American Yacht Club Spring Cruise, 2013 Siobhan Reilly, Fleet Captain Prepared by Jim Reilly, Matt Fahey, and Doug Roth Contents SAFETY NOTES ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Execution Rocks..................................................................................................................................... 9 The Pelham Islands.............................................................................................................................. 10 Huckleberry Island .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Little Pea Island ............................................................................................................................................... 10 Pea Island ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Davids’ Island .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Hart Island ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 City Island ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Fort Totten .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Throgs Neck Bridge ............................................................................................................................. 14 Whitestone Bridge .............................................................................................................................. 15 Hunts Point .......................................................................................................................................... 17 LaGuardia Airport ................................................................................................................................ 18 Riker’s Island ....................................................................................................................................... 20 The Brother Islands ............................................................................................................................. 21 North Brother Island ....................................................................................................................................... 21 South Brother Island ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Port Morris .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Randall’s Island/Wards Island ............................................................................................................. 23 Randall’s Island ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Wards Island ................................................................................................................................................... 23 Hell Gate Bridge .................................................................................................................................. 26 Triborough Bridge ............................................................................................................................... 28 Hell Gate .............................................................................................................................................. 30 Mill Rock .............................................................................................................................................. 31 Carl Shurz Park/Horn’s Hook ............................................................................................................... 32 Roosevelt Island .................................................................................................................................. 33 New York Presbyterian Hospital ......................................................................................................... 35 Hospital for Special Surgery ................................................................................................................ 36 59th Street/Queensboro Bridge ........................................................................................................... 37 United Nations .................................................................................................................................... 38 Belmont Island (U Thant) .................................................................................................................... 40 Queens Midtown Tunnel .................................................................................................................... 41 Newtown Creek ................................................................................................................................... 43 East River Ferry and LI Sights .............................................................................................................. 44 Long Island City ............................................................................................................................................... 44 Greenpoint ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 North Williamsburg......................................................................................................................................... 45 South Williamsburg/Schaefer Landing ........................................................................................................... 45 DUMBO ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 East 34th Street Heliport ..................................................................................................................... 47 Kips Bay ............................................................................................................................................... 48 Bellevue Hospital ................................................................................................................................. 49 East River Generating Station ............................................................................................................. 50 Williamsburg Bridge ............................................................................................................................ 52 Wallabout Bay/Brooklyn Navy Yard .................................................................................................... 53 Wallabout Bay ................................................................................................................................................. 53 Brooklyn Navy Yard ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Corlears Hook Park .............................................................................................................................. 56 Manhattan Bridge ............................................................................................................................... 57 The Brooklyn Bridge ............................................................................................................................ 58 South Street Seaport ........................................................................................................................... 60 Staten Island Ferry Terminal ............................................................................................................... 64 The Battery .......................................................................................................................................... 66 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ..................................................................................................................... 68 Governors Island ................................................................................................................................. 69 Buttermilk Channel ............................................................................................................................. 70 Ellis Island/ Liberty Island .................................................................................................................... 71 Ellis Island ....................................................................................................................................................... 71 Liberty Island................................................................................................................................................... 72