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Announcing 2010's Best Waterfront
Day Trips! Click here to see MWA's third installment in the series.
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June 17, 2010. After a record-breaking 1,152 days alone at sea, adventurer Reid Stowe sails into New York Harbor aboard the Anne, escorted by a flotilla of welcoming vessels. The Anne is the two-masted schooner directly behind the spray of water from the John J. Harvey fireboat. Shortly after sailing up the Hudson and docking at Pier 66 Maritime, Mr. Stowe met his son and granddaughter for the first time. For background on the story, click here to see the WaterWire archive. For current coverage Mr. Stowe's return to terra firma, click here for coverage by CBS News, here for coverage by CNN and here for coverage in The New York Times. Click here
for Mr. Stowe's web site about the adventure.
A welcome home party is scheduled for
June 20, 6pm-9pm, at Pier 66 Maritime.
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Have an opinion on a story you read in WaterWire? Details to add? A different way of
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| Re: Cross-Harbor Car Float Operation Gets a Boost (WW 6/2/10)
"Pleased to see
that the PA will be activating barge/rail service between Jersey City
and Brooklyn; Greenville Yards and Bush Terminal. I am wondering why
barge service can not also serve/connect with the New York and Atlantic
Railroad which connects to floats south of the old Army Marine
terminal/65th street, and connects at Fresh Pond with rail north and
south. Perhaps there will be a an upgraded rail connection from 37th Street to 65th Street. Although there is still a rail line east, it
only ties into the NYC transit D line, but no longer goes anywhere."- Ray HowellTravel ExpressGowanus Dredgers
"Why doesn't MWA ever mention that the neighborhoods
where the proposed intermodal facilities will be built will bring more
trucks to those areas, increase pollution, traffic and asthma and
cancer rates?
We are a city surrounded by water. We need to expand barging
facilities, not railroads. Railroads run on diesel and the railroads
have no intention of upgrading their infrastructure anytime soon.
In western Queens, having antiquated railroads is already killing us. The yards were built in the 19th century and are adjacent to many
homes. Garbage trains idle, make noise and discharge thick black smoke
into people's windows.
MWA needs to talk to people who live near railyards. They'll paint a
vastly different picture from your fantasy of how "green" these trains
are."
- Christina Wilkinson,Civics United for Railroad Environmental
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Help update the Comprehensive
Waterfront Plan. The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan workshops have taken place, but there are still two to go.
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BLUE NETWORK AND CITYWIDE ISSUES
WORKSHOP
June 24, 2010, 6:30-9 pm
PS 234
292 Greenwich
St.,
Manhattan
The Blue Network is the term for our waterways themselves. This sixth workshop will examine and discuss the opportunities to use NYC waterways for recreation, transportation and education. The ecology of the water bodies will be discussed, as will the city's resilience to climate change and sea level rise.
STATEN
ISLAND WORKSHOP
June 28, 2010, 6-8:30 pm
Spiro Hall, Wagner
College
One Campus
Road, Staten Island
More information about these workshops and Vision 2020 can be found at www.nyc.gov/waterfront
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CITY OF WATER DAY FESTIVAL
on July 24, 2010, please contact Louis KleinmanMWA HAS MOVED
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| CONTENTS: June 18, 2010
| Opening Up the East River Waterfront
Kick-off sessions launch parallel planning processes for waterfront access
Alternative Fuel Options: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
It's good news and bad as the region tries to make better use of alternative fuel
Baykeeper Fights DEP Ban on Oyster Gardening
Thousands of students, teachers, scientists and everyday folks are disappointed
NYHarborWay Ferry Service Begins
Go from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back the FUN way
Historic Ships Gather at Pier 40 on June 19
Free tours of the Pegasus, Cornell, Lilac and John J. Harvey
Register for the City of Water Day Partner Fair on July 24
Publicize your organization and programs to thousands of people
Check Out MWA's SPLASH Resource Guide
Get your children to the water!
