Going Coastal

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The American eel doesn’t need protection as an endangered species, according to a two-year review prompted by a petition from a janitor who had noticed eels getting stuck at dams near his favorite fishing spots. (more…)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States made modest progress on protecting its oceans last year, but still needs to boost funding for desperately needed reforms, a commission on ocean policy said Tuesday. (more…)

 FOR the past two decades, New York has been an inspiration to other American cities looking to revive themselves. (more…)

Just a couple of years ago, the container port in Red Hook, Brooklyn, looked doomed. (more…)

Some toxic soil along the Gowanus Canal cannot be cleaned (more…)

The area along and around the filthy Gowanus Canal would be reborn with a restaurant atop the grimy Smith and Ninth street subway station, a public market under the viaduct near Lowe’s, “green” industries, new homes and, of course, a clean-flowing waterway under a plan released by an area community group this week. (more…)

A half-dozen federal, state and city agencies appeared before the Assembly Environmental Conservation Subcommittee on Shoreline Protection last week, in an effort to find out which agencies are actually responsible for the maintenance of Sheepshead Bay. (more…)

Brooklyn Bridge Park may one day be a waterfront playground for city residents and visitors, but for now it is a sifting ground for forensic experts combing through World Trade Center rubble looking for human remains. (more…)

The only thing stretching across the entrance to the Bay Front Estates at Mill Basin last week, over a mud-and-gravel road split by a trench for the new water and sewer pipes, was a string of multicolored flags, sagging from a pair of long two-by-fours driven into the raw ground. (more…)

ANIMAL NY3597-07 blinks her big black eyes while lounging on her belly on a dry ledge in a lidless tank. Her fuzzy, bluish-gray fur is the distinct coat of a hooded seal less than a year old, and she appears soft enough to cuddle. (more…)

Before Hart Crane’s leap into the Caribbean that fatal April noon in 1932, he folded his jacket over the ship’s rail with impeccable manners. (more…)

The authorities are investigating the partial sinking yesterday of a paddleboat in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, that once was used for party cruises. (more…)

International Speedway Corp., the company that recently abandoned its bid to build a NASCAR track on Staten Island, yesterday reported increased revenues but a loss in fourth-quarter net income, which it blamed in part on its Island failure. (more…)

Erik Baard arrived at the Kew Gardens Community Center in Queens one evening this week, anxious to find a bike rack. (more…)

If Red Hook’s waterfront is to one day become a postcard-perfect, maritime-themed destination area, it might be nice if a marina actually sets up shop there. (more…)

ROB JETT, a 51-year-old Brooklyn birdwatcher who maintains a blog called Citybirder, has long been fascinated by the red-tailed hawks living in Prospect Park. (more…)

New condos being built in Sheepshead Bay and Plumb Beach may be facing a burning issue. (more…)

Behold, the future of Coney Island! Soaring gondolas, manmade canals & a mega-coaster part of $250M plan (more…)

 An environmental group and several city politicians said Wednesday they plan to file a new lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. over its handling of a huge underground oil spill in Brooklyn. (more…)

For sale: The largest lightship ever built, paid for by the British government after her predecessor was cut in half and sunk by the sister ship of the Titanic. (more…)