Formed around some cement that was dumped into the East River back in the 1970s, this is one of a few sandy beaches scattered along Manhattan's shoreline. It doesn't look like much, but, according to the former executive director of the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association: "Just to see the water lapping on the shore of that beach — it's so restorative to one's psyche." You can find more photos of the beach here, about halfway down the page.
Day 449
Stuyvesant Cove beach
March 23rd, 2013
Well, seems like they keep it. eleven years after that article was written, it still remains.