MWA Introduces "2010's Best Day Trips to the Waterfront"
In which we suggest great ways to explore this region's wonderful shoreline
Meet Some MWA Partners
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OPENING UP THE EAST RIVER WATERFRONT
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North of 38th Street, City Presents Redevelopment Projects; South of 38th, Blueway Trail Planning Begins
Many New Yorkers were thinking about the future of the East River earlier this month, as redevelopment processes for adjoining sections of the waterfront were kicked off by community-wide discussions.
 The dividing line was 38th Street. South to the Brooklyn Bridge the shoreline is covered by a $650,000 grant that pays for the preparation of designs for the East River Blueway
Trail. The grant, from the Environmental Protection Fund via the
Department of State (DOS), is being administered by the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in partnership with Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Community Boards 3 and 6, and the Lower East Side
Ecology Center. The first public meeting to discuss the grant was held June 10.
"We are learning from the community, from engineers and architects, what waterfront access points make sense along this stretch," said Cameron Peterson, legislative aide and community liaison for Assemblyman Kavanagh.
Christine Datz-Romero, co-founder and executive director of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, said, "We talked about issues, such as the eco-docks envisioned at
Stuyvesant
Cove and a floating pool, but the real work starts now." The group
split into three committees: one to focus on the shoreline between 14th
Street and 38th Street, one to consider the stretch from 14th Street to
the Brooklyn Bridge, and one to discuss education.
 Four days before the Blueway Trail discussion, city officials and politicians led by NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and NYC Economic Development Corporation Vice President Madelyn Wils spoke to a large group on June 6th about redevelopment projects, waterfront access opportunities, logistics, deadlines and costs for the East River shoreline between 38th Street and 63rd Street. Here, the Manhattan Greenway (map segments at left and above) is interrupted by the Solow development site (former home of Con Edison), the FDR Drive and the United Nations campus (photo below), forcing pedestrians and bicyclists to detour inland for about 25 blocks. In one major project, the UN wants to expand over the 3/4 acre asphalt Robert Moses Playground. In return, the UN would issue a bond to build a replacement playground and three
acres of waterfront parks. Mr. Benepe and Ms. Wils said their respective agencies support the UN
e  xpansion because it is the best source of funding now available to open up the waterfront. The most time-sensitive project concerns 22 steel caissons that support the FDR's Outerboard Detour Roadway (ODR) for seven blocks north of
UN. Once the FDR's renovation is complete, the ODR caissons are scheduled to be removed -- but community activitists and elected officials are urging that the caissons be converted to a section of Greenway. "Madelyn Wils said the city was approached by New York State DOT
and DEC with an offer to use the existing caissons from
53rd to 60th Streets if they came up with
a plan by the end of the summer," reported MWA's associate program director Emily Egginton, who attended the meeting. "It would save the city $25 million dollars
if they used the existing caissons before the permit expired." Mr. Benepe envisioned possible waterfront connections at 37th, 42nd, 48th, 51st and 60th Streets.  East River waterfront, blocked at 38th Street
More
meetings will be scheduled this summer to develop plans for waterfront access north and south of 38th Street on the East River. People are welcome to contact Ms. Peterson in Assembly member Kavanagh's office -- 212-979-9696, cameron.ad74@gmail.com -- with any
questions. "Most meetings will be for the working groups, which are
comprised of invited community stakeholders, so we encourage those
interested in the project who are not currently affiliated with a
neighborhood or waterfront group to begin participating in an
organization that fits their aspirations best and through them to
participate in the project," she said. "We will also have public forums a couple of
times of year in which we will invite everyone's input and feedback." Excellent information about the East Side Greenway and various waterfront projects can be found at www.eastsidegreenway.org. (back to top) |
ALTERNATIVE FUEL: BECOMING MORE AVAILABLE
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But Use of Bio-Diesel in Particular Lags this Year
Because a Crucial Federal Subsidy Expired
Metro Energy,
an oil company based on Newtown Creek in Brooklyn and the fuel sponsor for City of Water Day on July 24, is poised to launch
NYC's first bio-fuel production facility in the first quarter of 2011. The
facility will use state-of-the-art technology to re-use water and
recycle waste, and also has plans to build a bio-diesel fueling station at its existing dock. "We already use
bio-diesel in our own trucks," said Jason Abrams, Metro's
communications specialist. "We're trying to convert our customers." A number of Metro customers have made the switch, despite the expiration of a federal tax credit for bio-diesel use at the end of 2009.
