Best Nude Beaches in New York

Located in the borough of Brooklyn, Coney Island Beach is a large and immensely popular light-brown sand beach that has rocky groynes along its shoreline.  This beach is situated in the popular neighborhood of Coney Island and has been named the 19th Best Beach in the Top 50 Beaches in the United States list in 2022 by Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as "Mr. Beach". An 80-feet long boardwalk is also present near the beach - this boardwalk is also known as the Coney Island Boardwalk or the Riegelmann Boardwalk and it was listed as one of the "Top 10 U.S. Boardwalks" by the National Geographic magazine. 

Located in New York City’s borough of the Bronx, Orchard Beach – also nicknamed as the “Bronx Riviera” – is a popular, one-mile-long, curve-shaped beach with light brown sand, a considerable number of pebbles, and multiple rocky jetties. This beach is spread over 115 acres and it is a part of a larger recreational park named Pelham Bay Park. This beach was listed as one of the “17 Best Beaches Near NYC to Visit Now For Fun In The Sun” and it was also praised by New York magazine’s article “The Urbanist’s Guide to New York City Beaches” in 2019. 

This beach is usually open between 6 am and dusk.