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 10 kayak launches within 16 miles of Brooklyn. 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. 2 more are 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 Brooklyn we list 10 kayak launches: Squibb Park Boat Ramp, Floyd Bennett Field Kayak Launch, Kayak Boat Launch, Greenpoint Landing Esplanade Kayak Launch, Gansevoort Peninsula Kayak Access, Hook Creek Park Kayak/Canoe Launch, Mill Creek Point Boat Ramp, Old Place Creek Hand Launch, Fort Washington Park Kayak Launch and Bronx Park Kayak Launch.
Within 50 miles: 119th Street Canoe Launch (The Bronx, 17 miles) and Watchung Reservation Boat Ramp (Mountainside, 22 miles).
To look further out, search the map from Brooklyn. Before you go to Brooklyn: How to launch a kayak or canoe. All launches in the city: Boat ramps in Brooklyn, NY.