If you thought you were truly in helicopter hell this morning, you were only partly right. Most of the racket was being made by a pair of V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (we’ve seen these before) that were circling the area and occasionally touching down at the Downtown Heliport. This was part of the Fleet Week […]
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Fleet Week Begins
The annual Fleet Week, scheduled to cover Memorial Day weekend, begins tomorrow (Wednesday, May 25) with a parade of ships passing through the harbor, into the Hudson River, and up to the George Washington Bridge, where they will turn and go to their docks. This will be visible from the Promenade from 8:30 a.m. to […]
Big Ship to Sail Past Heights This Afternoon
Update: Sailing time has evidently been delayed. We’ll let you know when we have a new estimated departure time. Update-update: Sailing time is now late tonight. The giant (703 feet long, 56,650 gross tons) combination container and RORO ship Grande Benin, belonging to Italy’s Grimaldi Group (no relation to the pizza folks, so far as […]
Expanded Ferry Service to Fulton Landing and Pier 6 to Start in June
Starting this June, there will be year-round, every day ferry service connecting Fulton Landing, at the foot of Old Fulton Street, and other points in Brooklyn and Queens, with downtown and midtown Manhattan. During the summer this service will be extended to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue.
Royal Rendezvous: Fireworks for the Three Queens at Statue of Liberty
Cunard’s “Three Queens” rendezvoused last night in New York Harbor. The Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the recently launched Queen Elizabeth met under a spectacular fireworks display. Karl Junkersfeld caught the display on tape. His report after the jump.
Cunard Queens to Rendezvous in Harbor Tomorrow Evening
Cunard’s three “Queen” cruise ships–Queen Mary 2, which makes her home port at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal, Queen Victoria, and the newest in the fleet, Queen Elizabeth, will all arrive in New York tomorrow, Thursday, January 13, at about 6:00 a.m. Mary will berth at Red Hook, as usual, and will be visible from […]
Lighted Boat Parade to Pass Brooklyn Heights Saturday Evening
This Saturday, November 27, there will be a parade of decorated boats, including, it is reported, a tugboat towing a 70′ tall lighted Christmas tree on a barge, that will leave the Chelsea piers on the west side of Manhattan at about 6:30 p.m., proceed down the Hudson to near the Statue of Liberty, then […]
Bargemusic in Drydock for Repairs; Back Late This Month
We’ve had several inquiries about the status of Bargemusic, which is not docked at its usual spot at the pier at Fulton Landing. According to the website, it’s temporarily in drydock for repairs, and will be back in time for a concert on October 22.
Tug and Barge Week at Pier 6
The historic tug Pegasus and Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79, the latter property of the Waterfront Museum at Red Hook, will be visiting Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park (foot of Atlantic Avenue; to get there, go to the foot of Joralemon Street, cross Furman, turn left and walk one block to the pier entrance), arriving […]
Mr. Junkersfeld’s Plea for Pier 4
Karl, Heights history buff extraordinaire, gives us a visual tour of Pier 4, lying below and just to the north of the foot of Montague Street, showing its bustling past as an essential element in a commercial and industrial waterfront, its disuse, decay, and present decrepitude.
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