Beachgoers in the Rockaways will find a newly renovated concession building at Beach 97th Street with new and returning vendors and larger beaches with fewer restrictions this summer.
Photo by Dylan Johnson
Visitors to the Rockaways this summer will discover much more space and less restrictions on the popular stretches of beaches east of Beach 116th Street and improved customer experience at the concessions along the iconic Rockaway boardwalk.
As many as 70 blocks of Rockaway Beach will be open to swimming seven days a week and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have replenished the beaches with more than 2 million cubic yards of sand from Beach 9th Street all the way to Beach 149th Street as it has completed most of the $336 million Atlantic Shorefront Resiliency Project to protect and strengthen the Rockaway community. Beach closures will continue intermittently from Beach 116th to Beach 143rd Street as the remaining construction is completed while the entirety of the Rockaway boardwalk will remain open throughout the summer.
Rockaway Bazaar, which operates the concession areas along the boardwalk, announced that the Beach 97th Street concession building, Rockaway’s largest, has now been completely renovated and features new see-through overhead doors, raised ceilings, new lighting and new painting. The facility is now completely winterized and will operate year-round starting in the fall.
Returning food vendors include Red Hook Lobster Pound, La Cevicheria, Seany Pizza, Hook Burger, Chickenwreck, OffFellows and Edible Island. New 97th food vendors include Wise Clock Cafe, Amour Fresco and Washed Up. Sand Shark Bar will be serving frozen cocktails, draft beer and wine and is introducing a brand new lineup of sake based beach-centric cocktails as well.
Beach 97th will also host a free summer concert series every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on national holidays, along with movie nights, yoga and volleyball throughout the summer. Weekends at Beach…
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