Going Coastal New York City
Urban Waterfront Guide, Second Edition
Going Coastal New York City helps you discover the beaches, boardwalks, historic sights, and marine attractions, as well as the limitless opportunities for waterside fun, dining, and adventure, in New York City. Designed for travelers and locals alike, it offers the best, most comprehensive information on what is happening along NYC’s 578 miles of coastline.
A useful companion for hikers, bikers, anglers, kayakers, wildlife watchers, coastal conservationists, and maritime history buffs, it offers:
• Information on hundreds of shoreline access points and public waterfront areas
• National, state, and city parks, wildlife refuges, and natural areas
• Basic site information, such as location, type of parking, and the availability of boat ramps,
fishing, swimming beach, trails, and restrooms
• A wide spectrum of water-based activities, including beachcombing, birding, boating,
swimming, scuba diving, surfing, bicycling, hiking, camping, and fishing
• Harbor fortifications, historic ships, maritime monuments, museums, and other maritime
heritage sites
• A list of great water festivals, annual events, and celebrations
• Detailed maps covering every mile of shoreline
• Assorted wildlife, flora and fauna, coastal facts, tides, weather, maritime time lines, and
environmental issues
• Brief biographies of “Notable Nauticals”—persons whose actions affected the local waterfront
• Listings of resources and public transit to help travelers plan and enjoy their trips
All proceeds from the sale of this book support the programs of Going Coastal, Inc.
An ultra-useful guide that brings together all the information necessary to enjoy the waterfront, in a compact, well-organized form.
Going Coastal New York City is the primer on the aquatic Big Apple. If it's wet, it's covered—learn where to sail, paddle and swim on its surface, where to fish and dive in its mid-depths, and even where to be laid to rest on its bottom.
We expected Going Coastal New York City: Urban Waterfront Guide to be the definitive guidebook for exploring New York City's 534.5 miles of coastline (and indeed it is), but we were surprised and delighted with its sheer readability.---—Windcheck Magazine