Bayswater to Close April 1st (UPDATE: OPEN AGAIN)

[Mayi757]

Wow! what a shot bro!

Yea those boaters seem pretty close to the action, very surprised to see that. But I don't see anyone with a lens :mrgreen:

[wunaladreamin]

Thanks Mario! Yeah, it seemed the heavier the bird, the less they cared lol.

[chrisparypa]

wow... amazing shot Kenny !! If they will close Bayswater I can offer my boat u can pack 10 ppl on board and there is still lots of room for beer....

[Mayi757]

haha

Seriously, I can't imagine, back when I was at JFK how beautiful the Air Zimbabwe would have looked from a boat as it took off and banked off 13R..

If so many boaters "pretending" to be fishing are out there then who says one can't watch the planes.. and maybe get a pic or two? :)

[NLovis]

Well we need to figure something out here. I like the boating idea though

[george]

I'm going to play Mr. Conspiracy Theory and say that spotters are probably a main reason for the closure under the guise of budget cuts.

How does your theory fit into the reports that they are looking at multiple park closures, most of which have no connection to spotting? I really doubt this has anything to do with spotting activity.

I said a main reason. Not the reason. You can't deny that NY/NJPA would love to see Bayswater off-limits. They already succeeded in making a perimeter around the airport off limits to boats. And this is supposedly in a public waterway. What other parks are being closed? Are they also in the City, or upstate and/or LI?

Here's the list of closures
Central Region

* Chittenango Falls State Park (Madison)--Close Park
* Clark Reservation State Park (Onondaga)--Close Park
* Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego)--Close Historic Site
* Helen McNitt State Park (Madison)--Close Park
* Herkimer Home Historic Site (Herkimer)--Close Historic Site
* Hunts Pond State Park (Chenango)--Close Park
* Oquaga Creek State Park (Broome)--Close Park
* Old Erie Canal State Park (Onondaga)--Close Park
* Oriskany Battlefield/Steuben SHS (Oneida)--Close Historic Site
* Pixley Falls State Park (Oneida)--Close Park
* Robert Riddell State Park (Delaware)--Close Park
* Selkirk Shores State Park (Oswego)--Close Public Swimming Beach

Finger Lakes Region

* Beechwood State Park (Wayne)--Close Park
* Bonavista State Park (Seneca)--Close Park
* Chimney Bluffs State Park (Wayne)--Close Park
* Newtown Battlefield State Park (Chemung)--Close Park
* Springbrook Greens State Park (Cayuga)--Close Park
* Two Rivers State Park (Tioga)--Close Park
* Buttermilk Falls State Park (Tompkins)--Close Public Swimming Area
* Seneca Lake State Park (Seneca)--Close Lake Swimming Beach
* Stony Brook State Park (Steuben)--Close Public Swimming Area

Thousand Islands Region

* Canoe Island State Park (Jefferson)--Close Park
* Cedar Island State Park (Jefferson)--Close Park
* Eel Weir State Park (St. Lawrence)--Close Park
* Keewaydin State Park (Jefferson)--Close Park
* Macomb Reservation State Park (Clinton)--Close Park
* Mary Island State Park (Jefferson)--Close Park
* Point Au Roche State Park (Clinton)--Close Park
* Sackets Harbor State Historic Site (Jefferson)--Close Historic Site


Long Island

* Brookhaven State Park (Suffolk)--Close Park
* Bethpage State Park (Suffolk)--Eliminate Winter Sports; Reduce picnic area and polo field
* Caleb Smith State Park Preserve (Suffolk)--Close Park
* Cold Spring Harbor State Park (Suffolk)--Close Park
* Connetquot River State Park (Suffolk)--Close Weekdays
* Heckscher State Park (Suffolk)--Close Swimming Pool
* Jones Beach State Park (Nassau)--Close West Swimming Pool; Eliminate July 4th fireworks
* Montauk Downs State Park (Suffolk)--Close Swimming Pool
* Nissequogue River State Park (Suffolk)--Close Park
* Orient Beach State Park (Suffolk)--Close Park
* Trail View State Park (Suffolk)--Close Park

New York City Region

* Bayswater Point State Park (Queens)--Close Park
* Riverbank State Park (New York)--Reduce Operating Hours; Close Outdoor Swimming Pool; Eliminate Seniors Classes, and Community/Cultural Events

