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“ Fantastic location with views to knock your socks off... .. we went 3 months ago to party and there was a large area to dance ..... ” in 2 reviews

“ I have been to 2 parties here and when I went for dinner one night (do not have to be a member) there was a party upstairs and the room looked great! ” in 2 reviews

“ The atmosphere is friendly and cozy , the views of the sound are amazing and the bar is awesome. ” in 2 reviews

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417 Hunter Ave

Bronx, NY 10464

City Island

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Was at a memorial luncheon recently , I have to say the food and atmosphere was extraordinary!!!

Cute club. Very receptive to new members. Hoping the food is more consistent. Stunning waterfront views.

The Harlem Yacht Club is your cozy tucked away spot to go for a good drink with friends while enjoying the view of the city. The staff are friendly and treat you like you're a regular - extra helpful when you need and super knowledgeable. We love sitting outside with a drink by the dock with a shrimp basket, enjoying the kids learning to sail, and viewing the NYC landscape.

Good food, lovely setting. Nice place to spend some time

The HYC is the ultimate in yacht club "shabby chic"... Awesome bar with incredible views of Eastchester Bay. Kitchen is now in good hands too, after the previous steward left and has been replaced with the current one. I would strongly recommend dinner with a few friends at sunset...

You do not have to be a Member to have dinner at The Harlem Yacht Club. The Chef, Rutilio, is the best on the island. The atmosphere is friendly and cozy, the views of the sound are amazing and the bar is awesome. You can have your wedding, shower, sweet sixteen party there. The food and the decor will suit any taste and always a winner. Check it out. Store your boat there and consider joining the Harlem Yacht Club.

Recently visited with friends who are summer affiliates. Arrived at the restaurant a little bit too early for afternoon ice cream, and bumped into such a lovely young man. Turns out he speaks several languages. He was very polite insightful and funny and we all enjoyed talking with him until we realized that he worked there and we might be keeping him from checking in for his shift. Very gracious. Later we realized that he was the dishwasher. I really hope they pay these people properly. That young man should be in a leadership position somewhere. They are lucky to have him.

I had the most amazing wedding reception at the HYC last weekend. I have been to other events here and am incredibly fond of this spot. It is the perfect mix of comfortable and charming, everyone there is friendly and helpful.....and you could not ask for a more picturesque view! To top it all off, Anne Booth's food knocks it out of the park. Anne and her husband Kwon are an amazing catering duo. They were accomadating to my special requests. And quite frankly, I have never heard so many people gush about the food at a wedding before. We had a really lovely day. I can't wait to come back to have a relaxing dinner here this summer.

GREAT Venue for a party large or small! I have been to 2 parties here and when I went for dinner one night (do not have to be a member) there was a party upstairs and the room looked great! The parties I have been to, 1 had a DJ, the other did not. There was enough room to dance and the food was beyond what I expected. Good staff, clean, great view right on the water!

This is a nice place to host a party. I looked at it for my wedding and had a food tasting but decided to go with a wedding hall. The staff is friendly, the food is good, and the atmosphere is really warm. Great views of the water. They have two party rooms that are both nice for about 75 people and a dance floor. I will keep it in mind when planning smaller events and dinners. (I believe you must be a member to eat there for dinner).

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The Legendary Harlem Yacht Club Harlem New York 1883 –

The Harlem Yacht Club , currently based on City Island in the New York City borough of The Bronx and incorporated in 1883.

Is the third oldest continuously functioning yacht club in the City of New York, the first being The New York Yacht Club, founded in 1844 in Harlem New York.

The Club is currently active in Manhattan and in Newport, Rhode Island), and followed by the Williamsburgh Yacht Club (founded in 1871 in Brooklyn, and currently still active in College Point, Queens).

The club currently has over 100 enrolled members in various membership categories.

Harlem Yacht Club was originally one of several boating clubs founded in the 19th century on the banks of the Harlem River in Harlem, New York, where it established its first clubhouse at the foot of 121st Street.

HYC was originally one of several boating clubs founded in the 19th century on the banks of the Harlem River in Harlem, New York, where it established its first clubhouse at the foot of 121st Street.

Over the next two decades, the club grew and acquired a station at College Point, Queens, where most of its races and regattas took place.

In 1894, the club sold the station at College Point while establishing a new one on property it had purchased on City Island, as its membership grew.

For the next ten years, the club occupied both locations – a clubhouse in Harlem and its City Island station on Hunter Avenue.

