Take a break from fighting off the screaming tourist hordes that have descended upon our city for the weekend and revel in the quiet beauty of pretty ships cruising around the harbor tomorrow night at the annual Lighted Boat Parade. more ›

Bummed that your favorite local sports team has cleared your evening schedule for the forseeable future? At 6 p.m. tonight, you can replace disappointment with awe, as more than 28 ships create a parade on the Hudson off Pier 62. It's a fraction of the length of a baseball game, and way more fast-paced too! more ›

Usually we're used to hearing about cancer and gonorrhea being found in the Gowanus Canal... so this is refreshing. According to the Brooklyn Paper several old sunken vessels have been discovered in the waters, via an EPA sonar reading. One is reportedly a 60-foot-long hull of a wooden vessel that could date back to the 18th century, when the waterway was an industrial highway. more ›