Plenty of fish in Sound waters

Anyone who has been putting off making their first fishing foray into Island Sound until they were absolutely sure the fish have arrived can now stop stalling. The fish are here.

New York City waterfront: From Ghost towns to coast towns

Ask city Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden to describe New York, and she’ll tell you, “It’s a city of five boroughs, and four of them are islands.”

Secrets of the Deep

What lies beneath the surface of New York Harbor? For starters, a 350-foot steamship, 1,600 bars of silver, a freight train, and four-foot-long cement-eating worms.

Coney Island Assembles Industry’s Big Wheels

The Cyclone’s riders are still screaming. The Wonder Wheel is still spinning. And folks are still jammed onto the sidewalk awaiting their hot dogs and fries from Nathan’s Famous.

Hint of Norway in Brooklyn

Bay Ridge will celebrate its Norwegian heritage this weekend with a Viking Festival on Saturday and the 58th annual 17th of May Norwegian Constitution Day Parade on Sunday.

Couple’s Quest to Solve Overlooked Mysteries of the City

If you’ve ever parked by the marina in Flushing to see a Mets game, you may have been struck by the whimsy and drama of two white shelters that sit by the bay, structures that look as if their creator had been issued the challenge to design igloos that could take wing.

Central casting

Fish in New York City? Most people only see them on a menu. But as Paul Smith discovers, Gotham’s waters are a fine place to meet a blue up close

On a Beach in Brooklyn, a Chair Sits Empty

 EVEN in the best of conditions, swimming long distances in unfamiliar water is an exercise in mild disorientation. Add waves, strong currents and the chilly seas that persist into the spring, and the voices in your head that say you’re crazy grow even louder.

Rediscovering the Hudson River

It’s hard to imagine that we owe our fair city — and state — to the insubordinate wanderings of a Brit in the pay of Dutch taskmasters, a sailor chasing mariners’ centuries-old dream of a shorter route to the Orient.

Vermont, New York salute 400 years along historic waterways

Hard on the heels of Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations last year, the states of New York and Vermont are continuing the party with a series of yearlong festivities commemorating the explorations of Samuel de Champlain of Lake Champlain and Henry Hudson of the Hudson River and New York Harbour.

To the Hardy, Lady Liberty’s Crown Beckons Anew

Oh, how he loves that Lady.

Give Don Oral 30 seconds and he’ll wax poetic about the grace and meaning of the Statue of Liberty for a city of immigrants.

City Island’s great dolphin controversy has been resolved

The city Parks Department has agreed not to relocate the islanders’ beloved dolphin sculpture from Hawkins Park.

Queensboro Bridge will get candles on its birthday cake after all

Supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis told the Daily News he will donate “whatever is necessary” for a fireworks display at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Queensboro Bridge later this month.

Marine stocks hurt by abandoned fishing gear, UN report says

The world’s fish stocks are seriously threatened by the growing presence of lost and discarded fishing gear that now make up about 10 percent of all marine litter, according to a new report released on Wednesday by two United Nations agencies.

City Island Postcard “At Sea”

Talk story about City Island and its maritime history. In 2007, a fire, most-likely set by local teen-agers, closed City Island Nautical Museum for almost a year.

Do New York’s Plants Need a Publicist?

In 2004, hundreds of protesters rallied on behalf of Pale Male and Lola, two red-tailed hawks who had been evicted from their perch on a Fifth Avenue co-op.

That’s when Marielle Anzelone, then a botanist at the New York City parks department, decided that plants needed better public relations.

Speaker Series Aboard Waterfront Museum

A new and exciting 10-week speaker series aboard the Waterfront Museum in June, July and August highlights ship preservation projects and waterfront profiles that offer a glimpse of the many organizations that today foster active community stewardship along our backyard shores and waterways.

New Section of Hudson River Park Opens

More than a decade after Hudson River Park was officially created, in 1998, the park’s construction is more than halfway complete, with the opening of Pier 64 in Chelsea and a stretch of park between West 24th and 26th Streets.

Staten Island’s 845-foot Pier 1 key to rennaisance of St. George

The return of marine borers to New York Harbor has had devastating consequences to many of New York City’s waterfront structures that are supported by fast deteriorating timber piles.

Sailing quest tests couple’s skills and bond

A thousand days at sea-that was the couple’s dreamy plan. They’d crisscross oceans aboard their 70-foot sailboat, the Anne, never making landfall, never resupplying.