Canarsie Pier

2009 | Best Park for a Serious, Out-of-the-Way Waterfront Meeting

Canarsie Pier, the 600-foot-long jetty that juts into the waters of Jamaica Bay just west of JFK Airport, isn't your ordinary park. For one thing, there's barely a tree on this narrow slice of the Gateway National Recreation Area, only a thin row of spindly hardwoods lining the blacktop lot where the fishermen park their cars. But you don't come to this out-of-the-way spot in search of greenery--you come for the fluke and the bluefish, or to catch a cool summer breeze wafting over the... More »