The Brighton Beach area is sheltered from treacherous tides by the natural barriers of Breezy Point, in Queens, and Sandy Hook, N.

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It tapped directly into long summer rides to Jones Beach with the dash-mounted eight-track blasting, to boom boxes in the Rockaways and Beach Haven, and turntables in back bedrooms of ethnic neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and the burbs.

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McKeon said he planned on approaching leaders in Queens to see about having a dress expo there for hard-hit kids in the Rockaway beach communities.

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