{"id":241922,"date":"2026-05-23T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/241922\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:59:10","slug":"nyc-public-beaches-open-for-swimming-memorial-day-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/241922\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC public beaches open for swimming Memorial Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All 14 miles of NYC&#8217;s public beaches across the five boroughs officially opened for swimming this Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They will remain open to the public through September 13, despite a rainy start to the holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials are urging visitors to only swim when lifeguards are on duty and to strictly follow the color-coded beach status signs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK CITY &#8211; Gray skies and some rain weren&#8217;t enough to wash out the unofficial start of summer in New York City!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NYC public beaches opened for swimming on Saturday, with lifeguards taking their posts despite a soggy Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All 14 miles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/facilities\/beaches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:city-run beaches;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;city-run beaches&quot;}\" class=\"link \">city-run beaches<\/a> in the five boroughs are free and open to the public through September 13.<\/p>\n<p>NYC public beaches<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cedar Grove Beach: Ebbitts Street and Cedar Grove Avenue, Staten Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coney Island and Brighton Beach: Atlantic Ocean, from W. 37th Street to Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Manhattan Beach: Atlantic Ocean, Oriental Blvd., from Ocean Avenue to Mackenzie Street, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Midland Beach and Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk: Lower New York Bay, from Fort Wadsworth to Miller Field, Midland Beach, Staten Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Orchard Beach and Promenade: Long Island Sound in Pelham Bay Park, Bronx<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk: Atlantic Ocean, from Beach 9th Street, Far Rockaway, to Beach 149th Street, Neponsit, Queens<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">South Beach: Lower New York Bay, from Fort Wadsworth to Miller Field, Midland Beach, Staten Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wolfe&#8217;s Pond Beach: Raritan Bay and Prince&#8217;s Bay, Holton to Cornelia Avenues, Staten Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials are stressing the importance of water safety after a 17-year-old swimmer went missing in the water off Rockaway Beach in Queens this week.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swimmers are urged to only go in the water when a lifeguard is on duty, which is daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Color-coded signs displayed at each beach will also indicate its status:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Green: Open with swimming and wading permitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yellow: Advisory with swimming and wading permitted, but not recommended<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Red: Closed with swimming and wading not permitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New York City&#8217;s outdoor public pools will open for the summer on June 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information from this article was sourced from NYC Parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief All 14 miles of NYC&#8217;s public beaches across the five boroughs officially opened for swimming this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31089,1369,94667,29469,94666,9,56,63,65,64,89799,11472],"class_list":["post-241922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-atlantic-ocean","tag-brighton-beach","tag-fort-wadsworth","tag-memorial-day-weekend","tag-midland-beach","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-public-beaches","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241922","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=241922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}