N.Y. Navigation Law Section 45-D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor

1.

No vessel shall be operated in Great Kills Harbor extending beyond the Crooke’s Point Jetty to the lighted buoy at the Harbor’s entrance, within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.

2.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate law enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to the provisions of § 34 (Regattas)section thirty-four of this chapter, and all provisions of this section have been complied with.

3.

Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

4.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town or county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws, resolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any of such provisions.

Source: Section 45-D — Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/45-D (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 22, 2025).

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Equipment 40–A
Manufacture and sale of outboard motors 40–B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint 41
Pilot rules 42
Searchlights 42–A
Tow-chains 43
Lights to be displayed 43–A
Use of digital billboards 44
Noise levels on pleasure vessels 45
Reckless operation of a vessel 45–A
Beaching a disabled water craft 45–AA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake 45–AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay 45–AAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake 45–AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay 45–AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice 45–AAAAAA
Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake 45–AAAAAA*2
Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes 45–B
Regulation of beaches 45–C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake 45–CC
Reckless operation and speed on the canal system 45–D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor 46
Vessel regulation zone 46–A
Regulations of vessels 46–AA
Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county 46–AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county 46–AAAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake 46–B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake 47
Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting 47–A
Accidents 47–B
Report to the commissioner required upon accident 48
Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner 49
Operator 49–A
Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs 49–B
Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol 49–C
Termination of unsafe operation 49–D
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Nov. 22, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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