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A Tour of the Historic Brooklyn Waterfront

By on July 18, 2015 11:54 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn History, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Maritime, Other Brooklyn, Photos, Red Hook

A photologue of a tour of historic sites along the Brooklyn waterfront, from Newtown Creek to Bay Ridge, provided by the Working Harbor Committee. For the complete photologue and text, see here.

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Why No Weekday Ferry Service Brooklyn to Governors Island?

By on March 30, 2015 10:26 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Government, Maritime, Transportation

There’s ferry service from Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 (foot of Atlantic Avenue) to Governors Island on Saturdays and Sundays after the Island re-opens to the public on Saturday, May 23, but there will be no way for Brooklynites to get there on weekdays, other than to take a train to lower Manhattan, walk to […]

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