The concessions area at Beach 97. Photo: Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock Every spring in Rockaway Beach, food-and-drink vendors head to the boardwalk to claim their counter spaces and prepare for the upcoming summer season. This year, many of them were in for a nasty surprise.
Meanwhile, building managers used power tools to access the concessions office, which seemed to be sealed shut. When they finally got it open, the place looked ransacked, with broken equipment and shelving all over the floor. “At first, we all thought this might be a little prank,” the vendor said. “But they keep finding so many things that we can’t get past it. Whoever did this is not letting us.”
The move angered many in the community, particularly the original operators. During a heated public hearing via conference call on January 11, the Bazaar’s Belvy Klein tried, despite repeated interruptions, to assuage fears about the new boardwalk regime. He applauded the prior managers for their “love and hard work” and promised to “retain as many of the previous vendors there as possible,” according to a transcript.
Whether the damage to Beach 97th Street is retaliation for Bazaar’s contract award is now the subject of much speculation. It was, according to one local source, “the Rockaways equivalent to the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.”
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