{"id":314217,"date":"2026-08-05T11:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314217\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:12:09","slug":"12-nyc-area-beaches-under-swimming-advisory-for-water-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314217\/","title":{"rendered":"12 NYC-area beaches under swimming advisory for water quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

One dozen New York City-area beaches are under a swimming advisory due to water quality concerns<\/a>, according to the New York City Department of Health.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0New York City Department of Health<\/a>\u00a0monitors\u00a0water quality<\/a>, weather conditions and environmental hazards at over 20 city beaches throughout the swimming season, which lasts from June to September. <\/p>\n

Among those with the highest bacteria levels this week are two private swimming beaches in the Bronx – Schuyler Hill Civic Association\u00a0and Whitestone Booster Civic Association.<\/p>\n

Which beaches are under advisory?<\/p>\n

According to authorities, the following 12 New York City beaches are operating under a water quality advisory:<\/p>\n

Danish American Beach Club, a private beach club in the Bronx<\/p>\n

Gerritsen\/Kiddie Beach\u00a0in Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Sea Gate 42nd Street,\u00a0a private beach in Brooklyn<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Strand,\u00a0a private beach club in the Bronx<\/p>\n

Trinity Danish swimming club,\u00a0a private beach club in the Bronx<\/p>\n

West Fordham Street Association\u00a0in the Bronx<\/p>\n

White Cross Fishing Club\u00a0in the Bronx <\/p>\n

How does New York City monitor beach water quality?<\/p>\n

Health officials sample and monitor each city beach once or twice a week during the swimming season to identify possible pollution sources and to provide information about each beach’s conditions. <\/p>\n

Water quality is measured in “most probable number” per 100 milliliters (MPN\/100 mL), a potential estimate of how much bacteria is present in a water sample.<\/p>\n

According to the New York State Department of Health, testing for enterococci and E. coli bacteria helps determine whether water may be contaminated by fecal pollution.<\/p>\n

State standards set the maximum allowable concentration for a single sample at:<\/p>\n

104 enterococci per 100 mL in marine water<\/p>\n

61 enterococci per 100 mL in freshwater<\/p>\n

235 E. coli per 100 mL in freshwater<\/p>\n

What affects beach water quality?<\/p>\n

Water samples are tested for contaminants and conditions that can affect public health, including:<\/p>\n

Medical or infectious waste<\/p>\n

Sewage or wastewater discharges, particularly after heavy rainfall<\/p>\n

Beach advisory vs. beach closure<\/p>\n

A beach advisory means bacteria levels are elevated and swimming or wading is not recommended, but the beach remains open.<\/p>\n

A beach may be closed to swimming and wading when:<\/p>\n

Environmental conditions, such as severe weather, create a public safety risk<\/p>\n

Water quality fails to meet health standards<\/p>\n

A high number of illnesses or injury complaints are reported<\/p>\n

Hazardous amounts of debris, infectious waste, toxic contaminants or petroleum products are present<\/p>\n

Sewage or wastewater discharges affect water quality<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Rockland\/Westchester Journal News: 12 NYC-area beaches under swimming advisory for water quality<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One dozen New York City-area beaches are under a swimming advisory due to water quality concerns, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-314217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314217","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=314217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}