For Mr. Westphal , who has worked as a freelance photographer for many publications , including The New York Times , board making is partly a measure of how popular surfing has become in New York City , which now has an official city-designated surfing beach -LRB- Beach 90th Street in the Rockaways -RRB- and a surf-themed restaurant in the middle of hipster Williamsburg -LRB- Surf Bar on North Sixth Street -RRB- in Brooklyn . ''