NYC - Fleet Week 2008 Events - New York City

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ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
FLEET WEEK TO BE HELD (May 21 - May 28, 2008)
See the schedule of events by clicking here or scrolling down on this page

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Fleetweek 2007 Visiting Ships and Participating Aircraft

Ships will be open for free tours to the public beginning on May 24

This list is subject to change based on operational requirements.

Following are the expected ships to partake in the Parade of Ships for the beginning of Fleet Week on May 21.

Ships:

Aircraft:

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DAILY EVENTS
Please note that the Ship Tours are taking place from May 24 to May 29 will be from the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (except for Manhattan on May 27 when the ships will be closed)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Parade of Ships & Aircraft fly-over - Narrators will be at Stapleton Pier, SI & Fort Hamilton	9:30 -11:00 am	Hudson River from Verrazano Bridge to George Washington Bridge

Thursday, May 24, 2007
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Public visitation of ships in Manhattan Note: Lines may cap as early as 3pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ships before 5pm when the ships close.	8am – 5 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display	8 am – 4 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
World Trade Center Run Service members along with reps from NYPD, FDNY & PAPD will run a 2-mile route to the World Trade Center Site and conduct a wreath laying ceremony.	9 – 11 am
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.	9 – 11 am	Cunningham Park, Queens, NY
Fleet Week Job, Education & Info. Fair	11:30 am – 5 pm	Emigrant Savings Bank, 51 Chambers Street, NY, NY 10007
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.	1 – 3 pm	Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY
Memorial Day Parade	6-10 pm	Larchmont Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538

Friday, May 25, 2006
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Public visitation of ships in Manhattan Note: Lines may cap as early as 3pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ships before 5pm when the ships close.	8am – 5 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display	8 am – 4 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Marine Day in Central Park Bands (military & non-military), static displays, demonstrations of martial arts, and military dogs.	9 am – 4 pm	Central Park, 5th Avenue and 72nd Street, NY, NY 10021
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.	9:30 – 11:30 am	Riverside Park, NY, NY
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.	2 - 4 pm	Orchard Beach, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY
Navy Band will perform a public concert	5 – 6 pm	Times Square recruiting station

Saturday, May 26, 2007
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Public visitation of ships in Manhattan Note: Lines may cap as early as 3pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ships before 5pm when the ships close.	8 am – 5 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display	8 am – 4 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Marine Day in Times Square USMC personnel and static displays organic to an Infantry Battalion	9 am – 4 pm	7th Avenue and 46th Street, NY, NY
Helicopter Raid Demonstration USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.	11 am – 1 pm	Eisenhower Park, Long Island, NY

Sunday, May 27, 2007
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Note: There will be no public visitation of ships in Manhattan on Sunday. The ships will be closed.
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Memorial Day Parade – Greenpoint	9 am – 12 pm	519 Leonard Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Memorial Day Parade - Forrest Hills	12 – 3 pm	107-15 Metropolitan Avenue, Forrest Hills, Queens, NY
Memorial Day Parade – Maspeth	1 – 3:30 pm	Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378
Memorial Day Parade - College Point	2 – 4 pm	26th Avenue and College Point Blvd, College Point, Queens, NY
Navy Band will perform a public concert Times Square recruiting station	6 - 7 pm	Times Square

