Beer Soap Opera

We opened WTB in 2005 with the idea we would sell 24 oz PBR cans. They come from a different brewery than the 12 oz cans.

So we couldn't get the 24 oz cans for most of the season and then we got them in.. and finished 2005 with them.

In 2006, we switched to 100% keg beer. PBR was at that point NOT legally available in Queens. You could get it in Brooklyn and Manhattan but NOT Queens.. Yes, NYS alcohol laws are so very interesting...

So in 2006, we switched to Schaefer beer. It's made by the same company that makes PBR and it's a personal favorite. We (the Water Taxi) also stops at the Schaefer landing area (south side Williamsburg) in Brooklyn... so it seemed like a good fit.

Now, as we approach 2007, we assumed we would be selling Schaefer again. However, PBR is now available in Queens. After much careful thought and deliberation, we have decided once again to switch things up and this year, 2007, we will be selling DRAFT PBR!!

Preview 2007 Schedule

The following Schedule is a work in progress and is subject to change. However, since there is some interest in the special event schedule, here is what we know..

May 12 - Bocce Event is Canceled

Organic Vegan Gourmet Diner, Cooking Demo and Lecture
June 9 - Chef Matteo - Starts at 8pm
Cooking Demo and Lecture is free. Chef Matteo will be preparing a 4 course organic vegan gourmet meal. Each course available Ala carte or as set menu. A VIP ticket includes an amuse course, all four courses, a flight of 4 organic wines, bottled water, a table reservation and table service. The VIP event starts at 7:30 pm.

Murder Mystery at Water Taxi Beach Food, Fun, Drinks and MURDER!
June 10 - While the main beach is open to the public, the back beach and tent will be the scene of a MURDER Mystery. We need at least 66 people for this event. The Max. number is 120. Dinner, Drinks, and a live acted murder mystery is $33; buy tickets NOW; advanced purchase recommended; tickets purchased on the day of the event are $45. Visit http://www.theatertogo.com/

NYC's 1st Annual Food Film Festival. Films about Food and Food from a few of those films. This event is sponsored by ... Films are shown free of charge. The food items are available by purchasing tickets in advance.

NYC Food Film Festival Part One - This weekend will feature regional American Hamburgers.
June 14 At Dusk
June 15 At Dusk
June 16 At Dusk


NYC Food Film Festival Part Two - This weekend will feature hot dogs and sausages.
June 21 At Dusk
June 22 At Dusk
June 23 At Dusk

Thursday's in July & August
Latin House & Latin Music DJ insomniak

Friday's in July & August
Flash Back Fridays'

Saturday's in July & August
From 2pm to 8pm - PreBound w/ DJ Victor Franco
From 8pm to close - ReBound Dance Party

Sunday's in July & August
Beats on the Beach with DJ duo Pukka - Ibiza ala LIC

NYC Food Film Festival Part Three - This weekend will feature Southern Style BBQ.
Sept 6 At Dusk
Sept. 7 At Dusk
Sept. 8 At Dusk

Amateur Boxing
Sept 15 (Afternoon)

New Tech old sand...

We are trying to work with all of the new tech out there.. but trying to use it to improve the experience at the beach.

We have signed up for both Myspace.com and Dodgeball.com accounts. We expect to use these to SMS/Txt message and/or email folks about weather openings and closings..

We have also used Cafepress to set up a online store. It has logos, photos, and more logos.. If that's your thing, please check it out... Shop for Water Taxi Beach Stuff

Beach Grows in Brooklyn?

Tom Fox CEO of NY Water Taxi has been working on a proposal for a beach in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. Located at Atlantic Basin it would include a new High School, workspace for artists, historical ships, a new home for the Water Taxi fleet, a park area and a beach.

Click here for more info...

Beach Soccer

Beach soccer was fun at the end of the season.. We are expecting it will be even more fun in the spring when things warm-up..

