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Related: About this forumManhattan unveils its first public beach along the Hudson River.
https://gothamist.com/news/manhattan-unveils-its-first-public-beach-along-the-hudson-river?Gansevoort Peninsula located in Hudson River Park has a public beach, sports field, a beachfront landing for non-motorized boats like kayaks and 20 million oysters around the land. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at the opening and said Gansevoort is the largest park built in New York City since Central Park.
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Manhattan unveils its first public beach along the Hudson River. (Original Post)
elleng
Oct 2023
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'a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water.'
elleng
Oct 2023
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msongs
(70,178 posts)1. a beach is an interface between water and soil, not concrete covered in sand nt
elleng
(136,071 posts)2. 'a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water.'
Some locations are more conducive than others.
Srkdqltr
(7,661 posts)3. This will sound incredibly dumb, but do people swim in that part of the Hudson River?
Of course people swim in the Detroit River.
3Hotdogs
(13,398 posts)4. Probably not. There is no access to the water. There are piers docks and bulkheads but
there are stairs or access to the water.