A double hull barge offloads ultra-low sulfur diesel
to Metro Energy's terminal in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, so it
can be turned into the company's custom-blended oil product.
Bio-diesel -- basically processed waste vegetable oil -- is a
cleaner-burning fuel than petroleum and can be used anywhere that
diesel is used; in vehicles, by cruise ships, as home heating oil. Use
of bio-diesel brings about a significant reduction in pollutants.
Other alternative fuel producers and distributors in the New York/New Jersey region are less optimistic about the use of alternative fuel. Bob Lindenbaum, chief marketing officer for Newark-based Innovation Fuels, believes bio-diesel use
across the region will increase eventually, "but right now it's a
struggle," he said. Without the federal subsidy, Innovation must charge about a dollar more per gallon for
bio-fu el -- a surcharge that has hurt sales. This year, Innovation, located on the Passaic River (above, a barge docked
at the facility and right, with NYC in the distance), has the capacity
to produce 20 million gallons of bio-diesel.
"I'm pretty much out of business," said Marty Borruso, chief executive officer of Fuel Bioat the Elizabeth, NJ waterfront. "We spent $6 million to build our
operation but we haven't been in production for the past couple months.
There's no government mandate for bio-diesel so people aren't going to
buy it."
Captain Paul Lerin of Bionautics,
a local bio-diesel distributor, agrees. "Everybody's pretty much at a
standstill because the government subsidy ran out," he said. Capt.
Lerin set up a bio-diesel pump at Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club last year, for example, but has not activated it yet this year.
"President Obama told us that we need to reduce our dependency on oil," said Mr. Lindenbaum, the day after the President's prime time speech on June 15. "Here in New York Harbor, it's obvious what needs to be done."
So, what needs to be done? It's a three-part answer: the federal tax credit for bio-diesel needs to be reinstated; alternative fuel needs to be produced and offered for sale in more locations; and the delivery of fuel, where reasonable, should be made via the waterways.
One of Innovation Fuel's clients -- Castle Oil, located on the Bronx waterfront -- provides a textbook example of what the future of oil use should look like in the NY/NJ region. A barge loads bio-diesel from the Innovation's plant in Newark, travels down the Passaic River, across New York Harbor and up the East River for delivery to Castle Oil. Thus, Castle is helping to reduce local air pollution and foreign oil dependency in two ways: by its use of bio-diesel and by its choice of barge over truck delivery. "You can put 231,000 gallons of oil on a 'baby' barge," noted Mr. Lindenbaum. "That's the equivalent of 36 trucks."
The Bloomberg administration is promoting the use of alternative fuels as it goes forward with the PlaNYC program for citywide sustainability. Several weeks ago, the NYC Economic Development Corporation announced that Atlantis Management Group (AMG) would develop
and operate an alternative fueling facility in the Bronx. The $11
million facility, to be located in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, will be the first alternative fueling
station available to the public in New York City when it opens in 2013. The facility will offer bio-diesel, compressed natural gas, ethanol and electrical outlets for trucks to plug into, in addition to conventional gas and
diesel.
Marine-based transportation is not utilized at the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center even though the huge facility lies at the waterfront. The EDC recognizes the paradox and is studying the issue. "In terms of reducing truck trips and truck traffic, we're looking at rail options and options for marine-based transportation, particularly for deliveries to the Fulton Fish Market," said EDC spokesperson Kyle Sklerov.
With the announcement of the alternative fuel station and the discussion of marine-based transportation at least on the table, the Bronx community is pleased. "The
development of a retail alternative fueling facility in the Hunts Point
neighborhood is an important first step to addressing the negative
environmental impacts our community has struggled with for decades. It
is also a testament to the hard work community organizations like
Mothers on the Move, The Point, Sustainable South Bronx and community
residents have put into improving our quality of life," said Councilmember
Maria del Carmen Arroyo.
