You Can Hitch a Ride to Rockaway Beach, but Will It Be Open? Maybe.

Beachgoers are moved away from the water during high tide, near Beach 97th Street at Rockaway Beach in New York, July 5, 2018. A week ago, pressured by local merchants and residents, the Department of Parks and Recreation quietly reopened a small portion of the beach to swimmers, but with the caveat that it could only be used when the tide conditions were right. (Ryan Christopher Jones/The New York Times)