NYC reports more shark sightings at beaches due to increased drone surveillance, leading to temporary beach closures.

Popular beaches in New York City were forced to close down for parts of the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend due to ...

Earlier in the week, the NYPD confirmed another shark sighting in the same area. On July 1, an FDNY drone identified a shark, ...

New Yorkers looking to beat the heat headed to the Rockaways over Fourth of July weekend – and so did sharks. Sections of ...

Additional closures were reported from Beach 64 to Beach… A stretch of beach in Queens was closed Thursday afternoon after two confirmed shark sightings, senior city officials tell NBC New York ...

But in 2023, a swimmer at Rockaway was bitten by a shark and badly injured. New York City officials responded by expanding ...

Within the past several days over the 4th of July weekend, numerous shark sightings along New York beaches have kept swimmers ...

The Parks Department cleared everyone out of the water from Beach 83rd Street to Beach 120th Street after a drone spotted a shark near Beach 102nd Street.

Long Island's Jones Beach, East Atlantic Beach and all Hempstead beaches were also closed due to sightings, according to PIX11. The sightings come after previous encounters and closures in the region.

While reports circulated on Monday of more shark sightings at New York’s Rockaway Beach, park officials have not closed it for swimming since July.. According to New 12 New Jersey, the New York ...

More New York shark sightings were reported this week at Rockaway Beach in Queens. However, the sightings did not prompt beach closures as they did in July.