Posts Tagged ‘rockaway beach’

Coalition Against Soda Ban Trying To Amass Support

Written by NYPress on . Posted in Blog, Breaking News

Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons Brooklyn flooded with picketers voicing opposition against Bloomberg proposal More contention against Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed soda ban bloomed again this weekend, as the New Yorkers for Beverage Choices hit the sands of Brooklyn this weekend in effort to voice their opinion. Members of the coalition, along with supports of the coalition’s efforts, canvassed along Coney
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The Great (Local) Outdoors: The Best Of Beaches, Camping, Nature And Water

Written by New York Family on . Posted in Family

art1022nar You and the kids may be dyed-in-the-wool urbanites—but come summer, that doesn’t mean that you don’t crave cooling ocean breezes and sand between your toes, yearn for the chance to break out binoculars (you just have to find them first) and gaze up at the stars, and desperately want to set up a tent somewhere
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Free Buses from Williamsburg to the Beach this Weekend

Written by NYPress on . Posted in Breaking News, Lifestyle, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Photo by dandeluca By Paul Bisceglio Just in time for the weekend’s predicted sunshine, Rockaway Beach’s new Williamsburg-to-the-beach “Rockabus” is kicking off its service this Saturday and Sunday with free roundtrip rides to shore. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. and departing every 35 minutes, yellow school buses will cruise back and forth between Metropolitan and Meeker Avenues and the
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