NYCkayaker East River State Park in Williamsburg

[Erik Baard]

Communications with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and
Historic Preservation have improved, but we have a long way to go before
they allow true, steady water access. A bunchy of us are hoping to start
first with landings at the park -- the LIC Community Boathouse and Red Hook
Boaters are ideally suited to making this kind of visit. Then event days,
with boats brought to the site to prove the popularity and principle. And
then allow a native movement to grow.

Erik Baard

Nature Calendar: Your Urban Wilderness Community
www.naturecalendar.com

LIC Community Boathouse
www.licboathouse.org



On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:39 PM, <jkhunka at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know whether there are any plans in the works to build a
> public boathouse at the relatively new East River State Park (
> http://newyorkcitydiary.blogspot.com/2007/06/williamsburgs-new-east-river-park.html)
> in Williamsburg?  I spent an hour picking up trash (mostly broken glass,
> plastic straws, fishing line, and cigarette butts) at the beach there this
> Sunday afternoon.  It's hard to imagine a better place for a boathouse and
> small boat launch ramp.  The beach is sheltered and not too rocky, and the
> riverbed drops off gradually (I wore my kayak boots so I could wade out a
> couple of feet to see for myself.)  The park has a huge amount of open
> space, and it is easy to reach by bike and by car (lots of parking on Kent
> Avenue).  I have a vision of a facility like the Annsville Creek Paddle
> Center in Peekskill.  If anyone is working on this, please let me know,
> because I'd love to help make it a reality.
>
> John Hunka
> East Village
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-- 
Erik Baard

www.licboathouse.org
www.naturecalendar.com