfish dedication to the peninsula. The man and his good works were celebrated on Tuesday at Beach 72 Street and Amstel Boulevard, when Amstel officially became Mario P. More...
Tom Boland was a lifelong resident of Rockaway who, for many years, was very active as a coach for Rockaway Little League and a prominent member of the Rockaway music community as a singer, guitarist, engineer and producer. More...
Rockaway’s canines celebrated summer with a get-together for them and their humans last Saturday as NY Tails, ARF ARF, and the Parks Department sponsored a Canine Ice Cream Social at the Rockaway Freeway Dog Park on Beach 86 Street. More...
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital held a very successful health fair on Sunday, June 26, in conjunction with St. Mary Star of the Sea Church International Feast. More...
New York City Councilman James Sanders Jr. announced that he will host his second free health fair of the year, the Far Rockaway rendition of the Mary Mahoney Health Fair, in Far Rockaway’s Thriftway Mall, the first week of August. More...
On July 13, Councilmember James Sanders Jr. graciously performed the ribbon cutting honors for the new X-ray Suite in the Emergency Department of Peninsula Hospital Center. More...
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