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Skate Park
Season 1, Summer 2006
Parks designers collaborated with local teens to create Staten Island's first skate Park.
Piping Plovers at Rockaway Beach
Season 2, Summer 2006
in order to protect this threatened species, native to the New York area, sections of Rockaway Beach are closed to pedestrians during the spring and summer when the birds are nesting.
Kayaking on Jamaica Bay
Season 3, Summer 2007
Members of the Sebago Canoe Club guide first-time kayakers out on the bay, free of charge.
Beekeeping at the Salt Marsh Nature Center
Season 1, Summer 2006
Entomology is one of the courses offered in the Urban Park Rangers' Natural Classroom series. At the Marine Park Nature Center in Brooklyn, the program incorporates the center's beehives.
It's My Park Minute: Rockaway Beach Tennis
A sport debuts at Rockaway Beach for the opening of 2011 beach season.
Produced by Adrian Sas
It's My Park: Piping Plovers at Rockaway Beach
Piping Plovers, an endangered species of shorebird, lay their eggs, hatch and fledge at a section of Rockaway Beach reserved just for them which is protected by the Urban Park Rangers.
Produced by Adrian Sas
Directions to Jamaica Bay and the Rockaways
Know Before You Go
The following sections(s) of ROCKAWAY BEACH is/are closed to swimming and wading today,
DATE: 8/7/2022
CLOSURES
BEACH 98 STREET to BEACH 105 STREET,
BEACH 113 STREET to BEACH 116 STREET,
BEACH 132 STREET to BEACH 135 STREET,
BEACH 145 STREET to BEACH 149 STREET,
The Salt Marsh Nature Center is currently closed for construction. Please visit our Capital Project Tracker for more information.
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