Aruba, Jamaica, oooh, I wanna take ya – but with the economy what it is, South Street Seaport will have to do.
The downtown tourist mecca will be the place this summer to plant your bod by a beach umbrella and sip a cold one.
The Seaport’s operators are working on a deal with New York Water Taxi to set up a fake beach on Pier 17.
Officials of the Seaport couldn’t be reached for comment yesterday, and a Water Taxi spokeswoman declined to discuss the idea.
But the Seaport is seeking a liquor license for the beach at a Community Board 1 meeting next week. A board official said the beach itself doesn’t need any approvals.
In the last few years, Water Taxi has set up a beach in Long Island City, Queens, layering a wharf with four inches of beach sand shipped from New Jersey.
Besides the Pier 17 beach, the firm is also planning a beach on Governors Island to open around July 4.