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

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

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

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

Additional closures were reported from Beach 64 to Beach… A stretch of beach in Queens was closed Thursday afternoon after two confirmed shark sightings, senior city officials tell NBC New York ...

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

Multiple shark sightings caused a temporary beach closure in New York City after two sharks were spotted in the waters off Rockaway beach in Queens.

New York City closed area beaches due to additional shark sightings on Tuesday. In a tweet, the New York Police Department's 100th Precinct wrote that "ALL of the Rockaway beaches" were closed for ...

The Parks Department said that the sharks were observed before beaches opened to swimming at 8:45 a.m. ET and that NYPD Aviation reported no sightings during a second flyover nearly two hours later.

More New York shark sightings were reported this week at Rockaway Beach in Queens. However, the sightings did not prompt beach closures as they did in July.

Some beaches in New York City and along teh New Jersey shore are closed to swimming because of a threat of dangerous rip currents brought on by Hurricane Ernesto. This file photos is from 2019.

Rip currents have caused closures of several New York beaches leading up to Labor Day weekend. Hurricane Franklin, a culprit in those conditions, is heading further out to sea.