Illustration Life jackets
The life jacket rule for every paddler
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rulesWe list 11 kayak launches within 16 miles of Bushwick. Paddlers use these put-ins to carry a kayak or canoe to the water. Most are a short walk from parking, with a low dock or a sloped bank. One more is within 50 miles.
Illustration Life jackets
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rules
Illustration Ramp etiquette
Staging, courtesy docks and the Clean, Drain, Dry laws that can bring a fine.
Ramp etiquetteWithin 16 miles of Bushwick we list 11 kayak launches: Greenpoint Landing Esplanade Kayak Launch, Squibb Park Boat Ramp, Gansevoort Peninsula Kayak Access, Floyd Bennett Field Kayak Launch, Kayak Boat Launch, Hook Creek Park Kayak/Canoe Launch, Mill Creek Point Boat Ramp, Fort Washington Park Kayak Launch, Bronx Park Kayak Launch, 119th Street Canoe Launch and Old Place Creek Hand Launch.
Within 50 miles: Watchung Reservation Boat Ramp (Mountainside, 24 miles).