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Greenway Celebration Tomorrow Features Free Bike Rentals and Ferry Rides

This in from Brooklyn Bridge Park: To celebrate the opening of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s greenway and temporary bikeway/walkway, Brooklyn Bridge Park is teaming up with NY HarborWay, Bike and Roll and New York Water Taxi to provide free ferry and bike rentals. Catch the NY HarborWay Ferry at Fulton Ferry Landing (at the foot of […]

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Red Hook Lobster Pound’s “Connecticut”: Well Worth a Try

All of us have our notions of quintessance. I have a friend who, should you, for example, mention ginger ale, will tell you that the only one worth drinking is not available outside a fifty mile radius of Syracuse, where he grew up. For me, the quintessential pizza came from the Hub Tavern, downstairs from […]

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First Lady Graces Grimaldi’s

Today, First Lady Michelle Obama dined at Grimaldi’s, on Old Fulton Street. Eater NY: Today, the first lady has made her choice in the crowded field of New York Pizza. Just an hour ago, Grimaldi’s in Brooklyn was surrounded by security as Mrs. Obama dineed [sic] inside. Sorry Di Fara, Motorino, Lombardi’s—maybe next time. Update: […]

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Expanded Ferry Service is Topic of Town Hall Meeting July 22

Commuting by water can be a pleasant, and, for many, convenient way to start or end the workday. Consider also the prospect of getting to or from LaGuardia or JFK by ferry (both would require a shuttle bus or van to get from ferry landing to terminal), or to Citi Field or Yankee Stadium, or […]

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Ferry Service to Governors Island Starts Saturday

A free ferry service from Fulton Ferry Landing, at the foot of Old Fulton Street, to Governors Island, will begin this Saturday, June 6, at 11:00 A.M. State Senator Daniel Squadron and other community leaders will be present for the inaugural ceremony. The ferry will run only on Saturdays when events are scheduled on Governor’s […]

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Eagle on Fulton Ferry Landing

The Brooklyn Eagle reports on how the Fulton Ferry Landing area has become a tourist destination.  The piece includesand interview with the owner of the hot dog stand in a parking lot guy: Brooklyn Eagle: Fulton Ferry Landing…: One person who has seen the change, Richard Mauro, moved to DUMBO 40 years ago, and has […]

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