Beach Guide

Jacob Riis Park

Art Deco clock tower · Gateway marshes · quiet Atlantic

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Jacob Riis Park cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🏛️

Art Deco Clock Tower

golden hour

🐦

Jamaica Bay Birds

before sunset

🌊

Atlantic Break

all evening

🌿

Marsh Glow

blue hour

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Parking

$35/car

ferry from Pier 6 skips the fee

Best spot

the mall

Art Deco bathhouse at golden hour

Water

Atlantic surf

2-4 ft typical · open ocean

Bathhouse

1932

Robert Moses · Art Deco landmark

applause at the dip

Sunset time, countdown and the Sunset Score are computed live from Open-Meteo’s real cloud forecast at each day’s sunset hour. The in-page cam is an animated preview — tap “live cam” for the real Jacob Riis Park webcam. The Jacob Riis Dusk runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Jacob Riis Park, the sun sets at 8:10 PM today — about 14h 15m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:55 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Jacob Riis Park update at the top of the conditions page.