200 swimmers will brave chill for Hudson River thrill

When it comes to swimming in the Hudson River before Memorial Day, there are three things you should know: It’s cleaner and colder than you think – and the currents can be rough.

The next nightlife destination in Go-Go-Gowanus

 Just west of Fourth Avenue’s long-shuttered Brooklyn Tile Supply Corp., along the shores of the Gowanus Canal sits a neighborhood that seems to be waking from its grimy, industrial slumber. Flanked from the east by an expanding Park Slope and from the west by the Smith Street renaissance, signs of change have lately arrived to Gowanus in the form of summertime kayakers who are committed to the revitalization of its murky inland waterway.

Affordable apartments on Brooklyn waterfront still far on horizon

 Four years after agreeing to let private developers build luxury condos on the Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront, the city has yet to deliver promised affordable housing there.

As Statue of Liberty prepares for reopening, Daily News gets sneak peek

 The twin sets of steps entwine into a double helix, and to climb toward Lady Liberty’s crown is to feel you are ascending a huge strand of freedom’s DNA.

Sun kinda wonderful for parks, shores

Bikinis are coming out of the closet and beachfront businesses are gearing up for the unofficial start of the summer.

Greatest Show on Earth is hiring for the summer

Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus will hold a job fair next week for 200 ticketing, ushers and maintenance positions for its Coney Island summer run.

Traces (Perhaps) of Nieuw Haarlem

Are traces of the original Harlem settlement — including an African burial ground — awaiting discovery during the replacement of the Willis Avenue Bridge and the planned rehabilitation of the 126th Street Bus Depot?

Sand, Stuff and Blogging

I am new at blogging but you’re probably not picking that up quite yet! In fact, I have just become a blogger today!

Historic tug and barge dock in Hoboken

What a better way to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic exploration of the Hudson River than on a barge in the river itself. The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, a combination of the Tugboat Pegasus of 1907 and the Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79 of 1914, has been permanently docked in Red Hook, N.Y., since 1994. Now the two vessels voyage to Hoboken beginning on May 26 for a two-week stay, featuring a staged reading of the famous play “On The Waterfront,” live circus acts, historical programming and much more. See full list of events below.  

Ahoy! It’s Fleet Week in New York

Thousands of sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have arrived and will participate in Fleet Week in New York, today through May 27.

Staten Islanders welcome Fleet Week to New York

Staten Islanders gathered along waterfront stretches to watch warships and jet planes take part in a peaceful display of might, signaling the start of Fleet Week.

Fleet Week another scaled-down version of the past

Some 13 warships and other craft are sailing into New York Harbor this week for the annual observance of Fleet Week.

Sailors, Marines leave Monday for Fleet Week in New York

Thousands of sailors and Marines will leave Norfolk by sea on Monday for the 22nd Fleet Week in New York City.

Bennett Field a camper’s dream in crowded Brooklyn

Lying awake amid the chirping of crickets, gazing at the full moon through my tent’s open ceiling, I felt a million miles away from the chaos of the city.

Better Fisheries Management

NEW ENGLAND’S fisheries feed our region’s cash flow and provide dinner for our tables. But by most measures the current management system of this vital industry has been a failure, and hasn’t adequately protected the marine ecosystem nor promoted a profitable fishing industry.

CONEY SOUND & FURY

Coney Island residents protested loudly yesterday against a planned 5,000-seat outdoor arena in Asser Levy Park they say will create excessive noise and disrupt services at the nearby Seaview Jewish Center.

About 100 people protested the $64 million arena, proposed by Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz, carrying signs reading, “Marty’s Free Concerts are Not Worth the Price.”

By C.J. SULLIVAN
New York Post

Seafarer chaplaincy confronts piracy fears

The recent dramatic high seas rescue of a merchant ship captain held hostage by Somali pirates stirred a public debate on whether cargo vessels should be armed.

At Sea in the City

WARM, full of puffing sailboats and washing-machine clean: I am having a hard time believing this is New York harbour and I am kayaking.

Reclaiming a River

A floating dredge lowered a clamshell bucket to the bottom of the Hudson River on Friday and pulled up a load of muck contaminated with PCBs

Hot Times

Summer arrives this weekend (socially, at least), and the city has responded with a few seasonally appropriate events.