Overview

• Lifeguards recovered an unconscious woman from Manhattan Beach on Aug. 11 and she was pronounced dead at South Brooklyn Health hospital.
• The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is determining her cause of death, which could mark the fourth drowning at New York City beaches this year.
• This season has already seen an 18-year-old drown at Coney Island, a 22-year-old go missing off Rockaway Beach and an April surfer’s death at Jacob Riis Park.
• Last year’s record of seven drownings by mid-August, the highest since 2019, has intensified calls to extend lifeguard hours beyond the standard 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Officials and local leaders are weighing expanded lifeguard staffing and stricter enforcement of no-swim hours to curb the seasonal spike in beach incidents.