What should be done about the Bayonne Bridge

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is moving ahead with a study to determine what should be done about the Bayonne Bridge,

LI State Park Cutbacks

Some blame the economy. Some blame the governor and the Legislature. And others point the finger at Washington.

$2 Million to NYC Green Jobs

The City is in for a makeover with the help of a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The money will go towards creating new jobs in horticulture and forestry and lending some extra hands to the city’s MillionTreesNYC project.

200 Dutch bikes in NYC for 400 years of friendship

400 wheels representing 400 years of friendship between New York City and the Netherlands.

Coast Guard Aids Whale in New York Harbor

A whale discovered in New York Harbor may be the same one spotted near Queens on Wednesday.

EPA eyes Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal be placed on its Superfund National Priorities List.

Grimshaw reveals $32 million Coney Island amphitheatre

The 3.5ha project in Asser Levy Park is part of a major regeneration of Coney Island, formerly a favourite holiday and day trip resort for residents from the New York area.

Proud Amsterdam Celebrates New York, and Itself

Relegated by history to a mostly forgotten footnote, the government and people of the Netherlands proudly stepped forward last week to remind the world that if America begins in New York, then New York began 400 years ago thanks largely to the Dutch.

Send in the ‘Clowns’ for Coney Island beach opera

An opera about Coney Island is coming home.

A small opera company has reset Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” in Coney Island during the Mermaid Parade

Embattled Ruby’s Bar Gets Back to Business on Coney Island

Astroland is gone and fiesty seaside merchant Dianna Carlin’s popular Lola Starr Souvenir Boutique has been banished from the boardwalk.

Dreamland amusement park to take place of Astroland at Coney Island

Goodbye, Astroland, hello, Dreamland.

NYC marks 400th anniversary of Dutch arrival

Four hundred years after Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon up a river that would one day bear his name, historians are marking his role in the evolution of a tiny Dutch trading post into a world capital called New York.

City, Developer $60 M. Apart Over Coney Island Land

The Bloomberg administration’s plans to redevelop Coney Island are being held up, in part, by less than $60 million.

Property of the Netherlands

Explorer Adrian Block realizes Long Island is an island and claims it for his home country. As he launched his new ship, Adrian Block let the tide carry the Restless into New York Harbor.

Mary Mattingly

New York–based photographer and sculptor Mary Mattingly has designed The Waterpod, a floating eco-habitat that recalls the work of Buckminster Fuller, Andrea Zittel, and Constant Nieuwenhuis and that will launch this May in the East River.

City, Developer $60 M. Apart Over Coney Island Land

The Bloomberg administration’s plans to redevelop Coney Island are being held up, in part, by less than $60 million.

Call for Artists

Going Coastal, Inc. is holding a poster contest to promote safe and sober boating in New York Harbor. Organizers are looking for innovative artists to create an exciting and unique image. Top prize earns a $500 grand prize, and the design will be featured in Boat Sober NY posters, postcards and used as part of citywide outreach.

State Budget and its Impacts on Environment, Land Preservation

Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan praised Gov. Paterson and legislative leaders for passage of a budget that continues funding for the Environmental Protection Fund with an expanded Bottle Bill and for continuing the Hudson River Valley Greenway as a vital force in the region.

Red Hook Piers Fight Unites Former Foes

In Red Hook, neighbors who once squared off over developments like the Brooklyn Ikea and the Fairway supermarket have suddenly allied to fight a city plan to develop two waterfront piers.

Transplanting the Legend of the Santa Cruz Surf

Bobby Vaughn is from Santa Cruz, legendary in California for its renegade surf culture and rebel wave riders.