Best Excuses for Urban Boating
Manhattan By Sail is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

1. Manhattan By Sail

7.2
South Street Seaport Pier 17, New York, NY
Arts and Entertainment · Financial District · 3 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: We happen to think this is a REALLY good deal — an hour and a half open bar on a sailboat cruising around the harbor ... Coolest happy hour ever. Read more.

Waterfront Museum is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

2. Waterfront Museum

8.0
290 Conover St (Pier 44), Brooklyn, NY
Museum · Red Hook · 8 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: This place is neat! If you're up for the trek to Red Hook, Thurs. evenings and Sat. afternoons, cruise this little floating museum for free. It's been docked on Pier 44 since the mid-'90s.

Rock's Off Cruise - (on board) is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

3. Rock's Off Cruise - (on board)

on the East River (Moving Target), New York, NY
Rock Club · 5 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Depends on the show, of course, but what better way to see a band you love than floating in a circle around the great isle of Manhattan?

Lightship Frying Pan is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

4. Lightship Frying Pan

8.4
205 12th Ave (at Pier 66 on W 26th St), New York, NY
Beer Garden · Chelsea · 393 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: "It gets crazy packed and clubby on the weekends, but go there late on a weeknight and you basically have the run of the ship." -DT

Staten Island Ferry - Whitehall Terminal is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

5. Staten Island Ferry - Whitehall Terminal

4 South St (South Ferry), New York, NY
Pier · Financial District · 409 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Guys! It's free, and it's BYOB! Just bring something you can seal up or finish quickly — might not get through a while bottle of vino between Whitehall Terminal and the Isle of Staten ...

East River Ferry - North Williamsburg Terminal is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

6. East River Ferry - North Williamsburg Terminal

22 N 6th St (Kent Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Boat or Ferry · Williamsburg · 24 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Hop on after SmörgasBurg and cruise down to DUMBO for a Bklyn brunch marathon. Not too shabby a ride for $4. $12 for an all-day pass if you're really into it.

Newtown Creek Nature Walk is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

7. Newtown Creek Nature Walk

7.0
Paidge street, Brooklyn, NY
Scenic Lookout · Greenpoint · 14 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: OK, not ON a boat, but some of its walkways are boat-inspired, as an homage to the (v. polluted) Newtown Creek's past glory as an industrial waterway. We once saw it used as a kayak landing. #BADidea

New York Water Taxi - IKEA Dock is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

8. New York Water Taxi - IKEA Dock

1 Beard St (btw Dwight & Otsego St), Brooklyn, NY
Boat or Ferry · Red Hook · 17 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: FREE on WEEKENDS, SCORE. Also, never mind IKEA, it drops you off at this really crazy little park called Erie Basin with neat chairs and cool sculptures. And you're just steps from Sunny's Bar!

Red Hook Pier is one of Best Excuses for Urban Boating.

9. Red Hook Pier

Brooklyn, NY
Pier · Red Hook · 4 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Best boat vantage point in South Brooklyn with lots of excellent food and drink options around you (including Steve's Key Lime Pie!). Good sunset statue-of-liberty vistas if you're into that.