Staten Island ferry crisscrosses history’s wake

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As the Staten Island Ferry traces its time-honored odyssey, a glorious sunrise highlights post 9/11 Manhattan. Boats have regularly traveled to Staten Island since explorer Henry Hudson named it.
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Images of the bright orange Staten Island ferries play a starring role during a test of morality and nerve in the Batman movie The Dark Knight.

This would make an awesome train set

My older brother was the model train buff. Me, I always liked the real thing.

Unusual marine life is reined in

Quick: What is curly, 3 inches tall and says neigh?

A seahorse, of course!

Marine wildlife educators at SoundWaters in the Cove were surprised to catch a seahorse in a net Wednesday.

Shore by shore: A new look at Staten Island

To many, Staten Island is the borough of unrealized potential.

And along each of its shores, the waterfront has long been a symbol of the borough’s promise, its beauty and its shortcomings.

West Shore residents welcome proposed wind turbines

Some West Shore residents may soon wake up to find themselves living in a kind of futuristic Holland.

Summer sunset at Buono Beach: Simply spell-binding

Advance photo/Hilton FloresThere are plenty of places on Staten Island to enjoy the spectacle, but for many Staten Islanders, Buono Beach and Alice Austen House in Rosebank is the go-to spot each evening at dusk.

You can’t remember a setting sun.

Unearthing New York

Discover New York archaeology! Uncover artifacts from the river and the harbor dating from thousands of years ago to the early 1900’s and create your own artifact.

End of Summer Travel: Coney Island’s Dreamland Roller Rink

 

Thousands of New Yorkers and visitors have flooded Coney Island this summer to get one last fix of the freakish festival,

Coney Island’s Astroland vows to close unless new lease signed

The Astroland amusement park, after two years of teetering on extinction, vowed to close its rides for good next week unless a new lease is signed.

Amusing history

A bungalow in the Rockaways. (Photo via LaurenKrohnRichman on Flickr)

The Historic Districts Council will be exploring the leisure destinations of old New York in its fall lecture series, “Out for the Day in New York: Historical Resorts and Amusements.”

A nip and a tuck for the Halfmoon

As sailors have done for centuries, Dutch coins are placed under each mast of the Halfmoon, the replica of the historic ship that sailed up the Hudson River near 400 years ago.

Summer ’08 @ Pier One open through end of September

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Tuesday announced the extension of Summer ’08 @ Pier One! 

NY Waterways Adds ‘Military History’ to Fall Architecture, History Cruise Lineup

NY Waterway Tours is offering an added opportunity to enjoy the history of America’s most strategic harbor with the “Military History of New York Harbor Tour,” marketing it as the highlight of NY Waterway’s fall lineup, along with the architecture and history cruises.

Rockaway homeowners to become landowners

The owners of 17 bungalows on a Jamaica Bay pier in the Rockaways will finally be given the chance to buy the property on which the homes sit.

Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits

When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent $320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to shut down even with a brisk wind blowing

Green Roofs Offer More Than Color for the Skyline

The thousands of recently planted green and purple shrublike sedum lining the roof of Con Edison’s training center in Long Island City look a bit out of place in the shadow of Manhattan’s skyline.

Still regal after all these years

Advance photos/Frank J. JohnsWhat’s employed today as the front of the house on Howard Avenue actually was the rear. In this photo, you can get a sense of the Arts and Crafts subtext in the home’s design.

Programs Include ‘From the Shore to the Sideshow’ Plus ‘Fun in the Sun’

The Historic Districts Council is planning two programs in September with a focus on Brooklyn,

Hudson River in the Pioneer Valley

Thomas Locker’s outlook on life changed when he died. After being pronounced dead from a dissecting aneurysm, a nearly always fatal affliction, he came back to life and lingered in a coma for 17 days. He eventually recovered, and has since resumed his lifelong work: painting.

Reconsidering South Street Seaport

‘Cities are fun!” Those words, accompanied by a picture of the real estate developer James Rouse, appeared in 1981 on the cover of Time magazine.