Boaters Press for New Floating Dock at Dyckman Marina
January 26, 2012 8:38am | By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Social Media Editor
INWOOD — City dwellers may soon have a new place to moor their kayaks and canoes if a plan to install a floating dock at the ramshackle Dyckman Marina sets sail.
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA) submitted a proposal Tuesday to the Parks Department asking for approval of an eco dock — priced between $500,000 and $800,000 — at the western edge of Dyckman Street along the Hudson River.
"Our idea is to open up neighborhoods that otherwise haven't had access to the water around them," Roland Lewis, the MWA's president and chief executive officer, told DNAinfo.
Uptown residents have limited choices when it comes to waterfront access. There's a fishing dock, but it's in disrepair. The private Inwood Canoe Club operates steps away from the proposed dock, but it's only open to the public on Sunday morning and during the summer.
MWA defines an eco dock as "floating docks that rise and fall with the tide, making them accessible to all types of vessels at all times during the day and night."
It would serve kayaks, canoes, sculls and larger vessels and "would bring hands-on environmental education to [nearby] schools and community" members, MWA officials say.
The MWA is already in the process of bringing an eco dock to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This dock will have two platforms — one for large vessels and one for kayaks and other small boats.
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