May. 7, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
A fisherman discovered a human skull floating in Jamaica Bay off the coast of Queens early Tuesday morning.
Human skull discovered by fisherman in Jamaica Bay weeks after decapitated body found
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NYC Parks launches new office on Jamaica Bay to keep city waterway safe from derelict vessels
May. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
NYC Parks recently began removing abandoned boats from the waters off City Island in the Bronx under the auspices of its new Office of Marine Debris Removal and Vessel Surrendering, which opened in Brooklyn on Apr. 15.
Headless body found in Queens’ Jamaica Bay was suicide victim: NYPD
Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses
The headless body discovered floating in Queens’ Jamaica Bay last week has been identified as an apparent suicide victim, authorities said.
Headless body found floating in Jamaica Bay on Friday identified as 46-year-old Ozone Park man: NYPD
Apr. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD has identified the headless man who was found floating in Jamaica Bay off Howard Beach on Friday night as 46-year-old Lukasz Mikolajewicz of Dumont Avenue in Ozone Park, after his family was notified.
Broad Channel naturalist opens photo exhibit at Resorts World’s Red World Art Gallery
Aug. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry One of the borough’s foremost conservationists, Don Riepe, is currently exhibiting photos of his favorite subject at the Red Wall Art Gallery at Resorts World New York City. The 83-year-old Broad Channel resident was the longtime manager of the National Park System’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and in 2003 he became the director of the Northeast Chapter of the Littoral Society where he coordinated the annual International Coastal Cleanup for the state of New York, initiated the derelict boat removal program known as Jamaica Bay Clean Sweep and spearheaded countless community-based marsh restoration efforts…
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Bike lane improvements coming to several Queens locations: DOT
Apr. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Generations of cyclists have taken their lives into their own hands as they made the journey from the Queens “mainland” to the Rockaways and they often complain about the current bike lane across the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is inadequate. That will change this year. The city’s Department…
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Removing abandoned vessels from Jamaica Bay will be expedited under legislation passed by City Council
Mar. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry The City Council voted unanimously to approve legislation sponsored by Councilwomen Joann Arola and Selvena Brooks-Powers to amend the city charter to create a marine debris disposal and vessel surrendering office. This will make it easier to clear the city’s shores of derelict boats often abandoned in the outer…
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