Summer Friday: Rock the Boat @ Baylander Steel Beach
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Let's walk 4 miles up the Hudson to happy hour at Baylander, NYC’s smallest aircraft carrier, docked at 125th Street.
“Baylander started its service life in 1968 as harbor utility craft YFU-79 during the Vietnam War. It was one of 16 Skilak class lighters that were purchased by the US Navy and used to move men and material around the delta regions there. After the war, it was laid up until 1986 when it was converted into a helicopter landing trainer and renamed Baylander HLT after its home port in Pensacola Bay."
Meeting time/place: 12:45 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2026 at the USS Maine Monument in Central Park across from Columbus Circle.
Route: Central Park to the river, then we’ll walk north on the Hudson River Greenway to 125th Street, approximately 4 miles. Please use restrooms in Central Park near our meeting place or in Deutsche Bank Center. We'll also make a restroom stop en route.
Bring: Hat, sunblock, water. Cold bevs and snacks available for purchase at Baylander, where Happy Hour begins at 3 p.m. Here’s the menu.
Extreme weather (heat and/or rain) cancels.
Guests: You may invite a guest but you must have them sign Shorewalkers’ waiver and release at this link.
Return: The No. 1 train (125th Street stop) is two blocks east of Baylander and all 125th Street subways and Metro-North Harlem/125th Street Station are reachable by crosstown bus. Many drop-out points along the route.
Props to Iris, guest host, who suggested and scouted this walk!
Contacts (day of walk only): Maureen 718 954-1581, Christine 646 491-0764, and Gina 347-842-5452. Please ID yourself when texting. If you are lost or late, please phone.