The Department of Parks & Recreation runs several waterfront facilities.

Most new waterfront parks are not operated by the Parks Department:
Battery Park City Park
Hudson River Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Governor's Island
Empire State Park (DUMBO)
etc.

The City has 2 dockmasters, vestiges of the once large department Ports & Terminals. The Dockmasters are within the Department of Small Business Services. They are charged with inspecting the city's some 500+ miles of waterfront and, preposterously, do not have a boat.

City Council Waterfronts Committee:

3/08 The city council approved legislation (Intro 867-A) to resurrect the Waterfront Advisory Board that has been defunct since the Dinkins era by reauthorizing the formation of the board as a 21-member entity. The board will "advise ... on matters relating to the industrial, commercial, residential, recreational and any other development of the city's wharves and water front property and on other matters.."   more 

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Chair Michael C. Nelson

District Office Address
3810-A Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11235

District Office Phone 718-368-9176
District Office Fax     718-368-9160

Legislative Office Address
250 Broadway
18th Floor
New York, NY 10007

Legislative Office Phone
212-788-7360

E-mail Address
nelson@council.nyc.ny.us

Committee Members
Chair Michael C. Nelson
Gale A. Brewer
Alan J. Gerson
Melissa Mark Viverito