New York City’s beaches open this morning at 10 and close at 6 this evening and will do so daily until after Labor Day. Unlike other places that charge admission to public beaches or limit their use to residents, the 14 miles of surf, sand and sun spread across seven different shores in four boroughs (sorry Manhattan) are free to all.
Built for the 1964 World’s Fair and best known beyond New York for playing spaceships in 1997’s “Men In Black,” the towers are currently under renovation and have been freshly equipped with lights.
With the first phase of the $24 million structural repair work on the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park completed, NYC Parks on April 15