Summer 2012 Season is Underway!  Your Long Island City Community Boathouse is on the water, up and down the river, and making waves with community-sponsored human-powered boating.  Here's how you can get involved: Check the Calendar for Hallets Cove public walk-up paddling dates and commit to a contribution of time and energy from now until October (11 dates left!) Pick a paddling/boating/leadership skill you'd like to acquire or perfect and find a mentor at LICCB. Spread the word!  If you've had a great experience, bring friends to volunteer and/or paddle with you. Share your photos and brief event summaries on our Facebook page! Sign up [...]

Opening Day for LICCB's Public Walk Up Paddling program at the beach at Hallets Cove is SUNDAY MAY 27. Come and celebrate the holiday weekend with us!  Able bodies are always welcome, especially during the period of 1-5pm on the beach at Hallets Cove.  Hallets Cove is in Astoria, next to Socrates Sculpture Park.  Look for the folks in the boats at Vernon Boulevard and 31st St. We are looking for people with the ability to enjoy themselves while fitting out kids and grownups with paddling equipment, getting them into sit-on-top kayaks, and launching them out into the protected waters of the [...]