Just a half a mile from the bustle of Route 1 are river views, hay fields, old tanner pits from the early settlers, tidal ...

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Divers were searching the East River Saturday for a 13-year-old boy who jumped in to prove to his friends that he could do it, and then disappeared, police and a relative said.

READ MORE: Rescue teams searching East River for missing 13-year-old boy It has been three days since the NYPD started searching the river for Kavion Godfrey. He was last seen was Friday afternoon.

Courtesy of Laquana Badger-Godfrey “The East River is very large, and I think we need a more extensive search.” “We need every corner searched from Brooklyn to the Bronx to Long Island.

Pier 17 on the East River offers stunning views of the Brooklyn Bridge and old ships at port. CBS2's Vanessa Murdock reports now, there's something new to feast your eyes on.

The East River Waterfront Esplanade is the opposite: it’s all about New York. It faces the intensely active East River, and it is tucked under and beside the elevated structure of the F.D.R. Drive.

In 2018, the East River had at least 82 days of overflow, says Mike Dulong, senior attorney for Riverkeeper, a group that advocates for clean waterways; there were 179 days of overflow citywide.

Kavion jumped into the water off East River Park near E. 6th St. just after 4 p.m. Friday, sparking a search that included boats from the NYPD Harbor Unit and an Aviation Unit chopper.