These days, he has switched to an electric bike, a concession to the strong ocean breeze.

On a recent day, he loaded his bike basket with copies of the latest edition, whose cover story — “Marty Has Landed” — described the reaction to Marty, a new mobile robot that scans aisles for spills at a local Stop & Shop.

The article quotes a shopper so fed up with the robot’s constant calls for cleanups that she tells a store worker: “This is driving me crazy. I can’t even imagine how badly you want to kill this robot.”

The paper is a slice of Rockaway life, as is a bike ride with Mr. Boyle, who rolls along the boardwalk, shouting hello to food concession workers and bantering with residents who pedal or walk by.

He pointed out a school of dolphins swimming along the shore, not far past the bathers.

Whale sightings are also common here. One of Mr. Boyle’s covers featured a reader-submitted photo of a humpback whale splashing out of the water near a boy on a surfboard, as if to say hello.

Mr. Boyle creates much of his paper from articles and photos submitted by residents, and as he bikes, he encourages those he meets to provide material.

The paper is also online, but Mr. Boyle said readers rely on hard copy. Up to 10,000 copies are printed each week and distributed, some through a delivery service and the rest by Mr. Boyle.

Mr. Boyle said he started The Rockaway Times in 2014 after serving as editor of The Wave, a longtime weekly serving the Rockaways. At the time, the area w as growing in popularity as a subway-accessible surf spot.