Kayaking Event To Kick Off In Bayside, Volunteers Sought

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — Northeastern Queens residents looking for a view from the water, instead of a view of the water, at Bayside will have a chance to do so over the weekend.

The Parks Department is hosting an event for families to kayak at Little Bay Park on Saturday, July 22, at 11 a.m.

The event taking place on Cross Island Parkway, between Utopia Parkway and Totten Avenue, will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The company organizing the free event along with the Parks Department, HarborLAB, is seeking volunteers for the event. Interested volunteers can sign up here.

Volunteers will help unpack the kayaks, send them out, bring them back in, and pack them up at the end of the day. Water crew volunteers will be "paddle partners" at the stern of each boat for continuous loops.

Little Bay Park was previously known as Clearview Park until the city changed its name in 1973.

The Mantinecock tribe originally inhabited the shores of Little Bay, but in 1644, King Charles I of England gave 16,000 acres of land to his countryman William Lawrence.