STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Fred DeLise, a boater at Great Kills Park Marina for more than 30 years, calls three boats abandoned in the harbor an "eyesore.”

“You can’t even look at the sunset because of these wrecks in Great Kills Harbor. ...These people get away with letting their boats float off the moorings and just leaving them there,” said DeLise, who was one of the founders of the Committee to Save Great Kills Park Marina.

“One of the boats is from October, one is from December and one just blew up last Thursday,” he added.

"These people get away with letting their boats float off the morings and just leaving them there,” said DeLise, a founder of the Committee to Save Great Kills Park Marina. (Courtesy of Fred DeLise)

The three boats are located between the marina, now called Moonbeam Great Kills Marina, and the ramp to the docks. However, the abandoned boats are not within Moonbeam Great Kills Marina and are not the responsibility of the marina operator.

“I tried to get [The National Parks Service] to commander a boat of some sort to move this blue sailboat last week. I wanted them to pull it off the rocks before it got stuck in the rocks because we’ve had super high tides the last couple of days,” said DeLise.

He said he also called the city Parks Department to make the agency aware of the abandoned boats.

The National Parks Service is working to get the boats removed. (Courtesy of Fred DeLise)

When reached by the Advance, a city Parks Department spokesperson said that the location of the abandoned boats is not within the agency’s jurisdiction. It is the National Parks Service’s jurisdiction, she said.

Brian Feeney, Staten Island unit manager for Gateway National Recreation Area, said: “The two boats pictured on the shoreline have broken off the moorings located in the section of Great Kills Harbor operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. They are now resting on National Park Service property. The National Park Service is actively working to identify the boat owners and arrange to have them removed before the start of the boating season on April 1.”

“The National Park Service is actively working to identify the boat owners and arrange to have them removed before the start of the boating season on April 1," said Brian Feeney, Staten Island unit manager for Gateway National Recreation Area. (Courtesy of Fred DeLise)

“Nothing is being done. It’s such a beautiful harbor,” said DeLise. “These boats may have gasoline on them because they are powered by engines. And as they get beat up, the cushions, wood and all the debris floats onto the rocks. It’s a shame.”

GREAT KILLS PARK MARINA

The 250-boat slip marina was badly damaged when Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on Staten Island’s shoreline. The Advance reported that it took 19 months for the repairs to take shape.

The National Park Service recently selected Moonbeam Leasing & Management LLC -- a subsidiary of Moonbeam Capital Investments LLC, a private equity fund that owns and redevelops residential properties nationwide -- as the new operator of what was once known as Nichols Great Kills Park Marina

The new operator of Great Kills Marina plans to make various improvements -- including the addition of 100 new boat slips -- to the Gateway National Recreation Area facility.

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