Retro chic revives, threatens Rockaways bungalows

As Manhattanites rediscover old seaside houses, preservationists fear for their future

BasketBall City being forced out of its home

After nine years at Pier 63 on W. 23rd St., BasketBall City is being forced out of its home on Friday and it does not have another location lined up.

Top 10 summer sendoffs

It’s almost over, so hurry up and stretch the season!

Critics Aim at Javits Center Expansion Plan

Several New York community advocacy groups are opposing a $1.7 billion expansion plan for the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s Far West Side, claiming it will block waterfront access.

GARDEN-VARIETY B’KLYN: PARK PLAN A WATERFRONT WONDER

The scenes seem more Greenwich than Greenpoint: pedestrians strolling along a shorefront esplanade, kayakers paddling through placid waters, people gathering at an outdoor performance shell.

Pier A negotiations continue running adrift

Pier A, the historic pier perched on the edge of Battery Park, was once a Victorian symbol of New York City’s splendor. Today, it is a dilapidated blight on the Lower Manhattan landscape, and as discussions to revive it repeatedly disintegrate, its future remains perennially in doubt.

Park’s Condition Riles Residents

Claiming that Frank M. Charles Memorial Park, a Howard Beach recreation spot enjoyed by young and old alike, has gone largely untended for another season, the frustrations of many Howard Beach and South Queens residents have hit a highwater mark.

Barging Back

Barges are poised for a comeback. Not that they ever left New York-the big flat vessels travel up and down New York waterways filled with petroleum, stone, rocks, sand, scrap and chemicals. Almost all of the home heating oil used on the East Coast comes through New York Harbor on barges.

Requiem for a stream

Some locals think the soon-to-be-developed Newtown Creek is a mess. To others, it’s a haven of liquid solitude.

The Hudson, and the Lure of Blue Claws

NYACK, N.Y. — Seventy years ago, Bob Gabrielson scooped blue-claw crabs out of the Hudson River with a long net or a wire pull-up trap and sold them in town for a dollar a dozen.

Despite Warnings, Many Persist in Eating Fish From the Hudson

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., Aug. 14 — On a recent cloudless afternoon, Croton Point Park seemed to be a fishing paradise. The tide was low; the breeze was soft. Families picnicked and people stood along the shore with fishing rods, casting out into the Hudson in hopes of catching and carrying away one of the river’s coveted bluefish or striped bass.

The only problem — though it was invisible — was in the fish themselves.