Construction of New Rockaway Boardwalk Slated to Start This Week

Many of these old concrete pilings, which date back to the 1920s, will be demolished to make way for new pilings and a new Rockaway boardwalk. Construction on the first section from Beach 86th St. to Beach 97th St. starts this week. These pilings were the only signs left when Hurricane Sandy destroyed large sections of the Rockaway boardwalk in 2012.  Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News

Remnants of Hurricane Sandy ravaged boardwalk will be removed during construction

nydailynews.com - by Lisa L. Colangelo - April 21, 2014

Construction is slated to start this week to rebuild the Rockaway boardwalk from Beach 86th to Beach 97th Street — a stretch that was destroyed in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy.

Crews will fence off the area and start demolishing some of the concrete piles as early as Monday, and the first section could be completed by Memorial Day 2015, First Deputy Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh told The News.

“We’re trying to get the project done as quickly as possible,” said Kavanagh.

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