Dan Katzive

We need working docks on Brooklyn’s waterfront The 122-acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) is one of the city’s last remaining maritime industrial sites on the waterfront. It’s also the last place that should be rezoned for market-rate housing.…

Op-ed out this morning in @nydailynews by waterfront and maritime/ #bluehighway advocate Tom Fox on getting more out of NYC’s working waterfront: www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/22/w...

Mayor Mike Spano Thank you to the Westchester County Board of Legislators for partnering and contributing $15 million toward our new waterfront park in the Ludlow neighborhood, which will be used for construction,...

Could add some much needed riverfront park space south of downtown Yonkers…

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NYCEDC Makes $18 Million Investment, Executes Three Maritime Infrastructure Contracts for Brooklyn Marine Terminal Upgrade Delivering on Commitment to Build a Modern Maritime Port, NYCEDC Signs Agreements to Demolish Four Out-of-Service Cranes, Purchase Modern Electric Cra

The overall plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal is still in flux but it seems contracts have been awarded to remove old cranes, buy an electric crane and make some pier repairs: edc.nyc/press-releas...

Arrived last night, not this morning.

A cement ship from New Brunswick arrived in Port Morris this morning, I believe the first since the US-Canada trade war got hot earlier this month. I believe cement tariffs are currently paused, as long as NAFTA paperwork is complete but don’t know for sure, it is increasingly complicated.

Shakespeare & Co. Owner Says Economics Did Not Work Out for the Shuttering UWS Store Photos by Daniel Katzive By Daniel Katzive It was not so very long ago that the independent bookstores of the

Always sad to lose a bookstore, even one open less than a year. www.westsiderag.com/2025/03/03/s...

Governor Hochul Announces Request for Proposals to Transform Underutilized Hell's Kitchen Site Near Intrepid Museum Into Vibrant Mixed-Use Development Governor Hochul announced a Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of 621 West 45th Street, a state-owned parcel in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

RFP issued by state for residential development in big parking lot across from Intrepid, with bus parking there to continue somehow. Site once held huge gas tanks which dominated skyline along waterfront here. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...

Interesting to see work moving forward on Beacon Island site and seemingly thinking beyond wind for other maritime dependent mfg uses against current backdrop. www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/...

Investigating a Grim Upper West Side Ritual of Spring "It's a sad business, but we do our best to identify people and get them to their families for proper burial."

Not the most comfortable subject, but having reported on a number of bodies discovered in the river over the past few years, I wanted to provide more context on this phenomenon and better understand the causes. See article www.westsiderag.com/2025/02/05/i...

I saw a seal today on the Hudson River, north of the Boat Basin. Never saw a seal on the river before, though it’s not unheard of. Wish I got a better photo—I know someone will tell me this was the Loch Ness Monster

Thinking about local maritime impact from the NAFTA trade war, and McInnis Cement comes to mind. The company gets regular deliveries from New Brunswick by ship at its Hunts Point terminal. There is a ship at the pier there right now.

There is ice on the Hudson this morning along the West Side of Manhattan, the first time in a few years we have seen this much. There has been plenty of us up north for the past few weeks and the Coast Guard has been busy up there but it’s only now reaching us down here

Yesterday’s winds brought down one of the willow trees in Riverside Park South.

The sail freighter Grain de Sail II is anchored off 72nd Street this morning, came up from the Upper Bay ahead of gales later today. Ship brings wine and chocolate from France to NYC and then heads for the Dominican Rep with humanitarian supplies before heading back to France with cocoa and coffee.

Link to EDC survey if you want to weigh in: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

EDC kicked off public engagement for 30 yr plan for Manhattan Cruise terminal tonight at Pier 88. Public wants more access and shore power, but interesting to hear blue highway uses remain in play for now unused Pier 92. 30yr plan due in Spring 2025.

Always amazing to hear about the hidden stories of houses we pass every day.

Bald eagle over the Hudson off 70th Street this morning. @birdcpk.bsky.social

Not All Piers Are for Play: Keeping the Steam Up and the Lights On The piers along the Hudson River were once existentially critical to life in New York City.

My old 2022 article www.westsiderag.com/2022/06/02/n...

I’m always on lookout for good articles like this Bloomberg CityLab one about future of NYC’s steam system, which I’ve written a bit about in the context of the 59th Street Plant and Pier 98. I’ll put a link to my old article in the comments. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Plans for Shore Power at Manhattan Cruise Terminal by 2028 Blown Out of Water In a stunning reversal, the EDC has postponed its plans to implement electric shore power at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal by 2028.

Good scoop from W42ST’s Phil O’Brien on plans for shore power hookup at the Manhattan cruise terminal getting shelved for now. w42st.com/post/plans-f...