A sign of the times—heavy winds tore down signage throughout the path of the storm. Photo Courtesy Jose Silva
Many residents of the Rockaways were the victims of looters after evacuating their homes due to Hurricane Sandy. Photo Courtesy Caroline Roswell
Rockaway Beach looking west from B102 Street, Weds, Oct. 31, 2012 with No Hope handball court and residents of Rockaways. Photo Courtesy Caroline Roswell
Block after block of business along commercial/residential strips through the center of Rockaway lost entire inventories and operating equipment when water filled the establishments. Photos Courtesy Victoria Holt/VRPhotography
Metal gates crumbled like tissue paper all along the boardwalk as wind and water whipped across the beach font in violent waves.
Residents sit and marvel at the destruction along the shoreline that claimed sections of the boardwalk for dozens of blocks tossing them as though they were toothpicks.
More resembling a section of boardwalk one might find in the funhouse of Playland in days gone by, one solitary bench on a buckled section of boardwalk reminds passersby of the destruction that rendered the beach walkway.
