Narrative:

The flight was VFR in the hudson river corridor. Prior to flight both pilots checked; AOPA and FAA NOTAM's/tfr. Upon reading all of those none outlined tfr's in the VFR corridor. The flight was carried on; and we reached the hudson. Not until we pasted the george washington bridge was it announced that a ball game was going on; and numerous single engine planes were passing through the northern part of the hudson river. I estimate we where 2.5 -- 3 NM from the stadium; and it is possible that we touched the edge of a tfr. What caused this issue was the fact that stadium and event tfr's are not given as much attention along with not high lighted like other tfr's. On this same day; numerous aircraft where seen passing through the tfr. This is something that needs to be addressed because many people are not seeing this tfr. To prevent this recurrence; I feel that this tfr should be added into the FAA safety training on the VFR corridor because this is something that a lot of people do not know and realize. Also the FAA should publish the tfr and make them easy to find because stadium/event tfr's are treated almost to be non existent. The easiest fix for this is make this a major tfr or make the tfr around this stadium smaller; like 2 to 1 miles in size. This will continue to be an ongoing issue because of the current presentation; and knowledge that people have about the hudson river VFR corridor. This is a fun trip that can keep people out of trouble if the information is presented better.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 pilot was informed by ATC while in the Hudson VFR Corridor that a Yankee ballgame was in progress. Prior to flight he check NOTAMs/TFR's and other sources but did not see the TFR identified.

Narrative: The flight was VFR in the Hudson River corridor. Prior to flight both pilots checked; AOPA and FAA NOTAM's/TFR. Upon reading all of those none outlined TFR's in the VFR corridor. The flight was carried on; and we reached the Hudson. Not until we pasted the George Washington Bridge was it announced that a ball game was going on; and numerous single engine planes were passing through the northern part of the Hudson River. I estimate we where 2.5 -- 3 NM from the stadium; and it is possible that we touched the edge of a TFR. What caused this issue was the fact that stadium and event TFR's are not given as much attention along with not high lighted like other TFR's. On this same day; numerous aircraft where seen passing through the TFR. This is something that needs to be addressed because many people are not seeing this TFR. To prevent this recurrence; I feel that this TFR should be added into the FAA safety training on the VFR corridor because this is something that a lot of people do not know and realize. Also the FAA should publish the TFR and make them easy to find because stadium/event TFR's are treated almost to be non existent. The easiest fix for this is make this a major TFR or make the TFR around this stadium smaller; like 2 to 1 miles in size. This will continue to be an ongoing issue because of the current presentation; and knowledge that people have about the Hudson River VFR corridor. This is a fun trip that can keep people out of trouble if the information is presented better.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.