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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

Holding the fort

A large FDNY fireboat came up the North River Saturday afternoon, passing the sailboats moored at Pier 40 and Jersey City. At first glance, this appeared to be the North River fireboat, Three Forty Three, returning to her base at Pier 53 near Gansevoort Street. But closer inspection reveals this to be Firefighter II, the nearly identical sister to Three Forty Three which resides at the Homeport Pier on Staten Island. Three Forty Three is I believe actually out of service at this time, having last pinged AIS at the GMD Shipyard in Brooklyn Navy Yard in March, leaving the Marine 1 Pier 53 base unoccupied for now and Firefighter II the only large boat available. On Saturday, Firefighter II traveled up as far as the Harlem Piers at the end of 125th Street before returning to Staten Island.

Daniel Katzive

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