Coney Island waits for the word

Expect some real amusements come January 7 and 8 when the Coney Island Development Corporation holds three public information sessions on the city’s proposed Coney Island rezoning framework.

DUMBO gets historic

DUMBO became Brooklyn’s 19th historic district on Tuesday

America’s Cup Experience Reaches Public Domain

If the America’s Cup is the Formula One of sailing, then Russell Coutts is giving enthusiasts the chance to sample being the equivalent of Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso.

On the Water, Away From the Tracks

STAND on the banks of the Hudson River and it is easy to envision Henry Hudson and his crew sailing its waters for the first time; the battles and gunfire of the Revolutionary War; and Thomas Cole, along with the rest of the Hudson River School painters,

A Landscape’s Isolation Is Turned Into a Virtue

The winning design for a 40-acre park that would unfold across the southern half of Governors Island is not the kind of grand public-works project the city once championed. But in an age when developers regularly usurp the government’s planning role, it reflects the kind of imaginative, civic-minded thinking that can restore our faith in city and state leaders.

‘Iconic’ Design Chosen for Governors Island

The Dutch firm West 8 has been selected from among five finalists to design the open space on Governors Island, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Spitzer announced yesterday.

Developers Envisions ‘a Bit of Florida’ in South Brooklyn

 Stephen Jemal has been buying up small parcels on the South Brooklyn waterfront for the last decade with an eye toward building housing that echoes the beachfront properties of Florida. Now, with a large new loan in hand, he can finally start construction.

CITY MAY LOSE TURF TO SURF

Global warming could raise the world’s ocean levels twice as high this century as previously predicted, a study suggests – putting large swaths of the Big Apple at risk of becoming the Sunken Apple.

HIGH ON GOVS Island

An ambitious plan to build a $125 million aerial gondola system connecting Governors Island to Manhattan and Brooklyn looks ready to fly, a top city official said yesterday.

Going Coastal Good Tidings!

As the year draws to a close, we want to wish you all the very best this holiday season and for the new year ahead!

Coral zingers

So here’s a shocking tale! Scientists are bringing coral reefs back to life in an experiment in Bali, by giving them doses of low-level electric current.

Help Shape New York’s Gateway to Our National Parks!

On behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA),  I am writing to inform you that we are wrapping up the public input part of
our international public design competition — “Envisioning Gateway.” You may go online to view the finalists, make comments, and vote for a
winner until December 31, 2007 at www.npca.org/gateway. All votes will be counted, and with all comments, be presented to the National Park
Service for Gateway’s upcoming General Management Plan.

Crossing a Continent by Water to Another City by the Bay

The tourist-laden ferries shuttling between Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty cover about three miles in the round trip. But one boat that may soon be plying that short circuit is traveling almost 8,000 miles to do so

Trash trucks, not trapezes, is latest idea for Pier 40

If you think community activists would be leading the opposition to a plan to put garbage trucks in a waterfront park, guess again.

Ball field becomes battlefield for community boards

When the Parks Department and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation sited a ball field in Corlears Hook Park — Community Board 3 territory — without consulting the board and the community, C.B. 3 members got angry.

A glimpse into the Seaport’s future?

Two years after the Fulton Fish Market closed its doors, local food vendors are returning to the Seaport — at least for a day.

Pier 40 plans reconsidered as deadline nears

There are new details about all three plans for Pier 40’s future.

Environmentally Friendly City Ferries on Agenda

 The city’s ferries could be forced to switch immediately to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and eventually reduce their emissions to 85% below federal standards. In addition, ferries would gradually have to transition to new technology that filters harmful material from the ships’ exhaust fumes under legislation in the City Council.

Annual count finds nearly 8,000 birds in Central Park

Central Park has gone to the birds.

More than 57 species and 7,771 birds have been counted in Central Park as part of an annual survey headed by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

Civic group sues to close Hudson River heliport

A citizens group has taken aim at one of the few remaining outposts of industry and commerce on Manhattan’s reborn Hudson River waterfront: a noisy helipad that shares a narrow esplanade with joggers and cyclists.