Tag Archives: Hudson River

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: Six people were killed after a helicopter believed to be carrying a family of tourists from Spain crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported at 3:17 p.m. on the Hoboken side of the Hudson. In addition to the family of five — two adults and three children — a …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: A helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, authorities said. The incident happened at roughly 3:15 p.m. Thursday. Multiple boats gathered could be seen gathering near Jersey City, not far from the Water’s Soul sculpture. A police helicopter was also on the scene. The FDNY confirms they are responding to the incident. Emergency responders …

Spectrum New York reports: It’s been years in the making: fully funding a second rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Officials celebrated the last piece of $16 billion in funding for the Gateway Tunnel Project Monday, signing the nearly $7 billion full funding grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation and securing the $4 billion in loans for the …

A couple more days of this and they’d need one of those Chinese icebreakers.

The Queen Of Hearts paddle-boat is usually moored at a West Village pier in between excursions hauling hundreds of partying homos around the New York harbor. But yesterday NY Waterway cops found the unmanned Queen bumping ashore near Weehawken, New Jersey. “Did you tie up the boat?” “Totally. Let’s see who’s at the Eagle.” (I think the homo cruises are …

Gothamist just posted this photo of the Circle Line tourism boat navigating the icy Hudson. Last week the Coast Guard started icebreaking operations on the Hudson, using a fleet of five ice cutters to clear a shipping channel, primarily for the tankers that are delivering heating oil to upstate residents. The Bayonne-based Coast Guard cutter Sturgeon Bay has its own …