Best anchorages and harbours in New York and New Jersey

Leonardo State Marina

State-run marina on the south-east shore of Sandy Hook Bay, the closest harbour to the bay entrance.

Lighthouse Point Marina & Yacht Club

Marina on the Toms River near downtown Toms River, New Jersey, on the western side of Barnegat Bay.

Lighthouse Pointe Marina

Marina on the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway behind Wildwood, in the back bays off the Cape May Inlet.

Lightning Jack's Marina

Marina on the Rancocas Creek at Riverside, New Jersey, near the creek mouth on the Delaware River.

Lincoln Harbor

Marina at Weehawken on the New Jersey bank of the Hudson River, south of the Lincoln Tunnel and opposite midtown Manhattan.

Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club

Private yacht club at Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, on the protected waters of Little Egg Harbor in southern New Jersey.

Locust Point Yacht Club

Private members' yacht club at the tip of the Locust Point peninsula in the Bronx, on Eastchester Bay near the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Long Branch Ice Boat & Yacht

Member-operated yacht club with a boat ramp on the Shrewsbury River at Long Branch, New Jersey, on the Pleasure Bay reach.

Long Key Marina

Family-run marina on the mainland shore of Barnegat Bay at Waretown, New Jersey, about a quarter mile up Waretown Creek.

Long Key Yacht Club

Marina and yacht club on Barnegat Bay at Waretown, New Jersey, part of the Long Key operation off Waretown Creek.

Longreach Marina

Small marina on the tidal Maurice River at Bivalve, just south of Port Norris in southern New Jersey, about 1.4 miles up from Delaware Bay.

Louis Engel Waterfront Park

Anchorage off Louis Engel Waterfront Park at Ossining, on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York State.

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Manasquan River Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the Manasquan River at Brielle, New Jersey, about a mile upriver from Manasquan Inlet.

Manhasset Bay Marina

Marina at Port Washington on Manhasset Bay, off the western end of Long Island Sound in New York.

Marina 59

Five-acre marina at 59-14 Beach Channel Drive on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, set in Somerville Basin off Jamaica Bay.

Mariner's Marina

Marina on Barnegat Bay at 475 East Bay Avenue in Barnegat, New Jersey, set across roughly 12 acres of waterfront.

Mariners Harbor Yacht Club

Member-owned boat club on the north shore of Staten Island, on the Kill Van Kull between the Goethals and Bayonne bridges, a short run from New York Harbour.

Maritime Marina

Small boat-service marina on Tuckerton Creek at 470 South Green Street, Tuckerton, New Jersey.

Mayslanding Marina

Freshwater marina on the upper Great Egg Harbor River at Mays Landing in Hamilton Township, southern New Jersey, at the head of navigation 10 NM inland from Great Egg Harbor Inlet.

MICA Marina

Community marina of the Manhasset Isle Civic Association on Manhasset Bay at Port Washington, New York.

Midget Squadron Yacht Club

Members' boat club in Paerdegat Basin, Brooklyn, a tidal channel running into Jamaica Bay between Canarsie and Bergen Beach.

Mill Creek Marina

Marina on Ocean Drive in Cape May Harbor, New Jersey, reached from the Atlantic through the Cape May Inlet.

Minmar Marine

Full-service marina in a sheltered lagoon at the foot of the bridge into Sea Isle City, Cape May County, New Jersey.

Miramar Yacht Club

Cooperative sailing club on the north shore of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, with a 12-berth pontoon.

Monmouth Cove Marina

County-run marina at Port Monmouth on Sandy Hook Bay, part of Bayshore Waterfront Park.

Moonbeam Gateway

Large marina on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, set between Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet, inside the Gateway National Recreation Area.

Mordecai Boat Basin

Family-run marina at Beach Haven on the south end of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, on Little Egg Harbor.

Morgan Marina

Marina and boatyard on Cheesequake Creek at Morgan, off Raritan Bay in New Jersey, with slips, moorings and hard standing.

Morgan Marina

Family-run marina on Cheesequake Creek at Sayreville, New Jersey, about 0.6 miles from Raritan Bay.

Nacote Creek Marina

Marina at Port Republic, New Jersey, on Nacote Creek less than a mile off the Mullica River, set among open salt marsh.