Chopper Fight On the Hudson

Heliport in revolt.

U.S. naval history versus fresh produce - Many support new supermarket as wrecking ball looms over Admirals’ Row

A local preservationist is lobbying to give a full pardon for the Admirals’ Row site.

IKEA lost documents, shipyard says

Irreplaceable records charting the rise of a Brooklyn shipyard to a position of national dominance have been lost forever, vanquished to the trash heap by Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA.

Big bucks to protect Sea Gate

Coney Island’s gated community, Sea Gate, will get $2.4 million in public funds this year to keep its private beachfront from further erosion thanks to Rep. Jerrold Nadler.

Taking plunge in NY

New York as a scuba-diving destination? It’s not as far-fetched as you might think.

BROOKLYN WATER WORKS

The city’s latest vision for a 1.6-mile waterfront esplanade stretching from Greenpoint to Williamsburg is filled with boat launches, wetland preserves, picnic grounds, kayaking areas, ball fields, gardens and dog runs, new renderings reveal.

BIG PLANS FOR RED HOOK WATERFRONT

City officials have inked a pact that could dramatically cut back dock workers and cargo facilities on the Brooklyn waterfront in favor of beer gardens and possibly apartments.

Long fight to hold on to history of Village

Working to save the city’s past for future generations keeps Andrew Berman pretty busy.

City To Proceed With Plans To Transform Port

After a Port Authority hurdle was cleared yesterday, the city will move forward with its plans to close the last working container port in Brooklyn.

A Great Colonial Escape

George Washington was a Virginian, but New York was a central city in his life. At the start of the revolution, the British made it a priority to take New York. They wanted it for its harbor, and because it separated the northern from the southern colonies.

When Pipe Dreams Come True

Perhaps the most concrete sign that things are changing in Meadowmere, a minuscule patch of Queens southeast of Kennedy Airport, is that David Soto has begun paying his taxes again. Mr. Soto, a 52-year-old landscaper, says he refused for years to send any money to the city government for what he called neglect of his neighborhood, which has long been without sewers and becomes flooded after it rains.

Bringing Laboratory Space Back to New York

EAST RIVER SCIENCE PARK

On the Water Front

ON a raw winter’s day, the water riffling over the spillway

On Staten Island history, NYC mayor gets it wrong

NEW YORK (AP) _ Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he studies Spanish every morning, but perhaps he should add a history review to his daily schedule.

Surf’s Up, and Upscale, as Sport Reverses Its Beach Bum Image

For $10,000 a day, you can have the ultimate surfing sojourn in Indonesia aboard the 110-foot Indies Trader IV, a sort of floating hotel with 15 cabins, a helipad and three-course meals with wine. A motorized tender takes you to the waves.

Retired Submarine, 63, Seeks Loving New Home

AFTER decades of service, the U.S.S. Ling SS-297, a World War II submarine, is docked here along the Hackensack River next to a parking lot and across the street from an auto supply store.

New York Moves Toward Suit Over a 50-Year-Old Oil Spill

Newtown Creek, looking toward Manhattan. Exxon Mobil and four other companies face possible lawsuits for a 50-year-old spill that contributes to its pollution

Randalls for rich

Imagine for a moment that you decided to throw a huge party for a few hundred of your closest friends on the Great Lawn in Central Park, and that you asked the Police and the Parks departments to fence off the entire area to keep the public away.

B’klyn cruise port plan may be sinking

The city’s economic planners insist it’s full steam ahead with an ambitious project to expand the luxury-cruise business in Brooklyn, but elected officials and insiders say that the plan is sinking fast.

Richard Zigun Rides Out Coney Island’s Ups and Downs

Bricks peek through chipping plaster on the walls of the stairwell leading up to the second-floor Coney Island Museum.