Playland Amusement Park will open Memorial Day weekend for free, according to Westchester County officials. But due to ...

Playland is working to fast-track the opening, after a private owner bailed, leaving the park to play catch-up.

A Queens surfer died after he was carried out ... Robert Conti, 58, told The News his 18-year-old son, Owen Conti — a New York City Parks Department summer lifeguard in the Rockaways —and ...

For months, Rockaway riders took shuttle buses and discounted ... By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our ...

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation has announced plans to ban bikes on the Rockaway Boardwalk during ... You can email Elle with Queens story ideas by CLICKING HERE.

RYE — Warmer weather got you nostalgic for summer? Us, too, and we've got Playland on the brain. The roar of the Dragon Coaster, the beauty of the Grand Carousel — all of it makes for charming ...

By 2008, however, the New York Times reported that while many park buildings were undergoing necessary renovations, Playland was losing $3 million a year, despite attendance remaining between ...

Image The Rockaway Beach Branch, abandoned for 63 years, sidles up to the A train in Ozone Park, Queens. Most of the old train line is managed by New York’s Department of Citywide Administrative ...

When the pandemic began, it quickly became clear which New York neighborhoods suffered the most from overcrowding, because of their overwhelmingly high rates of infection. (Central Queens became ...

Snøhetta’s new Far Rockaway branch of the Queens Public Library. Photo: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO Snøhetta’s new Far Rockaway branch of the Queens Public Library. Photo: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO Three ...