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Community Board 14 met last Tuesday, May 10, to discuss a new berm in Mott Basin, beach access for Edgemere residents, and a Business Improvement District in Far Rockaway, among other issues. L to R: Board Members Nancy Martinez and John Cori, Board Chair Dolores Orr, and District Manager Jonathan Gaska. Update on New Mott

Alma Realty has released the findings of a survey of Surfside residents conducted in the fall of 2022. The survey found that in the prior year, 42 percent of respondents had issues with heating in winter, 41 percent had issues with hot water, and 36 percent had issues with pests. However, more than half of

It was a full house at the Knights of Columbus this past Tuesday, April 11 for the monthly Community Board 14 meeting, with many locals coming to voice their opposition to the proposed Alma Realty development at the Surfside apartments. The development would add three new buildings and over 2,000 units to the 20-acre site,

Edgemere Commons first building under construction in October 2022. Photo by John Schilling. As construction continues on the anticipated Edgemere Commons affordable housing development, The Wave has learned that a Shop Fair Supermarket is set to open in the project’s first building instead of the previously announced Western Beef. The news of Shop Fair Supermarket’s

St. John’s Episcopal in Far Rockaway. Photo from Wave Archives The second Far Rockaway Trauma Healthcare Access Task Force meeting was held virtually this past Dec. 15, as the committee still looks to work towards a trauma facility for Rockaway. “The first gathering was basically a kickoff to set objectives and goals; for the second

Lately I have been tinkering with fixing up cars. It’s been a nice hobby that somehow makes me feel more like a homegrown North Carolinian.

Community members fear new high-rises and an influx of renters will do more harm than good.

The city housing agency is looking to rezone sections of The Rockaways for its Resilient Edgemere Community Plan. But locals decry the prospect of bigger buildings, and renters.

These projects will take center stage in the Adams administration.