What we’re about
The Shorewalkers:Members Only Group is open to active members of Shorewalkers. Our volunteer hike leaders lead over 250 walks a year, on weekends and throughout the week. To become a member, visit our website Membership Levels - Shorewalkers.
Who We Are:
Shorewalkers is a non-profit environmental hiking organization founded in 1982. Our mission is to promote and preserve New York City’s waterfront and raise awareness of its shorelines by leading invigorating hikes throughout the metropolitan area. Our signature event, The Great Saunter, is a 32-mile trek along Manhattan's shoreline, held annually on the first Saturday of May. Additionally, we host the Great Saunter Fall Challenge, a virtual event in early October.
To send a message to the Shorewalkers organization, use the link Contact Us - Shorewalkers or email Support@Shorewalkers.org.
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Some of our walks allow for members to bring a guest. Guests must sign our Waiver and Release (http://bit.ly/4hI8VB5) to participate.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Cruise Around Manhattan! Purchase your tickets and join us on August 3Circle Line Sightseeing Pier 83 - New York City, NY, New York, NY
Details
One of our Great Saunter sponsors, Circle Line, is generously offering Shorewalkers up to four standard tickets at a 50% discount for any of their tours. Tickets must be purchased by you, and the discount is available until December 31, 2025.We would like to enjoy a tour as a group and are setting aside Sunday, August 3 for an outing on the 1:30 PM Best of NYC Cruise, which circles Manhattan in a scenic 2.5-hour journey. It’s essentially the Great Saunter—but by boat instead of by foot!
We’d love you to join the fun and recommend purchasing your ticket early since the tour will be open to the general public. We also recommend arriving at Pier 83 between 12:30 PM and 12:45 PM to allow enough time for meeting up and boarding.
How to Get Your Discounted Tickets:
- Visit circleline.com and use promo code SHOREWALKERS at checkout.
- Limit: 4 standard tickets per person. Only standard tickets qualify for the discount.
- Select Best of NYC Cruise at 1:30 PM on August 3 to join the group tour.
- You may choose another date or cruise with the same discount—just note that those will be on your own.
- All sales are final; cruises operate rain or shine.
Event Details:
- Cruise departs from and returns to Pier 83 at West 42nd Street & Hudson River.
- Departure time: 1:30 PM | Return: 4:00 PM.
- No outside food or drink are allowed, but concessions selling beverages and snacks will be available onboard.
Where and When to Join the Line:
Pier 83 between 12:30 and 12:45 PM.
Circle Line Sightseeing Pier 83 - New York City, NY
The line for boarding will begin forming at around 12:30 PM. It’s a general line, so saving multiple spots could be awkward—but we’ll regroup once we are onboard.What to Know Before You Go:
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Bathrooms are available next to Pier 84 and on the boat.
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Expect a long boarding line.
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There is no rain date—please dress for the weather and bring a raincoat if necessary.
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No personal food and drink are allowed onboard.
Contacts on the Day of:
Gina: 347-842-5452
Laura: 917-658-6779
Brigitte: 646-651-3911 - The Manhattan ProjectElizabeth H. Berger Plaza, New York, NY
At 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States ignited a nuclear device over the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki was bombed. Both cities were destroyed in seconds.
On this 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan we cover the sites in Manhattan that played a role in the development of the atomic weapon and how it became code named The Manhattan Project as we remember the over 200,000 lives that were lost.
Meeting: 9:45AM at Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza intersection of Edgar St. and Trinity Place in Manhattan. Take the MTA subway R, W, or 1 to Rector St.
End Time: approximately 3:30 PM.If you are bringing a guest, you must ensure that your guest signs our Waiver and Release. Please forward the link to them.
Bring lunch, water, and snacks on this 8 to 9 mile walk from the Cunard building in lower Manhattan, headquarters for the shipping of uranium ore to Columbia University’s Pupin Hall home to the Cyclotron and also the childhood home of J. Robert Oppenheimer on the Upper West Side.
- Reverse Summer Streets/Manhattan Aug 9 🚸 Dyckman St to Brooklyn BridgeAnne Loftus Playground, New York, NY
Join us for Reverse Summer Streets, to once again walk along car-free Broadway/Park Avenue and beyond. The second Saturday in August we’ll reverse course and walk north to south, from Dyckman Street to the Brooklyn Bridge; 12 miles, approx. 6 hours, point to point, moderate pace with many drop-out points.
Meet: Saturday, August 9, 7:45 a.m. at the Anne Loftus Playground, through the gates at the SE corner of Dyckman/Broadway/Riverside, near the restrooms (which will be open!). Our location is at the A/Dyckman Street stop and two blocks west of the No. 1 (Dyckman Street). We will walk at 8 a.m. sharp. [Note extra-early start because we'll be on the sunnier side of the street, and we are walking four miles more than past years.]
Course: Our expanded course runs from Dyckman Street and Broadway to 110th/Central Park North, then along 109th to Park Ave. and points south. Once on Park Ave. the route is easily accessible by the 4/5/6 subway lines. Note that streets reopen to traffic at 3 p.m.
- Later start/shorter distance? Find us at Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger Forum, 125th/Broadway, between 9:30 and 9:45 (approx) during our first restroom stop.
Restrooms: Please use the restroom at Anne Loftus before we begin. We will have restroom stops at Columbia Univ. Forum (125th Street), in Central Park, at 550 Madison (56th Street) and Union Square.
More info: The full program of Summer Streets has activities in all five boroughs:
Bring: Hat, sunglasses, sunblock, lunch/snacks, and water. Water will be available for refillable bottles at NYC Water-on-the-Go fountains along the way. No extended lunch break planned but we will take a few extra minutes at 550 Madison.
End of Walk: We plan to stop briefly at Eileen's Special Cheesecake at 17 Cleveland Place, and then continue approx 0.8 miles to finish at City Hall Park, accessible to all Chambers Street subways. (Brooklyn Bridge is also part of Summer Streets this year -- if you wish to continue feel free but your fearless leaders are done.)
Contacts (day of hike only): Christine 646-691-0764, and Gina 347-842-5452. Please ID yourself if texting, and if you lose the group during the walk, call. Also let us know if you decide to leave the group to linger at one of the official Summer Streets rest stops.
