{"id":230469,"date":"2026-05-13T21:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230469\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:04:15","slug":"free-kayaking-returns-to-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230469\/","title":{"rendered":"Free kayaking returns to Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WPIX New York City, NY;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WPIX New York City, NY\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Wed, May 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wpix_new_york_city_ny_articles_843\/52d79e1b7e3f2cc84083946283d761f5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BROOKLYN, N.Y (PIX11) \u2014 Want to enjoy the water and city skyline views? Try Brooklyn\u2019s free kayaking.<\/p>\n<p>The borough\u2019s popular free kayaking program is coming back for the season.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0More Local News\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting May 27 through August, the program will offer free 20 minute kayaking within a protected embayment with sweeping views of the New York City. The kayak dock is located between Piers\u00a01 and 2 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations will open soon for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Free Kayak Hours<\/p>\n<p>Wednesdays: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Thursdays: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sundays: 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In September, free sessions continue on Saturdays only.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more or make a reservation, <a data-ylk=\"slk:click here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbpboathouse.org\/#make-reservation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, May 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM UTC BROOKLYN, N.Y (PIX11) \u2014 Want to enjoy the water and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,11198,100,99,90504,90505,16702,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-230469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-bridge","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city-skyline-views","tag-free-sessions","tag-kayaking","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}