Gotham Whale, a nonprofit that’s been collecting data on Atlantic whales since 2011, said the whale is likely to have visited the city seeking food. “The whale is most likely visiting due to the plentiful food available right now,” the group wrote on Twitter, and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation agreed.
In another tweet, the group cautioned mariners to slow down and watch out for the whale so they don’t accidentally injure it with their boats.
“This whale is whale No. 89 and the first time we saw this whale was back in 2018,” Sarah Ryan Hudson, a citizen scientist with the organisation, told