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This Month's Article ...
What are city beaches really like? Our audio slide show tours the shore from the Bronx to the Rockaways, as beach-goers weigh in on cleanliness, accessibility -- and jellyfish.
Recent Waterfront Articles from the Gotham Gazette:
On the Beaches
Links in the News ...
- Newtown Creek Eyed for Superfund Status (NY Sun)
- Clinton Pushes for Federal Cleanup of Newtown Creek (The Forum)
- Council Members Say Abandoned Barges Pose Dangers in Waterways (NY Times)
- Lifeguards Union Criticized over Drownings (NY Times)
- Report Rates Orchard Beach City's Most Polluted (Daily News)
- Tides Takes Lives Over Weekend (Daily News)
Researching Waterfront ...
An interim look at the performance of various city agencies was released yesterday in a report called the Preliminary Mayor's Management Report. Published annually, it takes a look at the city's performance in the first four months of the fiscal year and forecasts performance expectations. Much of the information can be broken down by individual agency, issue, or community. Some significant highlights were: Sewer back up complaints jumped by 23 percent; the average response time to heat complaints rose by 50 percent (although stays within the goal of seven hours); and major felony crimes in schools were nearly a third lower than the same quarter last year. (February 15, 2008)
Preserving Jamaica Bay
With the marshes of Jamaica Bay rapidly disappearing, the city Department of Environmental Protection has issued a two-volume report proposing strategies to restore and maintain the vital wildlife habitat. Among other measures, the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan calls for reducing discharges into the bay. Such discharges, particularly of nitrogen from wastewater treatment plants, have been blamed for much of the area’s degradation. (October 10, 2007)
Grading Beaches
New Yorkers for Parks has issued a report card on the seven Department of Parks and Recreation beaches. The advocacy group rated them in four areas – bathrooms, drinking fountains, pathways and shoreline – and concluded, “Overall, beach performance is poor.” Midland Park on Staten Island got the highest grades, while, under the report’s ratings, Coney Island/Brighton Beach and Wolfe’s Pond scored worst. (July 18, 2007)
Caring For Emerging Waterfront Parks
New York City’s tremendous success in revitalizing its waterfront will require about $ 100 million a year to meet new management and operating needs, according a new report by Regional Plan Association. Close to 700 acres and 58 miles of new waterfront parks, greenways and other public spaces are being created in all five boroughs. To ensure that this legacy is well maintained and managed in the public interest, the Association has recommended more than a dozen specific policy recommendations to ensure that responsible public agencies have the resources and authority to take a primary stewardship role. (June 17, 2007)
Staten Island Ferry Fare
The Independent Budget Office estimates that if the Staten Island Ferry would start charging a fare of one dollar, but charge it only to tourists (commuters who lived or worked in Staten Island would be exempt), “costs would exceed fare revenues within the first seven years of operation. At a fare of two dollars, however, there would be an operating surplus for the foreseeable future.” All passengers have ridden the ferry for free since 1997, when a 50-cent fare was eliminated. (November 13, 2006)
Describes the City's largest boathouse for human-powered craft and home of the free kayak trip. It has a very interesting table showing Hudson River tides and currents.
Working Waterfront Association
Maritime and environmental advocates, providing education, new initiatives and programs that foster waterfront planning, safety, and access for the New York and New Jersey Harbor Estuary. WWA acts as a catalyst for communication between diverse port interests. WWA facilitates cooperative 'smart growth'.
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Formerly, the Waterfront Project. MWA seeks to influence the future of the region's waterfront and waterways through education, grassroots organizing and media advocacy.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gateway is a bi-state park with "units" in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Gateway is part of the National Park System.
Pier Park & Playground Association
P3 seeks to enhance opportunities for children to play sports and opportunities for parents and other volunteers tp participate. The primary focus of P3 activity is the drastic lack of space for youth sports in Manhattan.
A NYC non-profit that builds historic Whitehall gigs. Volunteer crews periodically row the vessels from boathouse sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
New York City Community Sailing Association
A not-for-profit providing affordable public access to New York City's waterways. NYCCSA provides sail training and non-instructional sailing. They also provide instruction to public high school students at a nominal cost. The association operates from Pier 25 in Tribeca.
Waterfront Slide Show
A Gotham Gazette photo essay on New York's Waterfront.
Coastal Resources
New York Department of State Division of Costal Resources links to specific waterfront areas and plans around the city, including Fresh Kills
Jamaica Bay / Bronx River and Other Water Newsletters from Treebranch
The place to sign up for Newsletters from TreeBranch on a variety of waterfront and open space topics.
by William Kornblum
Heartbeats in the Muck: A Dramatic Look at the History, sea Life and Environment of New York Harbor
by John Waldman
Manhattan Water-Bound
by Anne Buttenwieser
The Meadowlands
by Robert Sullivan
The Riverkeepers
by John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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