Beach Quality and Safety

Additional Resources

NYC Region

For more formation about Public Beaches in the five boroughs visit NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation.

• • NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Lifeguard Employment Opportunities
  NYCDPR Lifeguard Hotline: (212) 830-7880
• • For information about swimming in New York City, visit the Manhattan Island Foundation website or call 311 and ask for "Learn to Swim".
• • New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP)
• • Interstate Environmental Commission (IEC)
• • National Park Service Gateway National Recreation Area
  Located in Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island, New York and Monmouth County, New Jersey
• • Jacob Riis Beach and Boardwalk: (718) 318-4300
• • Park Police (24 hours): (718) 338-3988
• • Westchester County Beach Monitoring: Westchester County Department of Health
• • Long Island Beach Monitoring:
• Nassau County Department of Health
• Suffolk County Department of Health

State

• • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
• • New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Environmental Health
• • New Jersey Beach Monitoring: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Beach Program
• • Connecticut Beach Monitoring: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Beach Program

Federal

• • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Healthy Beaches Program
• • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 2)

Oil & Chemical Spills

• • National Response Center (NRC): 1-800-424-8802
• • US Coast Guard, Group Long Island Sound (24 hours/day): VHF Channel 16
• • NY--Oil & Hazardous Spills, DEC - (after calling NRC) within NY State: 1-800-457-7362; if calling from outside NY: (518) 457-7362

Sewage Spills

• • NY--Oil & Hazardous Spill Response, Section DEC (raw sewage in large amounts) state wide: 1-800-457-7362
• • US Coast Guard, Group Long Island Sound (24 hours/day): VHF Channel 16

Oil, Chemical, and Sewage Spills Updates

• • Westchester County: NY Region 3 Sub-office, DEC: (914) 332-1835
• • Long Island: NY Region 1 Sub-office, DEC: (631) 444-0320
• • RI/CT border to NY/CT border
  US Coast Guard Captain of the Port, New Haven, CT: (203) 468-4464
• • NY/CT border to Hempstead Harbor
  US Coast Guard Captain of the Port, New York, NY: (718) 354-4111

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Strandings

• • OKEANOS
  Covers Long Island, NY City, Westchester County (24 hours/day): (631) 369-9829