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Closing Bell: Gerritsen Beach Library Reopens After Hurricane Sandy

The Gerritsen Beach Public Library celebrated its reopening this morning after nearly a year of repairing devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.  During the hurricane, the library was flooded and the...

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Times Finds Value, Community in Canarsie

The New York Times took a look at Canarsie as a place to live and discovered a close-knit, diverse community with affordable homes. One- and two-family homes range from $350,000 to $600,000. The...

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New York Requests Proposals for Flood Protection in Red Hook

The city and state are looking for a firm to study and design (but not build) an integrated flood protection system for Red Hook. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio sent out a press release yesterday...

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Gets $1.687 Million Federal Grant to Fix Sandy Damage

The federal government has given the Navy Yard a $1,687,000 grant to repair damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. The Navy Yard Corporation will use the money to fix up...

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Rockaway Residents Look Back at Hurricane Sandy, and the Move to Arverne View

This is our final installment of a three part series on Arverne View, a housing complex in the Far Rockaways. When Hurricane Sandy hit, L+M Development Partners was in contract to purchase the complex....

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Governor Cuomo Allocates $50 Million for Howard Beach Storm Improvements

Over the holiday weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a major initiative for post Sandy improvements in Howard Beach. New York Daily News says that feds approved a $50,000,000 project (funded by...

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Cleanup at Fort Tilden

The Rockawayist took a trip to Fort Tilden, where beach access and pathways have been closed off since Hurricane Sandy. There's some good news, though: A cleanup is under way. Here's the latest report...

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Unique Storm Barrier Proposed for Rockaways

NY1 got the check out proposals for Rebuild by Design, a competition responding to Hurricane Sandy by asking design professionals to envision solutions that increase resilience across the...

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Mayor de Blasio Announces Reforms for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Effort

Yesterday Mayor de Blasio pledged to overhaul the city’s Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, announcing a number of reforms to jumpstart the process. You can see the entire PDF report here or read more...

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Ramones 1977 Hit Song ‘Rockaway Beach’ Is Part of New Effort to Boost Tourism...

Three of the band members are dead, and the original crew hasn't been seen together since an event at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square on July 20, 1999. Nevertheless, the Ramones are the focal...

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Live Music, Surf Contests, Beach Games and Skateboard Exhibitions in Rockaway...

It's a multi-faceted event for a multi-purposed cause. On Saturday, the eighth annual Rockstock and Barrels Festival will fill the Rockaway peninsula with about 11 hours of live music, gnarly surfing...

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The Multi-Site, Mostly Outdoors ‘Rockaway!’ Art Exhibition Runs Until Labor Day

Nobody wants to think about it, but Labor Day is around the corner, and that means one thing: It’s time to head to the peninsula to check out the large-scale, multi-site, mostly outdoor art...

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New York Requests Proposals for Flood Protection in Red Hook

The city and state are looking for a firm to study and design (but not build) an integrated flood protection system for Red Hook. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio sent out a press release yesterday...

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Gets $1.687 Million Federal Grant to Fix Sandy Damage

The federal government has given the Navy Yard a $1,687,000 grant to repair damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. The Navy Yard Corporation will use the money to fix up...

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Repairs to Hurricane Sandy-Damaged F Train Tunnel Will Start in August

Nearly eight years after Superstorm Sandy devastated the city’s subway infrastructure, transportation execs are moving ahead with a multimillion-dollar repair plan for the underwater F train tunnel...

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Updated Hurricane Evacuation Map Shows Much of Southern Brooklyn in High-Risk...

The city released updated hurricane evacuation zones on Tuesday, just as what meteorologists predict will be a busier-than-normal Atlantic hurricane season begins. The new zones can be viewed on a map...

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UN Climate Change Report Predicts Dire Future for New York

Climate change is set to hit home hard for Brooklynites, according to a new report. The report, compiled by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and released Monday, paints a daunting...

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Three Months of D Train Service Cuts Are Coming to Brooklyn

The MTA will slash D train service in southern Brooklyn for more than three months this fall so transit officials can flood-proof the Coney Island Yard, officials announced Tuesday, August 17. D trains...

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Design Phase Nears Halfway Mark on Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project

On the heels of major flooding from Hurricane Ida, residents of low-lying Red Hook met with city design heads about an ongoing storm-proofing plan for the waterfront neighborhood. Mayor de Blasio...

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Continued Closure of Red Hook Recreation Center Frustrates Local Residents

The Red Hook Recreation Center has been closed since last spring — and residents are growing more frustrated with the city’s parks department as they wait for it to reopen after Hurricane Ida damaged...

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