7,900 trees to be cut down on the West Shore

Federal and state pruners will cut down and chip 7,900 trees and chemically treat another 6,400 trees on the West Shore in an effort to prevent the spread of the tree-killing Asian long-horned beetle to other areas of Staten Island.

For Fleet Week, a growing wave of interest

To celebrate the city’s 20th Fleet Week, Staten Islanders will open their arms to thousands of visiting sailors, Marines and members of the Coast Guard.

Pier Work To Divert Fleet Week Ships to S.I. Port

Staten Islanders are preparing to welcome a bigger share of the sailors and Marines deposited in the city for Fleet Week, which begins tomorrow.

Water Taxi makes waves

It began with a fleet of just three boats, almost no funding and one Brooklyn boy’s East River pipe dream.

En Route to a Mountain Peak, a Stop at the Hudson’s Source

MOST New Yorkers take the Hudson River for granted.

New in New York: A Bus Ride on the Hudson River

Until this week, tourists in Manhattan who wanted to go for a cruise on the Hudson River had to find the river first. Now, they can simply hail a boat in Times Square.

Not Just Any Port for Migrating Snowbirds

WHEN Albert Gallatin, the United States Treasury secretary under Thomas Jefferson, first dreamed up what would become, more than a century later, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, he envisioned a series of linked rivers, canals, bays and deep-water channels that would provide an easy way to transport cargo and troops back and forth between the North and the South.

Triumphant Return of 1858 Lighthouse Lens

A 16-FOOT-TALL, beehive-shaped lens made in France in the mid-19th century has been returned to Long Island, perhaps to shine again at the Fire Island Lighthouse.

Biggest Building Site in Manhattan Up for Auction

It is the largest building site left in Manhattan, 26 acres on the Far West Side, where the Bloomberg administration envisions the equivalent of five Empire State Buildings rising on $1 billion worth of concrete columns over bustling railyards.

Parks for All New Yorkers

Among former Gov. George Pataki’s pet projects were the parks in and along the state’s waterways,

From Ghost Town to Park Gateway

THE Brooklyn block leading down to the Fulton Ferry Landing, a neglected little row of brick structures at 1-25 Old Fulton Street, has looked like a ghost town for years, even while a boom has swept through Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo on either side.

From Beaches to Pine Barrens, a Study Puts Values on New Jersey’s Natural Assets

The New Jersey Pine Barrens are known for a lot of things: ghostly legends of a bat-winged Jersey Devil; weekend canoeing among mossy bogs; a place where Tony Soprano and company like to dump their dead.

Down to the sea

There’s something about the shoreline that draws people:

Gateway National Recreation Area Receives Lowest Natural Resource Grade from National Parks Group

Park Suffers From Historical Uses, Urban Pressures, and Lack of Support

A good deal for all

t was beginning to look a little shaky there for a while in the rather testy negotiations to bring on a new lease-holder for the New York Container Terminal (NYCT), more familiarly known as Howland Hook.

Totten Troop Loss Could Hurt NYC

In a move that some consider a threat to the safety and security of New York City, the Department of Defense is relocating an Army Reserve unit from its 40-year home at Fort Totten in Bayside.

Suds and cargo on tap for Hook

Red Hook may get to drink its beer and unload its cargo, too,

Brownfield brainstorming - City looks for more input on Public Place’s future

City officials returned to Community Board 6 this week, asking local residents and interested parties to further refine their vision for the future of a colossal but contaminated Carroll Gardens site.

Landmark day for ‘Jump’ - Preservationists hail rehab of iconic Brooklyn tower

A Coney Island landmark was among two Brooklyn structures hailed by an influential preservationist group last week.

Farewell to Superior Inks and that old funky mix

I love my temporary river view now that I can see the Hudson from my desk. The large boxy obstruction is gone. That’s the only good thing I can say about the destruction of the Superior Inks building on the corner of Bethune and West Sts.