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"There was a real intimacy and a real beauty in the way people were interacting with each other on the beaches that is not quite the same at a city park or on the subway."

The NYPD announced the arrest on Tuesday, which would have been Justin Wallace's 11th birthday.

Justin Wallace was fatally shot by a person who opened fired in front of a house in the Rockaways on Saturday.

The federally-funded, $336 million project, runs from Far Rockaway to Riis Beach, and is supposed to be completed in 2024.

Community leaders in an isolated corner of the city are seeking a different justice model for young people that’s closer to home.

With beaches closed for the season, officials urge New Yorkers to stay out of the water, even during this hot flash.

The primary concern at our local beaches is enterococci.

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

Here's everything you need to know about the beaches in and around NYC.

The Coast Guard believes the tar balls and "oil sheen" on the waters off Coney Island and the Rockaways come from a fuel spill in Staten Island on Thursday.