The location is near the $1.6 million boat launch area where boaters can launch trailer mounted water craft. Parking is available except during baseball games. Great place to watch airplanes coming into LaGuardia when approaching from the south east,
Flushing Bay --
Flushing Bay is a tidal embayment. It is located on the south side of the East River between neighborhoods of Flushing, College Point and East Elmhurst. The Flushing River empties into the bay at its southeast corner. There is a 150-foot wide navigational channel dredged to a depth of 14 feet running along much of the bay's length and is used primarily for the transportation of gravel, building materials and petroleum.
Flushing Bay was an important source of food for the Matinecock tribe of Native Americans and early European settlers, providing fish, shellfish, and waterfowl. After the Civil War, the area surrounding the bay became waterfront resort for the wealthy. The Williamsburgh Yacht Club, established in Brooklyn in 1865 and moved to Flushing Bay in 1896, is situated on the east side of the bay in College Point.
There are many pleasures to be found in Flushing Bay along the Promenade including fishing and boating. The boat ramp located here was built in 2000. One angler reported catching a 25 pound striped bass as well as good sized blue claw crabs. Beyond fishing, the view of nature is bountiful. Much wildlife can be spotted here including swans and an occasional hooded seal.
Flushing Bay also offers a history lesson. It’s here that Nathan Hale was captured on September 21, 1776 by Major Robert Rogers of Roger's Rangers (also known as the "Queens Rangers”), when Rogers saw Hale in a tavern and recognized him despite his disguise. After luring Hale into betraying himself by pretending to be a patriot himself, Rogers and his Rangers apprehended Hale.
The present shoreline of Flushing Bay has been largely altered by the development of LaGuardia Airport. From 1939 to as late as the 1990’s, millions of cubic yards of landfill were added to the western shoreline of the bay to create space for runways, runway extensions and overrun areas. In the 1990's, a 20-acre, pile-supported concrete deck was built over parts of Flushing Bay. To offset the loss of wetlands, new wetlands were constructed adjacent to the airport in Flushing Bay and in Little Neck Bay.