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VETERAN’S DAY AND THE DPAA 2019

Every year, on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, fallen U.S. soldiers are remembered during Veteran's Day. 

Doing Good Sunday – Sailors And Seniors Helping Jersey City Homeless During Corona Times

“Life’s most urgent question: What are you doing for others?” –Martin Luther King Jr.  The global pandemic crisis took a toll on many of us....

Bands, Spectators, and Sailors Shout Out to Fleet Week

Country bands, rock groups, and doo-wop acts were in abundance at the 2018 Staten Island Fleet Week Music Festival.  The organizers put together three...
Lady recites poetry in celebration of Walt Whitman's 200th Birthday alongside New York Harbor.

Retrospective: A Close to the Year of Walt Whitman’s Birthday Bicentennial

A Thank You to Walt Whitman Before 2019 comes to its close, we thought admirers of Walt Whitman would like to listen to the speakers...

Onboard Interview With Commanding Officer of the USNS Comfort Military Treatment Facility

The USNS Comfort is officially en-route and has an estimated time of arrival into the NY Harbor on Monday, March 30th at 10:30am. New...

Harbor National Parks Remain Open Despite Federal Gov’t Shutdown.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has provided New York State funds to ensure park employees are paid to keep Ellis Island and Liberty Island...

HOW THE UNITED STATES CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHY DAY

There was a time when all things connected to the United Nations was taken seriously and the United States would be 'all hands on...

RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S LIKENESS TO FACE OFF WITH NEW YORK HARBOR’S OTHER LADY OF...

With the unfortunate passing of the legendary Ruth Bader Ginsburg, what better way to honor her than having a tribute statue of her in the Brooklyn Bridge Park? Here's where we need YOUR HELP! Comments below and tell us which option you would like to see the statue in. For more information go to : www.NewYorkHarborChannel.com

A Salute from the Harbor at the P.O. Hoban Memorial Run

A crisp, sunny day along Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn marked the 30th P.O. Hoban Memorial Run on September 16th,2018.   The third...

Join the Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Years Day Plunge!

https://youtu.be/QRzxA2Mb7Lo Countdown to the New Years Day Coney Island Polar Bear Swim The countdown begins to the start of 2020; with that comes the annual New...

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Shark Research in the New York Bight with Dr. Craig O’Connell

Dr. Craig O’Connell is the co-founder and executive director of O’Seas Conservation Foundation, Inc based in Montauk.  Dr. O’Connell's nonprofit foundation focus's on researching different species of sharks through camera studies, bycatch reduction technologies, and underwater video surveillance.

‘Sing The Bay Fantastic’ Janie Meneely Songbook Now Available

Janie Meneely, a songwriter, wrote a poem some years back on Grandma Polly, a true story from the Radcliffe clan, and Senator from Maryland describing their feisty relative. Apparently, Grandma Polly was upset when she found out the British commandeered the family merchant vessel and took her husband with it.

THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL RESULTED IN OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

Thirty One Days of Terror, with the British Invasion of Chesapeake Bay lead Francis Scott Key to create our National anthem.