Palisades Region

* Fort Montgomery Historic Site (Orange)--Close Historic Site
* Harriman SP– Anthony Wayne (Orange)--Close Park Area
* Harriman SP – Group Camps (Orange)--Reduce Maintenance
* High Tor State Park (Rockland)--Close Pool
* Knox Headquarters Historic Site (Orange)--Close Historic Site
* New Windsor Cantonment SHS (Orange)-- Close Historic Site
* Schunnemunk State Park (Orange)-- Close Park
* Stony Point State Historic Site (Orange)--Close Historic Site
* Tallman Mountain State Park (Rockland)--Close Pool

Taconic Region

* Donald J. Trump State Park (Westchester)--Close Park
* FDR (Roosevelt) State Park (Westchester)--Reduce Swimming Pool Season
* Hudson Highlands State Park (Putnam)--Close Arden Point Area
* James Baird State Park (Dutchess)--Reduce Golf Course Season
* Mills Norrie State Park (Dutchess)--Reduce Golf Course Season
* Olana State Historic Site (Columbia)--Close 2 Days per Week
* Philipse Manor Hall Historic Site (Westchester)--Close Historic Site
* Rockefeller State Park Preserve (Westchester)--Eliminate Interpretive Programs
* Taconic Outdoor Education Center (Putnam)--Eliminate Interpretive Programs
* Taconic State Park – Rudd Pond (Dutchess)--Close Rudd Pond Area
* Wonder Lake State Park (Putnam)--Close Park

Saratoga-Capital Region

* Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site (Rensselaer)--Close Historic Site
* Hudson River Islands State Park (Rensselaer)--Close Park
* John Boyd Thacher State Park (Albany)--Close Park
* John Brown Farm Historic Site (Essex)--Close Historic Site
* Johnson Hall State Historic Site (Fulton)--Close Historic Site
* Max V. Shaul State Park (Schoharie)--Close Park
* Schodack Island State Park (Rensselaer)--Close Park
* Schoharie Crossing Historic Site (Montgomery)--Close Historic Site
* Schuyler Mansion Historic Site (Albany)--Close Historic Site

Genesee Region

* Hamlin Beach State Park (Monroe)--Close Swimming Beach 3 Days per Week
* Oak Orchard State Marine Park (Orleans)--Close Park
* Regionwide Multiple Eliminate Camper Recreation Program

Niagara Region

* Joseph Davis State Park (Niagara)--Close Park
* Knox Farm State Park (Erie)--Close Park
* Niagara Falls State Park (Niagara)-- Reduce Interpretive Programs
* Wilson-Tuscarora State Park (Niagara)--Close Park
* Woodlawn Beach State Park (Erie)-- Close Park

Allegany Region

* Allegany State Park (Cattaraugus)--Close Quaker Area Swim Beach; Close Quaker Cabins Area on December 1st; Eliminate Winter Trails Maintenance; Reduce Recreation Programs
* Long Point State Park (Chautauqua)--Close Park

[wunaladreamin]

Wow! A couple of other closures will piss me off! Bethpage closing the polo fields?!?! I have fond memories of going there with my grandmother and my cousins to watch the games over lunch. The coolest things were going onto the fields to replace the divets in between chuckers, and if a ball went out of play and you caught it, you kept it lol. And the Jones Beach fireworks display was just as cool as the Macy's getup in the city, with about 1/3 of the travel time. Bogus.

[T-Bird76]

What a disgrace the above list is.... I can't believe they are nixing the Jones Beach Fireworks. Our State Gov't is a total failure, you don't close public parks and parks aren't supposed to turn a profit. Parks are there for the betterment of society and for people to escape to places of peace and tranquility.

[hiss srq]

No worries Tom. It will create cost of overtime to the cops who have to give tresspassing tickets out and arrest all the drug dealers and pimps pedding their product in those closed parks. :lol:

[T-Bird76]

No worries Tom. It will create cost of overtime to the cops who have to give tresspassing tickets out and arrest all the drug dealers and pimps pedding their product in those closed parks. :lol:

Sad thing that's true.... Watch crime go up in some of these areas.

[MarkLawrence]

Sad....very sad!

[NLovis]

WHAT! JONES BEACH!!!!!!! :x :shock:

[george]

Hopefully they won't go through with all the closures... I was really shocked to see the Jones Beach Fireworks on the list.

[NLovis]

Hopefully they won't go through with all the closures... I was really shocked to see the Jones Beach Fireworks on the list.

JONES BEACHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! WHATTTTTTTTTTT! :shock:

[PhilDernerJr]

The Bayswater Park Closing gave NYCAviation an unexpected mention in the Queens Chronicle today.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?news ... 4908&rfi=6