Kong, S.; Abrams, E.; Binik, Y.; Cappelli, C.; Chu, M.; Cornett, T.; Culbertson, I.; Garcia, E.; Henry, J.; Lam, K.; Lampman, D.; Morenko, G.; Rivera, I.; Swift, T.; Torres, I.; Velez, R.; Waxman, E.; Wessely, S.; Yuen, A.; Lardner, C. K.; Weissman, J.

We report the sequencing and analysis of 15 shotgun metagenomes, including the reconstruction of 129 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes, from tidal lagoons and bay water at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn, NY sampled from July to September 2024.. Our metagenomic database for this site provides an important baseline for ongoing studies of the microbial communities of public parks and waterfront areas. In particular, we provide rich functional and taxonomic annotations that enable the use of these metagenomes and metagenome-assembled genomes for a wide variety of downstream applications.