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Erosion causes parking, beach closure at Robert Moses

Half of the beach and parking area at Robert Moses State Park Field 5 is expected to be closed the entire summer following the worst erosion there in at least two decades.

Rough surf and tide surges from offshore storms have carried away so much sand this spring that the western half of the Field 5 beach is underwater at high tide.

The severe erosion runs more than 2,000 feet along...

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