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Please note: Some programs require advance registration and/or recreation center membership. Always call the contact number provided before attending a program.

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Canoeing

Fort Totten Park , CROSS ISLAND PKWY. BET. TOTTEN AVE. AND 15 RD. (Queens), Queens

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Age:Child / Teen / Adult / Senior

See the sights for Fort Totten, the Throggs Neck Bridge and Little Neck Bay and learn the basics of canoeing. Weather permitting. Space is limited. First-come, first-served. Ages 8 and up. Meet at front entrance to park.

Cost: Free

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You may use any of Parks' recreational spaces, except tennis courts, without a permit. However, if a permit holder arrives with a valid permit in hand, you must vacate the field or court. An individual must have a season permit or single-play ticket to use Parks' tennis courts.

Organized play (leagues) requires a permit. Click here for an application and more information about permits.

Alice Austen House/Buono Beach

HYLAN BOULEVARD & EDGEWATER STREET (Staten Island) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites

Barretto Point Park

E/S BARRETTO STREET & N/O RANDALL AVE (Bronx) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites
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Bayside

OFF THE CROSS ISLAND EXPRESSWAY, AT THE FOOT OF 28TH AVENUE (Queens)
Facility Type: Marinas
(718) 229-0097
Operated by Parks: No
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Bayside Marina

CROSS ISLAND PKWY & LITTLE NECK BAY (Queens) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites
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Bayswater

BEACH 35 ST & NORTON AVE (Queens) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites
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Brooklyn Bridge Park

BETWEEN PIERS 1 AND 2 (Brooklyn) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites

Canarsie Pier

END OF ROCKAWAY PARKWAY AT AVIATION ROAD (Brooklyn)
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites

The NYC Water Trail is an ongoing project. For more information on a trail or to provide information on a trail please send an email to Water.Trail@parks.nyc.gov.

Cedar Grove Beach

FOOT OF NEW DORP LANE (Staten Island)
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites

The NYC Water Trail is an ongoing project. For more information on a trail or to provide information on a trail please send an email to Water.Trail@parks.nyc.gov.

Central Park - Loeb Boathouse

THE LAKE OFF EAST DRIVE AT 74TH STREET (Manhattan) |
Facility Type: Rowboat, Kayak, and Paddleboat Rentals
(212) 517-2233
Season: April to October
Hours: Weather-permitting, opens daily at 10 a.m. with last boat rentals at 5:30 p.m. The boats must be returned by 6:30 p.m. Rentals are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Types of Boats: Rowboats (up to 4 people per boat); nine-foot Ocean Kayaks
Visit the Loeb Boathouse website for pricing and more information.

Clason Point Park

FOOT OF SOUNDVIEW AVENUE & EAST RIVER (Bronx) |
Facility Type: Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites

A concrete ramp provides access to marshes of Pugsley Creek, the East River, the Hutchinson River Drainage, and Long Island Sound. Portage is 150 feet.

Caution: Strong currents in the East River, heavy commercial traffic, and lots of broken glass in Launch Area.

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Team and league sports provide a great opportunity to get fit, socialize, and have fun. Some leagues are casual, while others are more competitive. Email or call the leagues below to find out more about your local team and its players.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Borough: Brooklyn
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
Phone: (718) 802-0603

East River CREW (Community Recreation and Education on the Water)

Borough: Manhattan
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
Please see our website for more details or register via email for updates. Weekly Community Rowing, FREE, each Tues, 5pm till dusk, beginning in May 4, 2010. East 96th St. boathouse & esplanade.
Phone: 212-427-3956 | Email

Floating the Apple

Borough: Manhattan
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
Phone: (212) 564-5412 | Email

Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club

Borough: Brooklyn
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
Our facilities are available to the general public to launch canoes, kayaks and rowboats. Free
Phone: (718) 243-0849 | Email

Harlem River Community Rowing

Borough: Manhattan
Age: Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
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Hudson River Paddlers Guild

Borough: Manhattan
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
The Guild is a non-profit membership organization which supports human powered boating in the NYC area waterways and advocates for water access, safe practices, and non-restrictive regulation.
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Inwood Canoe Club

Borough: Manhattan
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
For information please call
Phone: (212) 463-7740

Jesse Mathisen

Borough: Bronx
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Harlem River Community Rowing
Club members with rowing experience, from novice to elite, are welcome to join. Experienced rowers under 18 years of age may be permitted to join with permission of their parents or gauardians and at the discretion of the HRCR officers. (If you don't yet know how to row, don't sweat it-check out our learn-to-row schedule and sign up.) Cost is $300 for season. Meets at Roberto Clemente State Park near West Tremont Ave and McCracken Ave.
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Kayak Staten Island

Borough: Staten Island
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking at South Beach
Free, open to the public, kayaking - email us for times and dates.
Phone: 347-466-9574 | Email

LIC Community Boathouse

Borough: Queens
Age: Youth/Adult
Type: Kayaking/Canoeing/Paddleboats
Every two weeks, the Long Island City Community Boathouse hosts a FREE Walk-Up Paddle event similar to those held by the Downtown Boathouse in Manhattan. Here is our site with a calendar of events: http://www.licboathouse.org/index.php/calendar/
Phone: (718) 228-9214 | Email