City floats new idea: a water map to paddle by
IKEA Brooklyn’s esplanade in red hook
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced the 6.5-acre waterfront esplanade it has built along the Erie Basin in Red Hook will open to the public when IKEA Brooklyn opens on June 18, 2008.
boater safety
This is the weekend that boat lovers get their craft into the waters off Long Island. That's why state park officials, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday kicked off National Safe Boating Week
Federal boater permits could cost hundreds of dollars
A federal regulation aimed at reducing pollution caused by discharge from commercial ships could force recreational boaters to buy costly permits this fall, said Sen. Charles Schumer, who is supporting legislation to reverse the rule.
MANHATTAN CUP A BIG SUCCESS
IT was a normal day for the Manhattan Cup - good fishing, a great party and terrible weather. It was a steady, cold rain and with northeast winds, the conditions were not comfortable to say the least, but this is one of those great tourneys that even Mother Nature can not dampen.
On Shore, a Week to Release Stress but Also a Chance to Address It
For many service members, Fleet Week is a fun time to get some shore leave, explore New York and have a few — maybe free — drinks.
Investigators find gaps in port security program
A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators have found.
The Ferry: Past, Present and Future
BRIDGES spelled the end of New York’s ferries a century ago; when you could zip over the Queensboro by trolley or car, why bother with poky boats?
Exposing the Wall Between the River and New York City
To the builders of the 21st-century World Trade Center it is both an obstacle and an engineering marvel of 19th-century New York: the massive granite river wall that opened Manhattan’s edges to a world of seagoing commerce.
Son of Speak-Easy
AFTER 400 years, the tides were due to turn. Here on New York’s harbor, roughnecked stevedores once toiled on grimy docks; then came piers-turned-parks, piers-turned-galleries and piers-turned-bowling alleys. Now, anchoring a trinity of luxury waterfront condo towers near West 11th Street designed by Richard Meier, is a seemingly out-of-place dive bar, the Rusty Knot.