Fossella Calls for More Renovations To Waterfront along Bath Beach

Following the successful renovation of the Shore Parkway Greenway in Bay Ridge, Congressman Vito Fossella, R-Bay Ridge/Staten Island, this week proposed continuing the renaissance of the Brooklyn waterfront from the Verrazano Bridge to Bay Parkway, in the Bath Beach/Bensonhurst section.

Hurricane survival guide

Officials say it’s not if Long Island is struck by another hurricane, but when. With the Atlantic hurricane season soon to reach its peak, here’s a primer on how to survive when a major storm threatens the area.

New York City beaches nothing special, survey says

Of the seven beaches run by the city, only one qualifies as a good spot to soak up the sun, according to a survey released yesterday.

Moore Stephens Touts New York

If you want to list your shipping company today, in most instances, New York can still offer you the best options.

Witte named Chairman of American Club

J. Arnold Witte Sr., President and CEO of Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been named Chairman of the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc. (the American Club).

‘Domino’ falls?

The tilted yellow “Domino Sugar” sign on the old Williamsburg waterfront refinery could still be salvaged even though the building to which it’s attached will likely be knocked down during the site’s impending 11-acre redevelopment.

Pool with a view

The Floating Pool Lady barge at the foot of Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights is welcoming Brooklynites like Amanda, Rob and Matthew Rowan, to its cool water and skyline view.But the 174-person-capacity pool’s sojourn off the Brooklyn coast is fleeting. After Labor Day, the pool will close; next summer, it may open in the South Bronx, which sought the pool this summer, but lost out to operators of the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development. The state-run project is under pressure to demonstrate that it will be a park first and a luxury condo neighborhood second.The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Floating pool debuts! Man-made beach now open for all

A cargo barge doesn’t typically evoke thoughts of summer fun, but perceptions can change drastically—especially when the hulking vessel has been converted into a floating pool.

Waste transfer station opposition gaining strength

As Assemblyman Colton’s coalition to stop the proposed waste transfer station in Gravesend Bay keeps rolling on, more and more support is coming from all over.

LAST STOP ON THE ROCKAPULCO

Skip the velvet rope and bring your flip-flops to this unexpected urban beach town.

Carbon-Neutral Center Planned in Manhattan

The Solar 2 Green Energy Arts and Education Center, New York’s first carbon-neutral, solar-powered building, is set to spring up on the East River at 23rd Street.

Cuomo Files Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil Over Brooklyn Oil Spill

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing the ExxonMobil Corporation to force it to clean up a 17 million gallon oil spill in Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek, increasing the pressure to resolve what Mr. Cuomo is calling “one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation’s history.”

Take the High Line

This column last visited the High Line in March 2004. At that time, an uncertain fate awaited the elevated railroad structure on the West Side. Since then, the Friends of the High Line have prevented the structure’s demolition, and presented a plan for its transformation into an avant-garde elevated garden snaking through a theme park of chi-chi 21st-century architecture.

WINNING ROD IS 24 ‘CARROT’

A FISHING rod made from carrots was the hot top topic at the Allied Sportfishing Trade Show in Las Vegas last week.

SAVE OUR W. SIDE CHOPPERS!

TITANS of industry are rushing to the defense of the West 30th Street Heliport now that greenie, granola-eating preservationists are looking to shut down the family-owned facility.

HOW GREEN IS QUEENS?

For years, Queens could boast about having the most parkland with newly planted trees reaching skyward and 7,300 acres of open space giving the 2.2 million residents plenty of room to stretch out and take a deep breath.

FAMILY SECRET

A NEW biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt reveals a deep, dark secret the American railroad tycoon carried to his grave

Cleanup at last!

Housing is coming to the banks of the Gowanus Canal at long last.

Key environmental protection fund grows

Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the Legislature agreed Thursday to phase in increases in the state’s Environmental Protection Fund, which protects open space from development and pays for many major environmental projects.

The Abora 3 sets sail from New York City

The 1000 Days Non Stop at Sea is helping to expand and affirm mans ability to look to the future, in voyages of similar length to our nearest neighboring planet Mars. Abora 3 led by Dominique Görlitz has just set sail from New York City on July 11th with a crew of 10 in a reed boat to prove that man has been able to complete an Atlantic crossing to conduct trade since about 12,000 BC or so years.