But in 2023, a swimmer at Rockaway was bitten by a shark and badly injured. New York City officials responded by expanding ...

2. Keep Eye Contact and Don’t Splash: If you see a shark nearby, experts suggest turning to face it. Try to maintain eye ...

Multiple shark sightings at New York beaches during the Fourth of July weekend led to temporary swimming bans.

A humpback whale diving under the ocean’s surface, cownose rays approaching menhaden bait fish, and a spinner shark on the ...

The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, which makes it illegal to possess, buy, or sell shark fins (except dogfish fins) in the ...

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

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

Rockaway beaches were once again temporarily closed after FDNY drones spotted a shark at Beach 102nd Street Sunday ...

Drone technology seemed to contribute to an unusual number of shark sightings along Rockaway Beach in recent days. Each time ...

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

Within the past several days over the 4th of July weekend, numerous shark sightings along New York beaches have kept swimmers ...