May
02
The East River Ferry is getting sweeter, now serving local treats aboard like these delicious Butter Lane cupcakes: Beginning Monday morning, passengers will be treated to a new menu of locally-produced goodies, including cupcakes from Butter Lane Cupcakes, retro-style u-bet egg creams in chocolate and vanilla, and hot and iced coffees from the Brooklyn Roasting Company. While coffee was offered on some routes last summer, the effort marks the first time food will be served onboard the pilot ferry service, which launched last June, and travels between Wall Street’s Pier 11 and East 34th Street, with stops in DUMBO’s Fulton Ferry Landing, north and south Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Long Island City, Queens. Check out the routes and schedules of the East River Ferry, bringing passengers to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Photo credit: Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake via Flickr.com

The East River Ferry is getting sweeter, now serving local treats aboard like these delicious Butter Lane cupcakes:

Beginning Monday morning, passengers will be treated to a new menu of locally-produced goodies, including cupcakes from Butter Lane Cupcakes, retro-style u-bet egg creams in chocolate and vanilla, and hot and iced coffees from the Brooklyn Roasting Company.

While coffee was offered on some routes last summer, the effort marks the first time food will be served onboard the pilot ferry service, which launched last June, and travels between Wall Street’s Pier 11 and East 34th Street, with stops in DUMBO’s Fulton Ferry Landing, north and south Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Long Island City, Queens.

Check out the routes and schedules of the East River Ferry, bringing passengers to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

Photo credit: Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake via Flickr.com

Apr
30
One World Trade Center reaches a major milestone as it becomes the tallest building in NYC today, via the Associated Press. Photo credit: Flickr.com/Melfoody

One World Trade Center reaches a major milestone as it becomes the tallest building in NYC today, via the Associated Press.

Photo credit: Flickr.com/Melfoody

Apr
25
The Wall Street Journal reports that ridership on the city’s East River Ferry continues to outstrip projections from last year: Total paid ridership has surpassed 715,000 since the ferry began charging riders on June 25, far above initial estimates that the service would draw around 400,000 a year. After a seasonal drop in riders on the ferries, usage has soared in recent weeks, occasionally doubling the projections first developed when the ferry service launched as a three-year pilot program last year. Have you taken a ride on the East River Ferry yet this spring? Photo credit: Trista Sordillo/NYCEDC taken on Instagram

The Wall Street Journal reports that ridership on the city’s East River Ferry continues to outstrip projections from last year:

Total paid ridership has surpassed 715,000 since the ferry began charging riders on June 25, far above initial estimates that the service would draw around 400,000 a year. After a seasonal drop in riders on the ferries, usage has soared in recent weeks, occasionally doubling the projections first developed when the ferry service launched as a three-year pilot program last year.

Have you taken a ride on the East River Ferry yet this spring?

Photo credit: Trista Sordillo/NYCEDC taken on Instagram

Mar
06
We love this photo of Pier 15 by Brian DiFeo, manager of Hive at 55 (part of the City’s network of coworking spaces!) and founder of Instagram NYC. Find out more about the newly opened Pier 15 in Lower Manhattan, part of our East River Waterfront Esplanade project. bridif: A view from the lovely new Pier 15 along the East River. Just wait till summer! (Taken with Instagram)

We love this photo of Pier 15 by Brian DiFeo, manager of Hive at 55 (part of the City’s network of coworking spaces!) and founder of Instagram NYC.

Find out more about the newly opened Pier 15 in Lower Manhattan, part of our East River Waterfront Esplanade project.

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A view from the lovely new Pier 15 along the East River. Just wait till summer! (Taken with Instagram)

Source: bridif