An 18-year-old Maspeth man drowned while swimming in rough surf off Rockaway Beach on Friday, Aug. 6. First responders pulled Matthew Wiszowaty from the ocean and rushed him to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, where he died two days later. The teenager was swimming off Beach 101st Street on a section that was not open for … Continue reading Maspeth teen drowns in Rockaway Beach just days after officials call for proposed water safety commission