Rockaway Residents Push Back Against New Beach Boardwalk Concessions Vendor | Eater NY

"The team behind Brooklyn Bazaar, operating here as Rockaway Beach Bazaar, has been chosen in the Parks Department's notice to receive a proposed 15-year concessions contract and has committed to pay the city $300,000 in annual fees in year one with increases thereafter; managers Belvy Klein and Aaron Broudo say they will give existing vendors first dibs on their current locations, are awaiting Parks Department figures to set rent (hoping to finalize them by month’s end), and plan to transform the Beach 97th area into a year-round destination and add up to 20 concessions stands over time — plans that have nonetheless alarmed locals concerned about outsiders taking over." - Tanay Warerkar