Amy Pearl

New York City is surrounded by water. We have oceans, bays, tidal estuaries, canals, creeks and rivers. WNYC’s Amy Pearl signed up for a swim across the Hudson River.

Long summer evenings are made for exploring the city. WNYC’s Amy Pearl recently discovered something exciting, exotic and free: kayaking on the East River.

The Gowanus Canal is a superfund site known for its distinctive smell. But WNYC’s Amy Pearl found something unexpected near the shore: life!

With a heatwave enveloping the city, New Yorkers struggle to stay cool. But there's one time-tested way to beat the heat.

Expert birder Tom Stephenson tours Brooklyn's Prospect Park with WNYC's Amy Pearl.

At the highest tides in May and June, horseshoe crabs throng New York City’s beaches to mate. WNYC’s Amy Pearl joined volunteers at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn to count and tag them.

Escaping the summer heat in a dark movie theater is one of the oldest tricks in the book.

With the sun high in the sky and the pandemic on the wane, some people are trying to get back in the swing of socializing.

Businesses are offering free stuff in an effort to encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID 19. So WNYC's Amy Pearl grabbed her vaccine card and headed out across the city.

It’s been over a year since you could actually walk into the library and browse up and down the shelves. But now at select locations in Brooklyn, browsing is back! 

During the pandemic, New Yorkers didn’t stop drinking. But they did stop chatting with the bartender. Now that restrictions are lifting, WNYC’s Amy Pearl visited Canal Bar in Gowanus.

Ramps are a type of wild onion, and they're making their very brief, seasonal appearance right now.

After 18 months, Brooklyn’s Coney Island is finally reopening to the public. WNYC’s Amy Pearl was the first in line.

If anything good came out of the pandemic, it might be the expansion of outdoor dining. Everything tastes better in the fresh air. But what if you want to eat even further afield? 

One out of five Americans lost a relative or a close friend the pandemic. Here's how one New Yorker is coping.

It’s been a year since New York City’s first confirmed COVID 19 case. So WNYC’s Amy Pearl took a hike in the Bronx with the person who helped her get through the pandemic: herself. 

When the temperature broke 50 degrees recently, WNYC's Amy Pearl followed the sunshine to Orchard Beach, in the Bronx. She wasn't the only one.

Sabbi Charlton always considered herself a dog person. But the pandemic led her to an encounter that changed her mind. 

If you were wondering “where are the snows of yesteryear,” they are here and probably not melting any time soon. But under all that snow, something amazing is happening. 

Last month, a rare sea turtle washed up on the North Fork of Long Island. Then another one, and another. WNYC’s Amy Pearl visited New York Marine Rescue to see how they were faring.