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Besides sunbathing, the primary recreational activities are fishing, bird-watching and beach walks. Visitors can also take a nature walk on trails through a successional maritime forest behind the beach. An observation deck at one of two old military batteries at the park offers sweeping views of New York Harbor. [2] Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Travel & Leisure recently released its list of the “25 Best Beaches in the USA.”
Orchard Beach (sometimes called the Bronx Riviera) is the only public beach in the New York City borough of the Bronx.The 115-acre (47 ha), 1.1-mile-long (1.8 km) beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound.
Beaches of Queens, New York (5 P) S. Beaches of Staten Island (3 P) Pages in category "Beaches of New York City" This category contains only the following page.
Brighton Beach was re-developed as a fairly dense residential community with the final rebuilding of the Brighton Beach railway to rapid transit standards, becoming the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Brighton Line, which opened as a subway line in August 1920 (the line is now served by the New York City Subway's B and Q ...
Part of a state park by the same name, Jones Beach boasts 6.5 miles of white beaches made of raised barrier islands and one-half mile of bay beach, the brainchild of legendary New York builder and ...
However, a nearby city on the other side of the Hudson River was not. A new report calls New York one of the best cities in the country for an active lifestyle — while a spot right across the ...
Rockaway Beach is the only one of New York City's beaches that sees significant surf, and all 7.5 miles (12.1 km) of the beach are patrolled. In 2005, The New York Times reported that of 1,000 lifeguards hired for the city's beaches, 500 of them worked on Rockaway Beach. [ 5 ]