Expanding use of alternative fuel takes effort at the city, state and federal levels. Right now, all eyes are on the lawmakers in Washington, DC. The bio-diesel tax credit extension is part of a bill being debated in the House and Senate, and the National BioDiesel Board is lobbying hard. "It almost doesn't matter," Mr. Borruso said dejectedly. "Even if they pass this tomorrow, it's only a one-year extension and we're halfway through the year already. So what's the answer? We need a government that actually says we want alternative fuel. Maybe we should have never had the tax credit in the first place. If the government had a bio-diesel mandate, the oil companies would be required to put it in their products. The EU [European Union] has a 7% mandate. It's just amazing that we can't get out in front of it."
Even so, Capt. Lerin, like the Metro Energy people, continues to urge his customers to switch to bio-fuel. He's still got a little bio-diesel in stock and he gives away free samples. "I'm always talking to the engineers about why they should be using bio-diesel," he said. "We have to do this in increments. Everybody's all for the idea, but folks are just not used to doing something new." (back to top)
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| DEP BANS SHELLFISH GARDENING IN NEW YORK HARBOR
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Eliminates Baykeeper's Oyster Restoration Program
 Fearing poaching and consumption of contaminated oysters raised in research programs, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has banned all research-related gardening of commercial shellfish. The DEP intends to revamp the state's shellfish gardening rules, but until it does, Commissioner Bob Martin says all local oyster gardening must be suspended for the protection of public health and the $790 million/year commercial shellfish industry.
Since NY/NJ Baykeeper is the only group coordinating oyster gardening in the region, "the DEP announcement effectively calls for the elimination of our oyster restoration program," wrote a frustrated Debbie Mans, NY/NJ Baykeeper executive director, in an email to supporters. Ms. Mans is calling for letters to the media, to elected officials and to Commissioner Martin. Click here for information about a sample letter.
In the photo above, taken in 2009, high school students from Bayonne, NJ check their oysters. Other local groups with oyster gardening programs include the New York Harbor School, Bronx River Alliance, The River Project and the Hudson River Foundation.
"We have prioritized oyster restoration because we know that without the habitat oyster reefs provide the ecosystem will never properly recover and without their incredible ability to filter pollution out of the water, the harbor will never be as clean as it should," Ms. Mans wrote. "We have proposed many solutions to the supposed public health risk, including caging the oysters, citizen patrols, deputized volunteer patrols, and motion sensing technology. DEP has never seriously entertained these offers."
A DEP press release states that the agency "makes about 60 arrests annually of illegal harvesters or
poachers in restricted waters, primarily in the New York/New Jersey
harbor and Raritan Bay. But the department does not have the resources
to adequately patrol these areas where new shellfish are placed by
gardeners, leaving them open to poachers, which is a concern to the
FDA."
"It's unfortunate," Christine Datz-Romero, executive director of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, said of the DEP's move to outlaw oyster gardening in New York Harbor. "They're misguided. Hopefully they'll revise their policy. We had a small colony of oysters that we tended to and counted. We'd
like to keep doing that."
Ms. Mans and her Baykeeper colleagues are working with NJDEP. Discussions include a new gardening site actually suggested by the State, on which a permit is pending. (back to top)
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For Less Than the Cost of a Subway Ride, Why Not Take the Ferr y?
Planning to travel from Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn or vice versa? Try the new ferry service from NYHarborWay. It's scenic, speedy and cheap: as low as $2 one way.
This new Friday/Saturday/Sunday service from New York Water Taxi runs between Manhattan and Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 and South Street Seaport, with a stop at Governors Island on
Fridays only. The ferry runs
every weekend through Labor Day, with discounted fares on Fridays. Weekend rates are $6 one way, $10 round-trip and $15
for a family (good for up to two adults and two
children over the age of three). On Fridays the rates go down to $2 one way, $3 round-trip and $6 for a family. Children under three always ride for free. (back to top)
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HISTORIC SHIPS GATHER AT PIER 40 ON JUNE 19
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 Free Tours of the Pegasus, Lilac, Cornell & John J. Harvey
 Tour the retired NYC fireboat John J. Harvey (right), the former U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouse Tender Lilac (below), and the historic tugboats Pegasus (left) and Cornell on Saturday,
June 19, between 11:30am and 4pm on the north side of Pier 40 at Houston Street and the Hudson
River.
