🚨A 50-year-old woman was bitten by a shark Monday afternoon at Rockaway Beach, the authorities said, in what appears to have been the first confirmed shark bite in New York City in decades.🚨 Per nytimes reporting, a shark bit the woman on her left leg as she swam near Beach 59th Street. Lifeguards removed her from the water and administered first aid, before emergency responders took the woman, who was in critical condition, to Jamaica Hospital. The beach is closed for swimming and surfing on Tuesday. All of Rockaway’s beaches were closed for one day last July because of shark sightings, leaving only the boardwalk open to beachgoers. 📸: Spencer Platt/ gettyimages #wuc #kcm #knowitall #rockaway #rockawaybeach #rockawaybeachny #sharkattack #sharkbite #newyorktimes #nyt