The New York City Emergency Management Department is looking to train local volunteers for a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) that will assist first responders during disasters that affect Rockaway and neighboring areas in Southwestern Queens. “We’ve been trying for so long to get this team, and finally, persistence overcame resistance,” said Edwin Williams,
The city plans to install hundreds of flood-monitoring sensors in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. Photo courtesy of NYU Tandon School of Engineering The city is committing $7.2 million to install hundreds of new flood-monitoring sensors in neighborhoods across the five boroughs, marking an expansion of its three-year-old FloodNet project. Rockaway leaders say they support
Flooding on Beach Channel Drive stops drivers Friday afternoon. Photo By Ryan Schwach. On Friday morning, as Rockaway and Broad Channel residents were preparing for the Christmas weekend, many woke up to massive flooding in their streets, the likes of which has not been seen in a decade. Unlike Superstorm Sandy in 2012, these floodwaters
Officials break ground on the new school, scheduled for completion in 2024. Photo by Ryan Schwach. A project nearly 20-years in the making finally broke ground on Tuesday, with the ceremonial scooping of dirt at the site of the planned Challenge Prep Charter School in Arverne By The Sea. With plans for a ribbon cutting
Far Rockaway Residents Fed Up With Graveyard Of Sunken Boats, Rusted Barges Filled With Garbage
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Queens residents say they’ve asked the state and city to clean up a graveyard of sunken boats and barges for years.
Now, it’s even preventing a business from opening up.
It’s a disgusting sight that residents in the Arverne section of Far Rockaway are fed up with rusted barges filled with garbage, slowly sinking year after year.
One is way under with the crane sticking out.
“For 15 years, I’ve seen these cranes in the water, and me and my wife used to joke that they’re probably landmarked,” said Edwin Williams, president of the Heart of Rockaway Civic Association. “There’s a huge East Coast Resiliency Project, but it’s mainly focused on Manhattan. We’re like the forgotten part of New York City.”