Tag: transportation
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East River Ferry: Perks on the Horizon
Metro Focus interviews the CEO of the East River Ferry: Ridership last week saw 1,500 riders per day. You use the word drop only in comparison to a robust level of ridership over the summer. It’s interesting how people choose to characterize the numbers. We are very impressed with how commuter ridership has grown through…
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City Cuts Out East W’burg, G’point From Bike Share
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/8/dtg_bikeshare_2012_02_24_bk.html
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Williamsburg Bars Going to ‘L’
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/burg_bars_going_to_erjFZbPC8PQgRMcemsJ0XN#ixzz1mtEfaRw5
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Leopoldo Hernandez
http://www.dnainfo.com/20120111/williamsburg-greenpoint-bushwick/pedestrian-struck-killed-brooklyn
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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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Bike Lane Plan on Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120101/REAL_ESTATE/301019987/1042&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABA7pOB-ARIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=yyLU_fnBig4&usg=AFQjCNF-yO15cTO07C7tJ3lEb4sOVGYEBg
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Inside the City’s Ghost Subway System
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/jan/03/new-yorks-lost-subways/
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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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Pedestrian Killed at Broadway and Driggs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/nyregion/woman-killed-by-sanitation-truck-in-brooklyn.html