ZIP code 11693 in southeastern Queens spans two communities divided by water and a half-mile-long toll bridge. One of them is Broad Channel, a narrow island in Jamaica Bay with cottages on stilts and ...

High tides from the full moon and Hurricane Sandy are proving to be a worrisome duo for people who live in flood-prone Broad Channel and sections of Rockaway. Local residents spent the weekend ...

Broad Channel may only be a mile long and four blocks wide, but this “city-by-the-bay” has a history nearly as expansive as its more populous neighbors across the water. The 128-page collection of ...

Jen Perez woke up on Wednesday morning to a perfect confluence of events — a night of heavy rains and high tide coming in just when her kids had to go to school. Flooding on her block in Broad Channel ...

With the consolidation of New York City in 1898, Broad Channel Island in Jamaica Bay officially became part of the borough of Queens. The low, marshy island was populated only by a small community of ...

Broad Channel’s flooding made it into the news a bit. Here are some sources. First, from the Wall Street Journal: Before the storm struck on Monday, the firefighters walked the streets of Broad ...

The Rockaways have been one of the hardest hit areas of the city following Superstorm Sandy, with lives lost, houses destroyed, crime on the streets. It has also been a remarkably resilient place, ...