Swimming will be prohibited at all New York City beaches Wednesday and Thursday as Hurricane Erin is threatening to bring dangerous rip currents and waves as large as 13 feet to shores all along the East Coast.
Mayor Adams and Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, his Parks Department commissioner, announced the planned closures Tuesday afternoon. In a statement, they said visitors will be able to access the sand, but can’t go into the water.
“We strongly urge all New Yorkers to heed these warnings and not risk their lives by entering the water,” Rodriguez-Rosa said in a statement.
Parks Department lifeguards and enforcement patrol officers will be posted along city beaches, including the Rockaways and Coney Island, to enforce the swimming prohibition, according to a press release disseminated by the mayor’s office.
Erin is the first Atlantic hurricane this year. The National Weather Service labeled it a Category 2 storm Tuesday morning as it barelled north from the Caribbean.
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