Tag: ferry
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The East River Ferry App (and Surcharge?)
The East River Ferry giveth, and the East River Ferry (maybe) taketh away. NY Waterway has released an app that lets you but tickets on the iPhone/iPad (no word on apps for Android or other mobile devices). The app free, though obviously the tickets aren’t. In addition to buying tickets and checking schedules, the app…
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Reasons to Love Williamsburg
NY Magazine’s annual list of reasons to love NY include two of my favorite things about Williamsburg – Santorini, which continues to offer a pay-what-you-think-its-worth dining plan, and The East River Ferry, which continues to swim laps around the L Train.
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East River Ferry Service Exceeds Expectations
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-exceeds-expectations.html
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Sizing Up the East River Ferry
Like everyone else in the known universe (or so it seems), I’ve been riding the East River Ferry a lot this week. I was a long-time user of the NY Water Taxi, which ran the East River commuter route until the beginning of May1, and I plan on using the ferry when I can to…
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East River Ferry Capacity Limits
Free ferries are a popular commodity. So popular, in fact, that the East River Ferry has huge lines at just about every stop, and the boats are running on what can only loosely be described as a “schedule” (in fact, during off-peak hours, they’ve abandoned any pretense of a schedule, and are just running the…
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New East River Ferry Launches June 13
East River ferry service map As reported in the Brooklyn Paper this morning (and on Brownstoner), the new East River ferry service is set to begin service in mid June. I met with the operators of the new service a week or so ago, and am very excited about the new service. As you may…
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Expanded Ferry Service Coming in June
Map: NYT More details are emerging on the new expanded East River ferry service, and it is mostly very good news (unless you are NY Water Taxi, which seems to be getting cut out of the picture). This doesn’t solve the myriad transportation issues for Greenpoint and Williamsburg, but for people who can use the service,…