Monday, May 28, 2007 (MEMORIAL DAY)
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Public visitation of ships in Manhattan Note: Lines may cap as early as 3pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ships before 5pm when the ships close.	8 am – 5 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display	8 am – 4 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
Memorial Day Parade – Bayville	8 am – 12 pm	Bayville Avenue, Bayville, NY
USMC, PFC Frank Vallone Memorial	9 – 11 am	Mulberry and Canal Streets, NY, NY
Memorial Day Parade - Bay Ridge	10 am – 1 pm	3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY
Memorial Day Parade – Pelham	10 am – 1 pm	Town of Pelham Parade Route/Veterans Park, Pelham, NY 10803
Memorial Day Observance at Grant's Tomb Service members will conduct a Wreathe Laying Ceremony at Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial.	10 – 1 pm	Grant's Tomb at 122nd Street & Riverside Drive, NY, NY
Intrepid Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony	11 am – 1 pm	Summer Stage in Central Park
Memorial Day Parade – Glendale	11 am – 1 pm	Cooper Avenue & Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY
Memorial Day Parade – Manhattan	12- 2 pm	Broadway and Dyckman, NY, NY
Memorial Day Parade - Staten Island	12 – 3 pm	Forrest Avenue, to Crystal Avenue, Staten Island, NY
Memorial Day Parade - Little Neck	2 – 5 pm	Little Neck & Douglaston
Memorial Day Parade - City Island	2 – 5 pm	550 City Island Drive, Bronx, NY 10464

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Note: Lines may cap as early as 3pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ships before 5pm when the ships close.	8 am – 5 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display	8 am – 4 pm	Pier 90, 50th St & 12th Ave/West Side Hway
Public visitation of ships in Staten Island	8 am – 5 pm	Stapleton Pier, Staten Island

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Ships & service members depart New York City.

SPECIAL ITEM:

DETAILS TO COME

FOR THIS YEAR'S UPDATE ON THE FOLLOWING:

There's also the following:

Memorial Day Service at the 89th St. and Riverside Soldiers and Sailors Monument
on
Date and Time to come
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, NYC Council Member Gale Brewer and General Nathaniel James of the legendary 369th Regiment are among the dignitaries who will speak. We welcome all Navy personnel on duty and in port this Fleet Week as well all other folks.

To be present wll also be a bagpiper and trumpeter for taps.
The monument is located on Riverside Drive at 89th Street.

Information provided courtesy of www.fleetweek.navy.mil

Note from New Yorkled webmaster: I remember spending hours in Battery Park (2002) awaiting the arrival of some of our great ships as they entered New York Harbor. Although they of course do not pass close enough for you to get great shots of them, it's still a spectacular experience to witness their entry into our harbor. As for photos, don't fret since of course you'll get to see them up close on the west side of Manhattan after they've docked beside our Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum. Sure the lines were long and the sun was hot, but that neither stopped me nor the thousands of others who were there to board the ships and experience first hand the effect these colossal masters of the sea have on a person. I was in awe! And you will be too! So come join us in our celebration. Saluting our Sailors, our Marines, and all those Grand Ships. Enjoy it! 'and if you so happen to come across one or two or many in your travels then it wouldn't hurt to shake their hands or say hello.

Ship Tours: Look Below

Visit the following for additional information:
- Official Fleet Week website
- Visit also the Intrepid Page on New Yorkled

Directions:
Pier 86 (Intrepid) Cross Street: 46th St.
Pier 88 Cross Street: 48th St.
All Along the West Side Highway
Cross-town buses (M50, M57) and the NY Waterway Ferry. The M50 and M57 travel cross town (50th and 57th Streets respectively). The M50 travels west to Pier 83 at 43rd St.
The M57 reaches 57th and West End Avenue.

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Press Release

Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast
Guard will participate in the 20th anniversary of Fleet Week New York, which will take place May 23
through May 30.

Hosted nearly every year since 1984, Fleet Week New York is the City’s celebration of the sea
services. This event also provides an opportunity for the citizens of New York City and the surrounding
Tri-State area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness first-hand the latest
capabilities of today’s maritime services.

Fleet Week will include dozens of military demonstrations and displays through the week as well
as public visitations of participating ships from May 24 through May 29. Details of events and
participating ships are forthcoming and can also be found at the official Fleet Week New York website at www.fleetweek.navy.mil

National and local media are encouraged to highlight the pride, professionalism and esprit-decorps
of our nation’s sea services.

While in New York City, Sailors and Marines will participate in Memorial Day parades in all five
boroughs, volunteer with local community outreach organizations, and experience the sights, sounds and hospitality of New York City.



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