NEW YORK - Beach erosion may be contributing to dangerous swimming conditions at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, and experts say common solutions come with consequences. Bonnie Siegel knows Jacob Riis ...

ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (PIX11) — Rescuers were searching for two teenage boys who went missing in the water at Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens Friday, according to police. The FDNY received a call for ...

Erosion is rapidly washing away the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway — and the National Park Service says the ongoing problem has created “extremely hazardous” swimming conditions in an area ...

A 19-year-old swimmer who went missing in the water at Jacob Riis Park Beach on Friday night has been found dead. Officials say first responders got the teen out of the water and to a hospital.

Days after two teens went missing while swimming at Jacob Riis Beach, football coaches of Christian Perkins, the older of the two, told the Daily News about the 17-year-old both on and off the field. ...

Alecia Reid is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated reporter for CBS News New York. She is a sustainability and social justice advocate; passionate about giving a voice to people who may not otherwise be ...

The summer season in New York City is informally marked each year by the hoisting of Pride flags on The People's Beach, a queer haven tucked away on the far eastern corner of the city's Jacob Riis ...

UPDATE: The beach at Jacob Riis Park has been reopened for swimming after officials for Gateway National Recreation Area said bacteria measurements had returned to health levels. There was one less ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Work to return Jacob Riis (rees) Park Beach to its pre-Sandy days is underway. The National Park Service says sand replenishment at the Gateway National Recreation Area began on ...

A Queens surfer died after he was carried out of the ocean by good Samaritans at the beach in Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways, the Daily News has learned. Police responding to a 911 call about 12:40 ...