Surf’s waaay up, dude! Surfers flocked to Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday to ride a swell of giant waves kicked up by Hurricane Erin — as the storm threatened to flood some nearby coastal areas.

Zinnia Maldonado joins the CBS News New York team from CBS Boston. While there, she had the opportunity to cover an array of national and breaking news stories such as the Boston Marathon, the Harmony ...

Popular beaches in New York City were forced to close down for parts of the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend due to repeated shark sightings. The always busy Rockaway Beach in Queens had sightings ...

ROCKAWAY BEACH, New York -- A 65-year-old New York City woman has been upgraded from critical to stable condition after she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, hospital officials said.

It’s “Shark Weekend” in New York City. Another shark was spotted swimming precariously close to swimmers at Rockaway Beach Saturday — just 100 feet away — prompting the closure of the popular watering ...

A young African immigrant’s body has been found days after he went missing swimming at Rockaway Beach in Queens, police said Monday. The 23-year-old man’s body was found washed ashore on Rockaway ...