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“Bus Hill” IS Our Mount Snow!

Posted on January 14, 2011 by rockviv

Ok, so we don’t have the long, rolling hills of Prospect Park, and Fort Tilden is no Yellowstone.  But we do have Bus Hill, Rockaway’s version of a slope for ski-boarding and sledding. Wrapped inside the ramps of the Gil … Continue reading →

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Snow Drifts on the Monday after Christmas–Let’s Call it a Block Party!

Posted on December 27, 2010 by rockviv

The great Boxing Day Blizzard of 2010 (sixth largest snowfall in NYC history) finally ran out of steam on Monday, December 27, late in the morning, and everyone was boxed-in! Rockaway residents began to shovel out their driveways…and their sidewalks…and their … Continue reading →

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