Harlem Pier Now Offers a Floating Bar

From its website, Baylander.nyc, a former aircraft carrier is now a floating bar in Harlem. According to the Baylander site (named after the ship itself), the former navy vessel docked at the West Harlem Piers near 125th Street, Baylander started its service life in 1968 as a harbor utility craft YFU-79 during the Vietnam War. It was one of 16 Skilak class lighters that were purchased by the US Navy and used to move men and material around the delta regions there. After the war, it was laid up until 1986 when it was converted into a helicopter landing trainer and renamed Baylander HLT after its home port in Pensacola Bay.

Their site also claims that the bar and kitchen were originally storage containers that were utilized to provide meals for the troops in Afghanistan.

But even if you can’t make it in the summer or to the bar, the Harlem Pier offers beautiful views year round.