NYCkayaker Re: Parks & Recreation Plans to Create a NYC Water Trail-Volunteers Wanted

[ralph diaz]

I think Owen is right.  There are 8 as far as I know.  There were six for
the longest time until just a few years ago Valentino and another were
added.  I have been away from the city scene but surely if it I had gone up
to 18, something would have been mentioned in NYCkayaker.

ralph diaz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gowanus Dredgers" <dredgers at excite.com>
To: <nyckayaker at rockandwater.net>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: Parks & Recreation Plans to Create a NYC Water Trail-Volunteers
Wanted


>
> 18 sites? Is that a typo?  We only know of 8 DPR-approved launch sites:
>
> http://downtownboathouse.org/downloads/NYCPermitInsts.pdf
>
> Let's Dredge!
>
> Owen Foote
> Gowanus Dredger
> dredgers at excite.com
> 718 243 0849
> www.gowanuscanal.org
>
>
>  --- On Fri 03/09, Nancy Brous < nbrous at gmail.com > wrote:
> From: Nancy Brous [mailto: nbrous at gmail.com]
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:30:41 -0500
> Subject: Parks & Recreation Plans to Create a NYC Water Trail-Volunteers
Wanted
>
> The following is a press release from the NYC Parks Department.<br>With
this initiative, the Parks Department is expressing a commitment to
maintain, enhance, and expand human-powered boating in NYC.<br>The guide
will be posted online to facilitate updates, and will be a free service.
> <br>If you are interested in helping to collect information, survey
> conditions at sites, photograph area launches, submit day-trip ideas,
> and/or write narratives on the history, geology and points of interest
along the trail, please see the contact information at the end.<br>We will
be getting started in the next few weeks and this project
> cannot happen without the input from our vibrant local paddling
> community. Please spread the word!<br><br><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br><a
href="http://www.nyc.gov/parks">www.nyc.gov/parks</a> <br><br>PADDLING FROM
PARK TO PARK<br>Parks & Recreation Plans to Create a NYC Water
Trail-Volunteers Wanted
> <br><br>Before planes, trains and automobiles.it was boats that carried
people from one place to another by way of rivers, lakes and oceans. New
York City is surrounded by such bodies of water, yet its shorelines have
been largely dominated by commerce and industry for centuries. One of Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg's highest priorities is to restore access to the City's
waterfronts and interpret the rich history of its shoreline.
> <br><br>"Throughout the city, parks along the shoreline are being built
and renovated to reconnect the public with the water-Baretto Point Park,
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Hudson River Park, Fort Totten Park and Fresh Kills
Park to name just a few," said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian
Benepe. "Among the amenities available at these parks, many have or plan to
have canoe and kayak launches. To connect these sites and enhance the users'
experience and safety, I have asked our Queens Borough Commissioner, Dorothy
Lewandowski-a water sports enthusiast and an accomplished kayaker-to
spearhead the initiative to create a NYC Water Trail."
> <br><br>"As an avid kayaker, I am delighted that the opportunities for
kayaking right in my own backyard are expanding," said Queens Borough Park
Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski. "And am thrilled to be working to create a
comprehensive guide that will enable people to safely travel throughout the
City via its waterways and to thoroughly enjoy their day at sea."
> <br><br>The NYC Water Trail will provide information on safe and legal
access to the waters surrounding all five boroughs of New York City. The
project will identify park launch sites, as well as connect those to
non-park launch sites. The guide will also provide recreational, educational
and scenic opportunities on each leg of the trail.
> <br><br>This spring and summer, Parks will be collecting information,
surveying conditions, photographing, and writing narratives. There are
currently 18 existing public canoe and kayak launch sites on parkland with
an additional 11 sites in planning and nearly 20 identified as potential
sites. Borough Commissioner Lewandowski plans to travel each leg, along with
project volunteers, to document the trail. Once all of the information is
gathered, work on the website development of the guide will begin-with hopes
to launch in the spring of 2008.
> <br><br>Parks will be working with the Hudson River Watertrail
Association, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and American Canoe
Association. This project will rely on volunteers who understand and use the
waters of New York City, as well as those who can provide information on the
history, geology and points of interest along the trail. If you are
interested in becoming involved in this project please contact Borough
Commissioner Lewandowski's office at 718-520-5905. For more information on
existing canoe and kayak launch sites in New York City parks, visit
> <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/parks">www.nyc.gov/parks</a> or call
311.<br><br><br>Contact: Warner Johnston / Abigail Lootens (212)
360-1311<br><br>
>
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