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The Staten Island Ferry may be one of New York City’s best kept secrets. Not only does it serve a critical transit role for Staten Islanders, moving 70,000 passengers on a typical weekday — it’s a great way for anyone to experience...

Photo: K. Lorentz Yesterday, while maneuvering our 18′ catboat through the traffic in the Morris Canal on the West bank of the Hudson off Lower Manhattan, we had the pleasure of crossing paths with the schooner Lettie G. Howard...

On Friday, June 10th, Judy O’Neil and I participated in the second annual Billion Oyster Projects Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science (BOP CCERS) – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education (STAM) Research Symposium...

Going to high school on Governors Island has its advantages! The last three Thursday's in July, park rangers at Governors Island National Monument were proud to introduce the New York Harbor School's incoming freshmen to Castle Williams and...

Students at the the New York Harbor School are bringing the city’s waterways back to life, one oyster at a time. The innovative high school on Governors Island aims to introduce 1 billion of the once-plentiful bivalves into city waters over the...