Fans of World’s Fastest Ocean Liner Put Out a Distress Call

Dan McSweeney has a few ideas for saving the United States.

That would be the SS United States — the fastest ocean liner in the world. Bigger than the Titanic and fast enough to water-ski behind, she’s a steamship so sophisticated, her capabilities remained a Cold War secret for decades.

Guv is last hope for Gowanus builders

Insiders say only the Paterson administration can stop the federal government from designating Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site.

Astroland flight pattern could include Coney reentry

This summer, for the first time in more than 45 years, Carol Hill Albert looked out across West 10th Street and didn’t see the familiar lights of Astroland Amusement Park dancing over Surf Avenue.

Artificial island could devastate New York’s only natural reef

Dubbed ‘insanity island’ protesters are campaigning against the Atlantic Sea Island Group’s proposal to build a mega liquefied natural gas facility off the coast of New York and New Jersey

Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal in Sunset Park will receive a $10 million grant from the state for new construction.

In making the announcement last week, Governor David Paterson and Empire State Development (ESD) Chairman and CEO designate Dennis Mullen noted that the project was one of several in the state to receive “Restore New York” grants.

Bayonne Bridge Lift

There’s no debate that the Bayonne Bridge is too low for the increasingly larger ships entering the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Don’t ‘superfund’ the Gowanus

WHO should clean up the Gowanus Canal? The city’s been masterminding a series of reclamation projects since 2002 — but now the federal Environmental Protection Agency is looking to designate it a Superfund site.

Bard, Boardwalk and, With Luck, Only a Staged Tempest

The beach, the ocean and the sky are all real, and so are most of the seagulls.

Restoring oyster habitat to the Raritan Estuary

More than 100 years ago, the harbor, an arm of the Raritan Bay, was abundant with oysters.

Castle Garden: The Forgotten Gateway

Pre-dating the immigrant landing station of Ellis Island by nearly forty years is the almost-forgotten Castle Garden of the “Old Immigration.”

Kayaking is King, but Fishing Fades

Once, commerce was king on the Hudson. Now recreation rules. Over the last decade, recreational uses have increased steadily as a cleaner river continues to be rediscovered. But sport and play are not necessarily happening in predictable ways.

Hudson River Fair this Saturday will offer boat tour

Tours on a replica of Henry Hudson’s ship, a pair of singers from Netherlands, and Native American cultural demonstrations are among the items on tap for this weekend’s Hudson River Fair.

Two Events Commemorating New York’s 400th Anniversary

New York’s Quadricentennial celebration continues this upcoming weekend with an exhibition in Albany and a conference in the mid-Hudson Valley, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced today.

Powerful Ideas: River Turbines Could Electrify New York City

Floating docks could provide clean energy and new space for parks, researchers now propose.

Experimental Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast Bulletin For Lake Erie

 Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal health through water recreation and may form scum that are unsightly and odorous to beach visitors,

Students Navigating The Hudson River With Hydrogen Fuel Cells

A group of ambitious Rensselaer students will soon sail up the Hudson River, propelled by pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells and a clear vision for a cleaner, greener future.

Uncovering a Small Town (and Some Tall Tales)

Touring an archaeological dig site, you generally expect a glimpse of antiquities a little more antediluvian than a television antenna, a seven-inch single, a tailfin and a rotary-dial telephone. But an odd excavation site that recently opened to the public on Governors Island purports to offer just that: artifacts not of the Mesoamerican but of the midcentury variety, about 1954.

Queen Mary 2 To Sail From Brooklyn on Eight Voyages

Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest ocean liner, sails from the Brooklyn cruise ship pier in Red Hook on eight voyages beginning next Friday, Oct. 2, and ending with a 108-day world tour departing Jan. 4, owner Cunard Lines has announced.

Broad Ocean Conservation Goals Pose Significant New Challenges

A comprehensive new ocean management plan proposed yesterday by the Obama administration aims to make sweeping changes in federal management and set ocean conservation as a top national priority.

Don’t Bet Against New York

The financial collapse of 2008 and the Great Recession have had, not surprisingly, a major adverse impact on the economy of the country’s financial center, New York City. T