New York City Water Trail
New York City is rich in water. If you're looking for a few hours of tranquil paddling or a full-day expedition, you'll find it here. The New York City Water Trail connects 160 square miles of rivers, bays, creeks, inlets and ocean in the five boroughs suitable for kayaks, canoes, and openwater rowing craft. Novice and experienced paddlers alike can enjoy skyline panoramas, riverside parks, bird sanctuaries, tidal marshlands, and boundless vistas of one of the world's premier harbors, all from a prime sea-level vantage.
For more information, including news, safety tips, and recommended best practices, please visit the New York City Watertrail Association.
While visiting the Watertrail Association site, we encourage all boaters to watch the 26-minute safety video. This instructional video series includes interviews, live on-water footage, and demonstrations, and is recommended for all vessels operating in our port.
Water Trail Launch Application and Recommendations and Rules
Help us keep our water trail safe for New Yorkers and visitors alike. If you have your own kayak, canoe or boat, read up on these rules and suggestions and apply for your permit before heading out on the water trail. The charge for the permit is only $15.
Learn More about Kayak, Canoe and Boat Launch Application and Recommendations and Rules
Click on a colored marker on the map below for launch site details.
Parks Kayak Site
Non Parks Kayak Site
Launch Sites
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Lemon Creek Marina
Hylan Boulevard & Seguine Avenue View Details -
Midland Beach
Father Capodanno Boulevard & Lincoln Avenue (Parking Lot) View Details -
Conference House
Hylan Blvd & Satterlee Street View Details -
Great Kills Park
Hylan Blvd & Buffalo Street View Details -
Alice Austen House/Buono Beach
Hylan Boulevard & Edgewater Street View Details -
South Beach
Father Capodanno Boulevard & Sand Lane View Details -
Cedar Grove Beach
Foot of New Dorp Lane View Details
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Inwood Hill Park
Dyckman Street & Hudson River View Details -
Riverside Park (79th Street)
79th Street Boat Basin & Hudson River View Details -
Riverside Park (72nd Street)
The kayak launch site at 72nd Street in Riverside Park is closed for the season. Please visit The New York City Water Trail page to find other kayak launches.
72nd Street & Hudson River View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 40)
Houston Street, Pier 40 View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 96)
56th Street, Pier 96 View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 84)
44th Street, Pier 84 View Details -
Sherman Creek
W.202nd Street View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 66)
W. 26th Street View Details -
West Harlem Piers
130th Street & Marginal Street, Harlem View Details -
Govenors Island
Pier 101, near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Vent View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 25)
West Street, between Moore Street and Harrison Street View Details -
Muscota Marsh
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Hudson River Park (Pier 26)
Hudson River Park at Hubert Street View Details -
Hudson River Park (Pier 26)
View Details
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Louis J. Valentino Park
Coffey Street View Details -
Sebago Canoe Club (Paerdegat Basin)
Paerdegat Avenue North View Details -
Mill Basin Marina
Avenue Y & East 69th Street View Details -
Salt Marsh Nature Center (Gerritsen Inlet)
Avenue U between Burnett Street & East 33 Street View Details -
Newtown Creek
Provost Street and Paige Avenue, Greenpoint View Details -
Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field View Details -
Gowanus Canal
Foot of 2nd Street View Details -
Manhattan Avenue
Manhattan Avenue Street-end, Greenpoint View Details -
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Between Piers 1 and 2 View Details -
Plumb Beach
East bound Belt Parkway, just east of Exit 9 Knapp Street View Details -
Mill Basin Outlet
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Canarsie Pier
End of Rockaway Parkway at Aviation Road View Details -
Pier One at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park Greenway View Details
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Clason Point Park
Foot of Soundview Avenue & East River View Details -
Hunts Point Riverside Park
Lafayette Ave & Edgewater Rd View Details -
Barretto Point Park
E/S Barretto Street & N/O Randall Ave View Details -
Pelham Bay Park (Orchard Beach Lagoon)
Orchard Beach Rd & Lagoon View Details -
Shoelace Park
Bronx Park & 219th Street View Details -
Concrete Plant Park
Westchester Avenue or Bruckner Boulevard View Details -
Soundview Park
O'Brien Avenue at Leland Avenue, Soundview View Details -
Kazimiroff Blvd at Bronx River Parkway
Kazimiroff Blvd at Bronx River Parkway View Details -
Fort Knox
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Starlight Park
View Details
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World's Fair Marina
Grand Central Parkway & Northern Blvd View Details -
Bayside Marina
Cross Island Pkwy & Little Neck Bay View Details -
Francis Lewis Park
3rd Avenue and Parson's Blvd View Details -
Little Bay Park (Fort Totten)
Little Bay View Details -
Idlewild
Craft Avenue & Huxley Street View Details -
Bayswater
Beach 35 St & Norton Ave View Details -
Hallet's Cove
Vernon Blvd View Details -
North Channel Beach (Gateway National Parks)
Cross Bay Boulevard, south end of Addabbo Bridge, Broad Channel View Details -
Riis Landing
Rockaway Boulevard and Heinzelman Road View Details -
Riis Landing, Kayak/Canoe Launch
201 Rockaway Point Road View Details -
MacNeil Park
Poppenhusen Ave. bet. 115 St. and College Pl. View Details