2025 Photo Album

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CITY OF WATER DAY PARTNERS

Like every year, a wide array of festivities spanned the entire region—from all five New York City boroughs to Westchester and Rockland counties, and across New Jersey. Organized by the Waterfront Alliance and the New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), City of Water Day champions the idea of a climate-resilient harbor and raises awareness about our changing climate.  

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CITY OF WATER DAY PARTNERS

Now in its 16th year, City of Water Day is a harbor-wide day of events organized by the Waterfront Alliance, the New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), and partners to raise awareness about the risk we all face from sea level rise and climate change, and champion a climate resilient New York and New Jersey harbor.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE.

The 15th annual City of Water Day returned to the shores of the metropolitan region on Saturday, July 16, 2022. A celebration of the waters that surround us, and an opportunity to learn about the current and future impacts of climate change and sea level rise, City of Water Day is organized by the Waterfront Alliance, the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), and many other partners.

Credits: Whitney Browne, Michael Morelli, and Eric Vitale.

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City of Water Day—this year on Saturday, July 10—is a region-wide day, organized by the Waterfront Alliance and its partners, to raise awareness about the risk we all face from sea level rise and climate change and champion a climate resilient New York and New Jersey harbor. In Your Neighborhood programming is organized by the New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) and offers dozens of events on and near the water across all five boroughs, New Jersey, and Westchester.

Credits: David Gonsier

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE

Now in its 13th year, City of Water Day is a free harbor-wide day organized by the Waterfront Alliance and its partners to raise awareness about the risk we all face from sea level rise and climate change, and champion a climate resilient New York and New Jersey harbor. As we continue to live with COVID-19, this year’s City of Water Day will look different than past years, but with the same goals to educate and inspire.

Credit: Ian Douglas

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From free kayaking to rowing to coastal clean-ups, In Your Neighborhood events during City of Water Day helped spread joy around the harbor!