The summer is here and temperatures hit 90+ in spring so we are in for warm days in the naked city…I’ll get back to that in a minute. What could be better than going to Coney Island or Brighton Beach to cool off with a swim in the Atlantic Ocean? So I decided to see where these beaches ranked! From Beaches World, the World’s Top 10 Beaches are 1) Anguilla, Caribbean, 2) Barcelona, Spain, 3) Bora Bora, French Polynesia, 4) Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, 5) Harbour Island, Bahamas, 6) Mykonos Island Beach, Aegean Sea, 7) Oahu, Honolulu (what no Maui..where you can get some Maui wowie, Palm Beach – Aruba, 9) Tulum Beach – Cancun, 10) Horseshoe Bay – Bermuda. Brighton Beach and Coney Island not mentioned…where else can you eat great Eastern European food overlooking the ocean at sunset…well maybe the Black Sea…where else can you ride the world’s most famous roller coaster and eat the world’s most famous hot dog? Ok maybe Coney or Brighton made the Top 10 USA Beaches for 2010: 1. Coopers Beach (Southampton, N.Y – WTF!! Those snooty bastards in LI are #1!), 2. Siesta Beach (Sarasota, Fla.) 3. Coronado Beach (San Diego, Calif.) 4. Cape Hatteras (Outer Banks, N.C.) 5. Main Beach (East Hampton, N.Y.) 6. Kahanamoku Beach (Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii) 7. Coast Guard Beach (Cape Cod, Mass – over Kalmus and West Dennis Beaches.) 8. Beachwalker Park (Kiawah Island, S.C.) 9. Hamoa Beach (Maui, Hawaii) 10. Cape Florida State Park (Key Biscayne, Fla.).. from Leatherman’s survey of 650 public beaches along the U.S. coast of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific…uses 50 criteria for ranking beach quality, including sand softness, frequency of rip currents, size of waves, presence of shorebirds, water color, the presence of oil and tarballs, whether it’s overcrowded, public safety, maintenance of grounds and other factors… ok not mentioned in USA either!! Well the NY Daily News has Brighton/Coney as #4..should be #1! Ok back to the naked city…in case you were wondering…There are several nude beaches on Fire Island and discreet nudity is seen on isolated stretches of sand in between towns. Topless sunbathing, heard to be legal in NY state, happens on except at the busiest beaches. Gunnison Beach in Monmouth County is the only nude beach in New Jersey and the largest clothing-optional recreation area on the East Coast. Asbury Park is the news of date and is the first municipality to officially sanction a topless optional section beach — which would be located on the northern end of the beachfront away from homes and even the boardwalk. “It’s a person’s prerogative if they want to go topless,” Deputy Mayor and City Councilman John Loffredo said in an interview. “I really don’t see anything wrong with it.”… This is a list of the 10 most famous nude beaches of the world….Black’s Beach, San Diego, California; Bondi Beach Sydney, Australia; Clifton Beach Cape Town, South Africa; Forte Dei Marmi, Italy; Ibiza Spain; Ipanema-Copacabana Beach Brazil; Kuta Beach Bali; Margarita Island, Venezuela; St Tropez France; St Barts Beach;