Check out this link for a video about Beach Soccer

To sign up for the Beach Soccer for next year, follow this link When they ask which league, sign up for the "Summer Beach" league.

2007 plannig

yes, the Winter hasn't started and yes and we are fast at work planning out the 2007 beach season.

We hope to book a few Weddings in May and June of '06

The major summer weekends (July & August) will be filled with an assortment of DJs spin music from around the region and the world. We expect Saturday nights in the summer to feature our ReBound Party.

There are two easy truism for NYC residents; they love food and they love film. The question is do they love film about food?

We think the answer is YES, especially if they can taste some of the food that's appearing up on the silver screen! We are going to try to host NYC's first annual Food Film Festival.

Because we want to cook some of the food that will be shown, we have to spread out the festival over 3 different weekends. Our current plans are to do two of them in June and the last one in September.

Since we don't know anyone else who knows more about food and flim, the series will be curated by documentary filmmakerGeorge Motz.

So what food will be be cooking? Well, we are not going to try to make every item from every film we show. In fact we are not even going to try to make an item from every film. One weekend we will cook regional American burgers, one weekend we will do southern style BBQ and the 3rd weekend is still up grabs, depending on what movies we can book.

We are working out the details to have Robert Richter run the smoker. He is a NYC based competion BBQer and the Pitmaster and consultant for Hill Country BBQ. He has already guest chef'd at Water Taxi Beach. If we can work out the details he will produce 3 days of lip smacking goodness!

We are Open

It's Sunday Oct 1st. There was a bit of rain this AM, but it's Noon and the Sky is Blue and Sunny.

Sunday

It's been a very eventful weekend. The most interesting part is that the weather man has been wrong in our favor. Don't that we didn't have some rain but not a long and not any yesterday from open to close...

That doesn't mean there still isn't some on the way... Although we are about to open up for Sunday there is still the threat of some mid day thunderstorms… it's also Sunny and 75 degrees warm!

Yesterday we put up the Western and Northern side walls of our Tent.. so we are, more than ever, ready to weather any storm...

Yesterday was small fry compared to our more "busy" Saturday’s in the "heat' of the summer… but it was notable. We had many people who came after 10pm to hear and dance to our DJ. Included in that group was Jon and Mark from Pukka; it was nice to see them hang out w/ out having to "spin."

Of course they will be here in a few hours to spin the afternoon and night away!

Sept. 23 we are open

Sept 23rd, Saturday.. Yes, we are open..

23rd and 24th

We have a core crew at the beach today with a weather eye on the horizon... if weather permits we will open. Otherwise, we are painting and cleaning :)

the near–mythical Water Taxi Beach

Just discovered a really nice write up about us and a visit to NYC focused mostly on the outer B's then Manhattan..

"...Then it was Sunday, bright and shining, and the non–dietary goal of my visit was at hand. The MTA's line 7 trundled westwards towards Manhattan but I got off at Long Island City for the walk to the near–mythical Water Taxi Beach. It was everything I'd dreamed – ratlands, etc..."

I'm hoping that ref to ratlands is a good things...

To see the whole article... Click Here.

Fox TV

Weather permitting, the Fox Soccer channel will be filming a segment on the Beach Soccer tournament next Tuesday for their FC Fox TV show.

That's Tues Sept 26th at 6pm...

Please come down and watch!

Sat & Sun We Are Open

We are open Rain or Shine this weekend (Sat and Sunday)

The current (Friday @ 8pm) forcast is for rain on Sat AM until about 1pm.

We will open at our regular time and we have our big Sat night dance party with DJ Duo Pukka kicking off at 8pm.

The return again this Sunday for their regular slot, "Beats Beyond the Beach"

Closed Friday Sept 15th

We will be closed today Friday Sept. 15th due to predicted heavy rain and heavy weather all day/night.

We will open Saturday at Noon rain or shine..

Sept 14, Thursday, we will be CLOSED due to rain. The Movie and Yoga scheduled have been canceled.

