Located at the foot of 44th Drive between Anable Basin and the Queensboro Bridge, the restaurant had a panoramic view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline and was a popular wedding venue.

Located on the Long Island City waterfront in Queens, the two-level restaurant was constructed on two barges moored to the Nott Avenue Pier at the foot of 44th Drive.

[4] The pier's name reflected the former name of the street—44th Drive had been previously called Nott Avenue before the Queens Topographical Bureau renamed the borough's streets according to a grid plan in the early part of the twentieth century.

The signs did not technically ban weddings, but were intended to stop private ceremonies that blocked public access to the pier, which was illegal and subject to a fine of up to $5,000.

During this time, the city threatened to take legal action against the restaurant due to the prior owner's failure to pay back rent and make obligated improvements to the Nott Avenue Pier.

[23] Singh was charged with bribing a Town of Oyster Bay official and filing fraudulent receipts from vendors to inflate the value of Water's Edge to obtain $900,000 in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Sandy.

[8][25][26][27] The shuttered restaurant was located on the footprint of the proposed Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City, which was announced in 2018 and then subsequently canceled the following year due to opposition.