Pay ball!

That’s how New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson today described New Yorkers’ perspective on the complicated financial wheelings and dealings between the City and the New York Yankees.

Program to Explore Origins of American Commerce, Culture, and Values at South Street Seaport Museum

Exploring the beginnings of New York as a pluralistic seaport and crossroads of goods and cultures that continues to shape American character and identity, the South Street Seaport Museum will present New Amsterdam: The Island at the Center of the World in Fall 2009.

N.Y.C. Water Trail Awarded “Best Partnership” At Best Of Parks

For many years Parks has offered kayak access at our marinas and other sites. We had not however heavily promoted their availability and tried to build a constituency to utilize and support them. This year’s Best Partnership between Parks and Going Coastal achieved that by creation of the NYC Water Trail.

Groups sue EPA, want tougher ship discharge rules

Environmentalists sued the federal government Monday over new rules that critics say do too little to prevent cargo ships from dumping invasive species into the nation’s waterways.

World War II vessel was donated for use as a floating museum

It has been called a “ghost ship” and a “maritime Lazarus”. The Arthur M. Huddell is the last of the Liberty Ships, vessels which played a vital role in the efforts of the United States to aid European allies during World War II and during the Cold War years.

New York Missing Out On Millions In Pollution Penalties

Environmental Advocates of New York is calling on Governor David Paterson to amend his budget proposal and stop giving some of the state’s biggest polluters a free ride.

80-year-old lobster from local restuarant heading back to the ocean

A monster lobster scored a one-way ticket out of a Manhattan restaurant Friday – and not on a fork.

Now that’s faith

Brooklyn man takes frigid leap of faith for Greek Orthodox heritage

Letters to the Editor

Preserving the former U.S. Lighthouse Service’s historic waterfront property in St. George is extremely important because it is a rich link to our Island’s maritime heritage. The preservation of historical, cultural and natural areas for public use has been recognized with federal, state, and city legislation.

Blasting Off From the Coney Island Boardwalk

It sometimes feels as if New York has been bidding farewell to old Coney Island for as long as there has been a Boardwalk. With almost every change, its raucous spirit is diminished. Yet then it somehow keeps staggering on.

The World, Grain by Grain

As a young geophysicist in the 1980s, Rob Holman attended a conference in San Francisco that included a field trip to a beach. Dr. Holman, who grew up inland, in Ottawa, stared at the ocean, assessing the strengths and vectors of the waves and currents. But when he looked around, everyone else was studying the sand.

Emily’s Bridge

SHORTLY after graduating from Hunter College in 1978, the photographer Barbara Mensch moved from SoHo to the top floor of a walk-up on Water Street near the South Street Seaport. The charming but decrepit 19th-century brick building was shared by several artists, who sought the low rents and the seaport’s industrial grittiness. Ms. Mensch and her neighbors now own the building, which they have renovated.

Chesapeake Bay left up a creek

Failure of cleanup efforts has left America’s largest estuary still nearly ‘dead.’ Why?

Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has helped restore many of America’s waters, allowing fish and humans to swim safely in them. But the largest estuary in the US, the Chesapeake Bay, remains in trouble and little changed. The problem? More than two decades of efforts have fallen foul to complexity, size, and lack of political will.

The New Factory: In Brooklyn, an Industrial Artists’ Colony

The future of New York art smells like vanilla and resides on the Sunset Park waterfront in sixteen massive buildings called Industry City.

Cheyenne Diner in a (scrap) heap of trouble

The landmark Cheyenne Diner might end up a pile of scrap metal instead of reopening across the East River after all.

Free lecture on restoring oysters

The NYC Oyster Gardening Program announces a series of five lectures on the history, science and restoration of oysters in the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary.

MAS Unveils Public Ideas For Coney Island

The Municipal Art Society (MAS) will present ideas the public has offered for Coney Island at a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Thor brings its hammer down on Coney Island’s Lola Staar

Lola Staar, the funky, pink-hued clothing boutique and gift shop on Coney Island’s Boardwalk has been booted from the fabled seaside strip.

Dredge Report

Who gets to build something out of New York Harbor’s bottom

NEW FERRY TO CONNECT BROOKLYN TO GOVERNOR’S ISLAND

The city plans to connect Brooklyn to Governor’s Island with a new ferry that would dock at a revamped Pier 11, officials announced this week.