Got your own canoe or kayak? Grab a permit (they’re $15 from Prospect Park), then float your boat at one of these borough launches.
Parks Department Launches
Manhattan Avenue (Manhattan Avenue at the Newtown Creek in Greenpoint)
Louis J Valentino Park (Ferris Street between Coffey and Van Dyke streets in Red Hook)
Plumb Beach (east-bound Belt Parkway just east of Exit 9 in Plumb Beach)
Salt Marsh Nature Center (Avenue U between Burnett Street and E. 33rd Street in Marine Park)
Mill Basin Marina (Avenue Y and E. 69th Street in Mill Basin)
Other Launches
Newtown Creek (Provost Street at Paige Avenue in Greenpoint)
Brooklyn Bridge Park (between Piers 1 and 2, enter at Plymouth and Main streets in Dumbo)
Floyd Bennett Field (at the end of Aviation Road near Hangar B in Marine Park)
Boat launch permits available at Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park [95 Prospect Park West between Fourth and Fifth streets in Park Slope, (718) 965–8912, www.nycgo
