Two people are dead in seperate drowning incidents in Rockaways that took place in areas where there are no lifeguards due to construction of a jetty.

Every year, Rockaway residents like mother and daughter Yelena and Anna Tokar hear of the tragic accidents in the waters off neighboring beaches.

“People forget that Rockaway is an open ocean,” Anna said.

The two people who died Friday evening drowned a few blocks apart — a 16 year-old girl at Beach 108th Street and a man, who officials say is in his late teens or early twenties, at Beach 100th Street.

Both are sections of the beach that are closed due to construction.

“There’s never a good time to do construction, but we needed it. We needed the jettys. Our beaches were kind of getting shorter,” Anna said.

The jettys are being built to help preserve the coast line from further erosion. But neither the large ‘beach closed’ signs nor lack of lifeguards has deterred swimmers from going into the water.

“Mostly people who come from work drown every year, it’s after a lifeguard leaves after six,” Yelena said.

The two drownings were among five incidents that happened after 6 p.m. Friday after lifeguards’ shifts had ended.

“This is a painful reminder that New Yorkers should never enter the water in closed sections of our shoreline, where lifeguards are not present," NYC Parks said in a statement. "We implore New Yorkers to only swim in open sections and when lifeguards are on duty.”

The three additional incidents Friday were water rescues. The four people involved are all stable.

“Unfortunately, you hear the sirens over the summer and you worry that’s exactly what’s going on,” said Rockaway resident Kelly Bryan.

Bryan fears there will be more incidents as the summer goes on. She says that’s because people are unfamiliar with the waters.

“You need lifeguards because you know people will be in the water. So, I think it’s worth it to have them if you can get them,” Bryan said.

A group of residents are hoping to get lifeguards to patrol the closed sections of the beach. With construction of the jettys and a lifeguard shortage, they’re unsure if that will happen.