A New Parks Department Is Crushing Old Boats

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, APRIL 22 neighborhood news [The City’s Boat-Breakers Get to Work]( A new Parks Department unit has hundreds of abandoned vessels to crush. Photo: Dina Litovsky The grassy lot at the corner of the marina at Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach looks like an exploded shipyard. The space is littered with masts, ship engines, fishing lines, and buoys. Abandoned boats have been stored here since Hurricane Sandy, but now that’s over: The city has just created the Office of Marine Debris Disposal and Vessel Surrendering, a Parks Department unit that will break them up and remove them. (Then the lot will become a basketball court.) The office is partly the brainchild of Nate Grove, the Parks chief of waterfront and marine operations, and I’ve joined him today for an early smashup. Grove has been waiting for this moment for more than a decade. “There’s nothing like the smell of crushing fiberglass in the morning,” he jokes. [Continue reading »]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Greenpoint Condo With a Private Outdoor Pool There’s more outdoor space than indoor space.]( By Adriane Quinlan [A Robert Durst Refresher What we know about the second season of The Jinx.]( By Kim Velsey [Good Luck Trying to Resell This West Elm Coffee Table New Yorkers love to buy the company’s industrial storage table, but that love doesn’t last.]( By Lindy Segal [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved