As those of you in NYC know, its hard to find a good beach in the city. The Water Taxi Beach was created to solve that problem! It is a boat created to look like a beach that offers city-dwellers relief from the heat while being close in proximity. This year it will be stationed in a new location, South Street Seaport. So you can shop and tan (safely) at the same time! How hot is that?!
This South Street Seaport beach will have a sandy area for food and sunning but it will be smaller than the other locations located at Governor’s Island & Long Island City. This beach will have ping pong, Skee ball and Mini Golf (9 holes).
They also host some great DJ events in the evening – shopping, music, sand, and tanning all in one area!
Below is the info I received from a friend on Facebook
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Located at Pier 17
Fulton St (at Water St) Financial District
open daily from 11am until 11pm or later
Subway: A, C to Broadway–Nassau St
J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Fulton St
Water Taxi Beach, South Street Seaport, is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and is located on the north side of Pier 17 with spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Water Taxi Beach, South Street Seaport will cater to families in search of reasonably priced food and outdoor entertainment on an 18,000 square foot location with signature sandy beach, 9-hole miniature golf course, ping-pong tables and skeeball.
Water Taxi Beach, South Street Seaport will provide a new outdoor destination for lower Manhattan residents and will also host birthday parties, family celebrations and corporate events. There will be music at the Beach on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and an evening shuttle connecting Fulton Ferry Landing in Downtown Brooklyn with the two new Water Taxi Beaches at South Street Seaport and Governors Island giving New Yorkers access to a variety of waterfront destinations.
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For more information on the Water Taxi Beach click HERE or better yet check out their blog by clicking HERE. Also note, during July and August there is no day time door charge before 8pm and Sunday’s are always FREE!
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That sounds like so much fun, I hope to be in New York for a weekend in August and we will definetly go to there.