 Noted maritime historian Norman
Brouwer will give a series of talks about historic ships throughout the
afternoon aboard the Lilac.
This rendezvous is co-sponsored by the Friends of Hudson River Park and the North River Historic Ship Society and
supported by a grant from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. (back to top)
Photos courtesy of John J. Harvey, Lilac and Pegasus; bottom photo by Robert Simko
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SPLASH! EDUCATING KIDS AT, ON AND IN THE WATERFRONT
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 A Resource Guide from the
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
MWA invites educators and parents to check out SPLASH, a new resource guide to free and low-cost waterfront education resources in the New York City area.
This guide is intended to be helpful to camp leaders, schoolteachers and others who work to connect students to opportunities at and on the waterways. At MWA, we believe that the New York and New Jersey waterways can be vibrant places to play, learn, and work. Our hope is that, through the work of organizations like yours and those in this guide, every child in the metropolitan area will have the knowledge and tools to become invested in the care, improvement and responsible use of our waterfront and harbor.
We have chosen to focus on those experiences that cost on average less than $10 per participant.
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 HERE'S A GREAT WAY TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION!
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 Register to participate at City of Water Day, where you'll connect with hundreds of people
This
year, the third annual City of Water Day on July 24 will take place at
no fewer than three waterfront venues -- at Governors Island, Liberty State Park,
and Brooklyn Bridge Park. Promising to be a blockbuster event that will
showcase the diversity and magnificence of our
waterfront, City of Water Day is a terrific opportunity for
water-related organizations to get the word out about your mission and programs to the public. The photos at left and below were taken at last year's festival.
The
strength of the waterfront movement is the diverse network of
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Partners, all committed to improving our waterfront. We encourage and welcome you to participate at the City of Water
Day 2010 Alliance Partner Fair. Put your own stamp on your exhibit: a
simple display is fine, or hold a demonstration, offer an activity or
provide arts and
crafts or other entertainment. Whatever you chose to do, you are
guaranteed to get hundreds, if not thousands, of viewers. Click here to sign up for the Partner Fair -- and start planning your exhibit now. See you July 24! (back to top)
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MWA'S BIWEEKLY GUIDE TO THE AREA'S BEST WATERFRONT SPOTS
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 Brooklyn Bridge Park
It's no secret that the coastlines of New York and New Jersey have become generally much cleaner and more accessible -- but many people still don't know how to get to all the new waterfront parks, paths and piers that have opened in recent years. WaterWire to the rescue! Read on, and make this the summer that you discover more of this unique urban archipelago's beautiful shoreline.
(For previous Waterfront Day Trip suggestions, go to the WaterWire archive.)Rendering by Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates.DAY TRIP #3 Piers 1 and 6 of Brooklyn Bridge Park
That's a rendering above of Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1, drawn by landscape designer Michael Van Valkenburgh many months ago when the park was being planned. Happily, reality is very close to the designer's dream, as the first delighted visitors saw on March 22 when Governor
Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg and twelve local officials opened Pier 1. Here are recent photos of Pier 1 by Barry Yanowitz (right and below right). The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy sponsors many free programs, including seining, boating, bird watching, waterfront workouts and outdoor movies.  Click here for the full calendar of events. The Conservancy welcomes new members to the Green Team, a group that schedules plantings (photo at left) and clean-ups.  The first of six piers being reconfigured to convert the once-busy maritime and
industrial waterfront to a world-class park, Pier 1 offers sweeping lawns, an inviting promenade and the Granite Prospect (a
set of steps fashioned from granite salvaged from the Roosevelt Island
Bridge reconstruction). Later this summer, visitors will find a salt marsh with native plants, water gardens
crossed by small bridges, and a boat ramp for non-motorized watercraft. Click here for more information about the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse.  Several weeks ago, part of Pier 6 -- mainly a fabulous set of connected play areas -- opened to bookend Brooklyn Bridge Park. The rest of the park -- Piers 2 through 5 -- will
be built in stages over the next several years and will ultimately
encompass Empire Fulton Ferry Park and the existing Main Street Park. Learn more about the future
phases of
Brooklyn Bridge Park here. Launch an interactive map here and learn about the park's amenities and sustainable features, as well as its points of interest. GETTING THEREIf you need to take public transportation to Brooklyn Bridge Park, click here for subway and bus stops, as well as nearby parking garages. The best ways to get to the park, however, are by water taxi or bicycle. - Click here for the locations and schedule of the New York Water Taxi. On the Brooklyn side, the water taxi stops at Fulton Ferry Landing and Pier 6. If you catch the NYHarborWay water taxi, you'll pay special, low rate -- even lower on Fridays (see story above). And finally, if you have time to visit Governors Island, you can catch a free water taxi at Pier 6.