Sept 14, Thursday, we will be CLOSED due to rain. The Movie and Yoga scheduled have been canceled.

9 11 Memorial Light

3 more weekends

Summer isn't over..

There are 3 more great summer weekends ahead.. and we have some great DJs coming up... on Sept 9th, 16th and 23rd. Stay tuned for all the details..

Thanks and see you on the beach!

Opening Delay on Sunday Sept 3rd

Sunday Sept 3rd we will have a DELAYED Opening. We will open at 1pm. That will give us a few extra minutes to DRY off!...

Thanks!!

Labor Day Weekend

With Ernesto Looming... every one has been emailing us about if we will be open.. Satuday; The answer is yes. We have our core crew coming in at 10am to prepare to open at Noon.

However, it's predicted that there will be heavy rain until the early evening. We are planning that if the heavy AM rain shows up, that we may DELAY our opening until 7pm.

We are open Rain or Shine Fri/Sat & Sun all SUMMER...

We will be open for ReBound at 8pm.

Movie Night

Aug 31st, Sept. 7 & 14th are Movie nights at the beach..

Bring the family...

ID required to drink...

Open

Despite the possibility of rain, we will be open today.

ReBound starts at 8pm.

Final ReBound

The final ReBound party of the 2006 season will be Saturday, September 2.

Here are some details..
DJ Spun, PS1's Musical Curator, closes out the Warm Up and Rebound seasons
with In Flagranti (Codek / Nublu)
and Gypsy Bogdan (Turntable Lab / Nublu)

ReBound This Week!

Rebound: A weekly party at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City

this week

Negroclash

with

a)ex O_

and your semi-regular beach bunnies

Justin Carter and DJ Probus (Nublu)

Three DJs make up Negroclash: DJ Lindsey relentlessly represents, DJ Language couldn't work harder, and Duane, an Other Music store floor-osopher, is the best-kept secret in the record business. As a team, their mixing makes you want to break into applause. A brilliant blend of phuture funk and cosmic crunk propels the party here, brimming with hooks, hops, and hits. Principals like Cat Stevens, Frankie Knuckles, and Jellybean all show up, as do cuts from the Pointer Sisters and MAW, but the juiciest string comes when "Automatic" turns into Toney Lee, folding into In Deep, and winding up with Phil Asher's break-up jam "Having Your Fun." As the 75-minute arc soars, the floor goes with it.

Although his musical career started with playing the piano in grade school, a)ex O.’s real passion began several years later when he was exposed to the rave scene in Colorado. With his roots in deep soul music, it’s no surprise that his first encounters with House music created a lasting & powerful impression. Diving into his passion for the dancefloor and funky 4-to-the-floor beats, a)ex jumped behind turntables of his own and has never looked back.

Probus and Justin Carter, residents from Nublu, start off the evening with sounds from punk funk to techno.

A live mix from DJ Lindsey: http://ps1.el.net/web/archive/metafiles/m3u/sbmwup05_lindsey_081305.m3u

Directions:

On the New York Water Taxi: Taxis depart from E. 34th Street in midtown Manhattan on a varied schedule http://www.nywatertaxi.com

On the subway: 7 train to Vernon Avenue/Jackson. Walk along Vernon Avenue to Borden Avenue, turn right. Look for signs for Water Taxi Beach.

Or on the bus: B61 and Q103.

From PS1: Walk south on Jackson from PS1 (Take a right with the museum to your back). Right on 51st Ave. Left at 2nd St. Look for signs for Water Taxi beach on your left.

at Water Taxi Beach (2nd and Borden, LIC, Queens) - 8p til late - free
go to http://www.newreleasenewyork.net/party.html for more info.
go to http://www.watertaxibeach.com for pictures of the space.

Event Website: http://www.newreleasenewyork.net/party

ReBound

The summer, like it or not is winding down...

There are a few more weeks of ReBound; the last main event is Sept 2nd.

Want to know what is happening at ReBound this week? Click here