New York City offers you just about anything you could want: Nightlife, shopping, culture.

And a beach?

Yes, there are 14 miles of public beaches spread throughout four of the five boroughs (including the famed Coney Island in Brooklyn). But not an inch of surf ‘n sand on Manhattan Isle.

That could change under a plan to transform part of Hudson River Park into a long stretch of beach on the far West Side, sometime after 2012.

There are a few hitches, though:

“Haven’t they found bodies out here?” asked Sephora Rosario, 32, staring out at the choppy water not too far from where she grew up. “Who would jump in there?”…

For now, the site is hardly a place to relax. It has long been a depot for garbage trucks, and people hurry past to avoid the smell. One day workers might cart in loads of sand, but currently the north side of the outcropping is covered with sharp rocks and jagged wooden stakes.

Something tells me I’m not going to be able to precisely recapture the Florida beach experience at the end of 59th Street…