In 1898, the club began building an impressive Victorian-era clubhouse on City Island, which opened in June of the following year. Its opening was heralded by a “salute of seventeen guns … an illumination [of the fleet], and fireworks ashore and afloat.”

By 1901, the New York Times noted that …in place of the fishing smacks and oyster boats that once anchored in East Chester Bay is the fleet of the Harlem Yacht Club .  In 1903, the club gave up its location in Harlem , which was taken over by the newly-formed Metropolitan Yacht Club.

HYC has been at its present location on City Island since then.

The clubhouse built-in 1898 was destroyed by fire on May 29, 1915, and was replaced by the club’s current three-story structure that same year.

The destroyed building was valued at $15,000. Contents lost included the Brooklyn Yacht Club’s Deep Sea Challenge Cup.

This trophy, presented by Thomas Lipton, had been won by club member J.A. Crowley, in 1913.  Also lost were equipment and records needed to run the annual regatta.

The nearby New Rochelle Yacht Club (no longer extant) loaned HYC the required equipment to run the regatta that year.

The HYC was an early driving force in the evolution of sailing in the New York area, and a founding member of three yacht racing associations: The New York Yacht Racing Association (no longer extant), the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound (YRALIS), and the Eastchester Bay Yacht Racing Association (EBYRA). The latter two are still active today.

HYC conducted numerous regattas and became known locally for its Memorial Day Regatta. Conducted on its own initially, this regatta later became part of the YRALIS championship circuit. For over 60 years, this race was considered to be the start of the yacht racing season in western Long Island Sound. In 1892, seventy yachts participated in the event.

In its 1911 YRALIS Memorial Day regatta, the HYC hosted the first regatta of the Star class – a small fixed-keel sloop that was established as an Olympic Games class in 1932, and is still raced today.   In that same year, The New York Herald reported on the Stratford Shoal Race: Fast time was made by the twenty-six yachts that took part in the annual Stratford Shoal races of the Harlem Yacht Club, which were started from off the Execution Light…  As was common in that era, the race had both power and sail divisions.

In 1921, forty-three yachts, in twelve classes ranging from Herreshoff designed New York Yacht Club Fifties to sailing canoes, participated in HYC’s thirty-ninth annual regatta.

The NYYC Fifty class was so evenly matched that after sailing the 15-1/2 nm triangle course in just shy of two and a quarter hours, the last place boat finished only one minute and forty seconds after the leader.

The regatta was sailed in a nine to twelve knot northwesterly and lumpy seas leftover from a northeasterly wind that morning.

In 2000, the club was involved in a legal battle regarding the traditional colors ceremony. Following long-standing tradition at many yacht clubs, a cannon would be fired at sunset to signal that the American flag was about to be lowered for the day, and that all those present should stand with respect.

A complaint was filed against the club due to the noise of the cannon firing. The New York City Environmental Control Board ruled that the sound of the cannon violated city noise ordinances.

The club argued that the firing of the canon was a patriotic expression and thus constitutionally protected free speech.

In 2007, an appellate court ruled that the noise levels produced did indeed violate the Administrative Code of the City of NY, but that the club could still fire the canon, but only at reduced sound levels.

Today the Harlem Yacht Club has a diverse membership that is drawn primarily from New York City, Westchester County, NY, and New Jersey, and conducts an active calendar of racing and cruising events for owners of sailboats and powerboats.

Many of the boats are kept in the club’s large mooring field in Eastchester Bay, where it operates a 24-hour launch service during the yachting season. The club operates an active restaurant and bar on its premises.

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City Island, NY | N 40° 51.000' / W 073° 47.410'

417 Hunter Avenue

City Island, NY 10464

Body of Water

Eastchester Bay

Location Reference Point

Western L.I. Sound

Launch Chairman

Peter Green

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HARLEM YACHT CLUB

Established 1883

The Moon Over Harlem Twilight Series began in 2011 with just a handful of boats. Since then, this low-key Friday evening race has grown into one of the biggest events on Eastchester Bay. The motivation behind the Twilight Series is simple: get members and friends out on the water. Friendly competition rather than fierce rivalry is encouraged, and participants enjoy live music and good company after the race.

We start and finish in Eastchester Bay, so you don't have very far to sail to get back to the club. The emphasis is on short, simple courses that novice sailors and seasoned racers alike will enjoy.

Race results and additional information can be found on the Twilight Series Yachtscoring page.

2024 Twilight Series Dates: