But in 2023, a swimmer at Rockaway was bitten by a shark and badly injured. New York City officials responded by expanding ...

NYC reports more shark sightings at beaches due to increased drone surveillance, leading to temporary beach closures.

The popular Rockaway Beach in Queens was briefly shuttered for a period of time on Friday and Saturday due to shark sightings ...

Earlier in the week, the NYPD confirmed another shark sighting in the same area. On July 1, an FDNY drone identified a shark, ...

New Yorkers looking to beat the heat headed to the Rockaways over Fourth of July weekend – and so did sharks. Sections of ...

It’s “Shark Weekend” in New York City. Another shark was spotted swimming precariously close to swimmers at Rockaway Beach ...

Within the past several days over the 4th of July weekend, numerous shark sightings along New York beaches have kept swimmers ...

The Parks Department cleared everyone out of the water from Beach 83rd Street to Beach 120th Street after a drone spotted a shark near Beach 102nd Street.

New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry said two sharks were spotted near Beach 32nd Street just before 11:30 a.m.

Experts have narrowed down the shark species likely responsible for biting a woman at New York’s Jones Beach State Park last ...

New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry alerted the closures in an X post Friday afternoon. Daughtry said two sharks were spotted near Beach 32nd Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. ET.