- Nothing beats riding a bicycle across the Brooklyn Bridge. The views! The breeze! Once in Brooklyn, take a left and coast into the DUMBO neighborhood and then turn left (south) again.
WHERE TO EATAre you in for a treat! Several establishments  around Brooklyn Bridge Park are famous in the food world. - Grimaldi's (19 Fulton Street) - The line may stretch down the block, but there's a reason this pizzeria is popular.
- Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory (Fulton Ferry Landing) - Another tried-and-true spot popular with locals and tourists alike. Pure and delicious ice cream sold from a landmark fireboat house.
- Buzzito Bar (Fulton Ferry Landing) - New this year, Buzzito Bar offers
quesadillas and guacamole and chips.
- The Landing (Old Fulton Street) -- An oxymoronically gourmet hot dog awaits you.
- River Cafe (1 Water Street) -- One of the city's most romantic spots, bedecked with flowers and, as night falls, twinkling lights, the River Cafe is the most expensive dining you'll find around Brooklyn Bridge Park. (back to top)
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| MWA PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
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Expanding every week, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is more than a coalition; it's a force. We are
ferry captains, shipping executives, park directors, scientists,
sailors, paddlers, swimmers, teachers, urban planners, architects and
more. Together, we advocate for the best possible waterfront in the
best possible city, a waterfront that is clean and accessible to all,
with a robust maritime workforce and efficient, affordable waterborne
transportation. Join us! Contact Louis Kleinman at lkleinman@waterfrontalliance.org. Meet some Partners of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance: - Barge Park Pals/Newtown Creek Monitoring Project bargeparkpals@msn.com
The mission of Barge Park Pals is to help maintain & improve Newtown Barge Playground
& Greenpoint Playground (a.k.a. Barge Park ) and the surrounding
waterfront community environment for the health and well being of
community children and their families. Our primary focus has been to
create an enlarged Bark Park with waterfront access and a parkhouse,
while keeping an eye on the surrounding environmental issues and their
impact on the park and park user. - Friends of Brook Park http://www.friendsofbrookpark.org
Friends of Brook park is based in the South, South Bronx. We lead canoe
and kayak excursions from the Harlem River all around the city. We
advocate for the navigation and restoration of the Bronx Kill, and
access to the shore of Port Morris and Mott Haven. We are developing
mollusk planting projects to rehabilitate wildlife and clean our waters. - Hughes Marine Firms http://www.hughesmarine.com
Hughes Marine Firms is a group of companies committed to meeting the
demands of the marine construction, dredging, and marine transportation
industries since 1894. Our commitment to quality, dependable service, focus on safety, and
dedication to our customers' needs have made us an industry leader for
over a century. As owners of a large fleet of deck and hopper barges, workboats,
oceangoing and inland vessels, combined with an expertise in
stevedoring, terminal management, marine brokerage, marine
transportation, and project cargoes, HUGHES truly is the "Clearing
House for Marine Difficulties."
- New York City Water Trail Association http://www.nycwatertrail.org
In order to advance awareness of the public ownership of our waterways,
and to foster maritime education, recreation and environmental
stewardship, The New York City Water Trail Association promotes the
creation, improvement, and preservation of suitable launches, landings
and boathouses for paddling and rowing in all five boroughs and the
harbor at large. (back to top)
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