A GRAIN OF PAIN

85 DEGREES ON THE BEACH

53-block stretch of beach between Beach 60th and Beach 113th Sts.

CLOSED

Saturday Just four beaches open in over 100 blocks. Swimming was permitted at Beach Ninth, 17th, 30th and 59th Sts.; and from Beach 116th to 148 Sts.

200,000 beachgoers As many as head to the Rockaways on a typical sunny summer weekend.