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  • FACT SHEET-Lake Montauk Harbor, New York - Federal Navigation Channel

    DESCRIPTION:  This navigation asset is located on the north shore of the south fork of the eastern end of Long Island in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY, approximately 125 miles by water east of the Battery, New York City; and provides for a channel, 12 feet deep at mean low water (MLW), 150 feet wide, extending from the 12 feet

  • FACT SHEET-East Rockaway Inlet, NY - Maintenance of Infrastructure & Stewardship

    DESCRIPTION: Maintenance dredging.

  • FACT SHEET-Buttermilk Channel, New York

    DESCRIPTION: This navigation asset connects deep water in Upper Bay, New York Harbor, southwest of Governors Island, with deep water in the East River northeast of Governors Island, and, with Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, forms a channel along the Brooklyn waterfront; and provides for a channel 1,000 feet wide, 40 feet deep, and 500 feet wide

  • FACT SHEET - Atlantic Coast of New York City, East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet (Rockaway Beach) and Jamaica Bay, NY

    The project study area includes the Rockaway Peninsula and the communities surrounding Jamaica Bay in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City.

  • FACT SHEET - Atlantic Coast of New York - South Shore of Long Island

    DESCRIPTION: The south shore of Long Island includes portions of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The shoreline includes a diversity of development, from urbanized areas to beaches, parklands, and roadways as well as many inlets, some of which are used for small boat navigation. It is subject to substantial overwash and erosion during

  • FACT SHEET - Silver Jackets, New Jersey

    Silver Jackets teams across the United States bring together agencies from different levels of government to reduce flood risk. Through regular meetings and collaborative projects, team members learn about their agencies’ programs and apply their shared knowledge to enhance flood preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. Silver Jackets teams

  • FACT SHEET - Silver Jackets, Vermont

    Provides interagency approach to sharing and combining resources, funding, programs and technical expertise.

  • FACT SHEET - Project Condition Surveys - New Jersey

    DESCRIPTION: This project consists of performing hydrographic surveys of completed and federally maintained Federal Navigation Projects within the boundaries of the New York District in order to publish their navigation condition for users of the channels. OTHER INFORMATION: Project Condition Survey program includes surveys of deep draft channels,

  • FACT SHEET - Project Condition Surveys, NY

    DESCRIPTION: This project consists of performing hydrographic surveys of completed and federally maintained Federal Navigation Projects within the boundaries of the New York District in order to publish their navigation condition for users of the channels.OTHER INFORMATION: Project Condition Survey program includes surveys of deep draft channels,

  • FACT SHEET-New York Harbor - Collection and Removal of Drift

    DESCRIPTION: Reduce hazards and damages to navigation by removing potential sources of drift. Removing abandoned piers, wharves, derelict vessels and debris, and repairing in-use deteriorated shore structures throughout the Port of New York.