Downtown Boathouse
Downtown Boathouse
- Address
- Pier 40 West Village near Houston St
- Transport
- Website
- Phone
- 646-613-0740
- Price
- tours free
- Hours
- 9am-6pm Sat & Sun mid-May–mid-Oct, some weekday evenings mid-Jun–mid-Sep
Lonely Planet review for Downtown Boathouse
New York’s most active public boathouse offers free walk-up 20-minute kayaking (including equipment) in the protected embayment in the Hudson River on weekends and some weekday evenings. Longer rides (eg to Governor’s Island) usually go from the Midtown location at Clinton Cove; there’s another boathouse at Riverside Park on the Upper West Side.








