Pre-Sandy beach view of Jacob Riis Park and its historic bathhouse, including the art deco addition. (Padraic/ Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0) ...

And Riis was no exception, coming from Denmark’s heartland: Jutland. Near Jutland’s harsh and sandy west coast is Ribe, a small town that dates back to the Viking ages—Riis' hometown.

JACOB RIIS BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- The historic, 90-year-old bathhouse located at Jacob Riis Park is set to undergo a $50 million restoration project. Though the bathhouse is considered to be one ...

The boardwalk at Jacob Riis Beach will get a facelift this fall. The National Park Service, which runs the federally owned portion of Rockaway, announced the $2.7 million refurbishment of the ...

Jacob Riis’s copy of “How the Other Half Lives,” with his signature and annotations, has been donated to the New-York Historical Society by Ted Gup, a journalism professor.