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August 15th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Support the troops & hear great music at the upcoming Sonia Montez concert!
The Narrows Botanical Gardens presents a FREE, NEW, and EXCITING MUSICAL EVENT!
Where: Narrows Botanical Gardens, on Shore Road between 72nd & Bay Ridge Ave. in Brooklyn
When: Wednesday, August 20th at 7:00pm
Bring a recycled DVD & provide FREE entertainment to the troops in an environmentally […]
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July 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
The Narrows Botanical Gardens presents a FREE, NEW, and EXCITING MUSICAL EVENT and hope you can plan to come down and enjoy!!
Music in the Narrows Botanical Gardens Park with KAGERO (Japanese Gypsy Rock Band) will be a great evening to enjoy the summer weather, with unique and beautiful music. Bring a chair, blanket, and your friends and […]
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:34 am
The Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance is proud to support
these local events:
Kagero - Music in the Park, City of Water, and Art in the Park!
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Wednesday, July 23rd at 7:00pm
Narrows Botanical Gardens is excited to announce that our garden will be the location to hear a FREE and NEW and EXCITING MUSICAL EVENT and hope you can plan […]
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Tags for this article: Art in the Park, Astoria, Bay Ridge, Bay Ridge Waterfront, City of Water, Cruise, East River, Ferry, Gallery 364, Georgine Benvenuto, Gowanus, Hudson River, Kagero, Local Events, Long Island City, Manhattan, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Narrows Botanical Gardens, New York Waterway, NY Water Taxi, NYC, Park, Red Hook, Roosevelt Island, Shore Road Park, SRWA, Staten Island
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
By Stephen Witt
May 19, 2008
[Source: Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier]
Ferry service might return to Red Hook, an area underserved by mass transportation.The waterfront neighborhood, which was a stop for the New York City Water Taxi from March of last year to February 1 of this year, is being studied as a possible stop in a citywide […]
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Department of Transportation, Economic Development Corporation, Ferry, Greenpoint, Manhattan, NYC, Pier 11, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Tom Fox, Traffic, Transportation, Williamsburg
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
By Helen Klein
May 8, 2008
[Source: CourierLife Publications]
Ferry service is coming back to the Brooklyn Army Terminal.The service will be restored May 12th, as a stop on the new Rockaways to Manhattan route that the city is subsidizing as part of its five-borough ferry initiative announced earlier this year.Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine […]
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Christine Quinn, Commute, East River, Ferry, Heather McCown, Infrastructure, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marty Golden, Mayor Bloomberg, Metrocard, Pier 11, Queens, Rockaways, Staten Island, Sustainability, Tom Fox, Traffic, Transportation, Vincent Gentile, Wall St, Williamsburg
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May 16th, 2008 at 8:54 am
By Ben Muessig
May 17, 2008
[Source: The Brooklyn Paper]
The new ferry service between Bay Ridge and the Lower Manhattan is a long way from being able to stay afloat without help from the city.
For the just-rechristened boat route to survive after its two-year, $1.1-million city subsidy runs out, 700 commuters will need to be riding it […]
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Tags for this article: 58th Street Pier, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Paper, Commute, Ferry, Fuel Costs, Greenpoint, Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg, Queens, Schaefer Landing, Tom Fox, Williamsburg
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May 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
[Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Water Taxi Service Welcomed By BP Markowitz, Sen. Golden
By Tom Kane
SUNSET PARK — Well, finally. Bay Ridge and Sunset Park riders now have ferry service to Pier 11 in Downtown Manhattan near Wall Street … Again.
It started on a rainy Monday morning, a little late, but when Delia Vitale saw the boat heading towards us in the rain, she exclaimed, “Here it is!”
Vitale, who lives in Sea Gate and for the last three months has driven into Manhattan paying over $200 a week to park, was thrilled with the new service.
“They stopped in February, telling us that because of maintenance and inspections the boat would be out of the water indefinitely. I’m glad they’re back,” she said.
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Belle Harbor, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Commute, East River, Ferry, Manhattan, Marty Golden, Marty Markowitz, NY Water Taxi, Pier 11, R Train, Riis Landing, Sea Gate, Sunset Park, Wall St
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May 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
[Press Release: Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance]
On Monday, May 5, 2008, Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn will announce the first subsidized ferry service from Rockaways to Lower Manhattan as part of a 5-Borough ferry service initiative of PlaNYC 2030. This service will include a stop at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where the announcement will be made at noon.
This ferry service will be operated by the NY Water Taxi, and will be reinstated as early as Monday, May 12, 2008.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
The First Annual Greening the Ridge festival was held on June 22, 2008 on the 69th Street Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This festival brought the community together to celebrate our waterfront and learn about programs and initiatives to make our communities more eco-friendly.
Photo (left to right): Assembly Member Janele Hyer-Spencer, SRWA Board […]
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February 19th, 2008 at 10:16 am
[Source: Gotham Gazette]
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn endorsed the creation of a citywide ferry service and an expansion of a small business insurance program in her State of the City address last week. Now advocates and stakeholders are weighing in, and - for the most part - appear to be praising the proposals.

Last week, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced her support for a five-borough, year-round ferry system that Mayor Bloomberg and the city Department of Transportation are developing. Such a proposal may seem like a pipe dream to many New Yorkers, who have seen ferry service remain fairly stagnant, either from a shortage of funding or an apparent lack of demand.
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