Over the last few months, for the price of a subway ride ($2.75), New York City has launched the NYC Ferry service. This ferry is a huge help to the Rockaways, which previously had been a long trip to the city (over 70 minutes by train) is now just under an hour by ferry. The …
Brooklyn
75 years ago Steve Rodgers was introduced as Captain America, and the Brooklyn-born hero has been given the homecoming he deserves. Marvel built a 13′ tall statue and debuted it at San Diego Comic-Con before he made the cross-country trip to Brooklyn, where he was born. Inscribed with “Hometown Pride” and “Est. 1941 – Celebrating 75 …
Yesterday I went to MCU Park in Coney Island for a Single-A game between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Hudson Valley Renegades. While the stadium is quite small, compared to major league parks, we got seats as close as we could to the field, and had a great unobstructed view of the game. The game …
This past Sunday, during Memorial Day Weekend, I headed to Cadman Plaza Park and the Brooklyn War Memorial for a ceremony. The Brooklyn War Memorial is dedicated to the 300,000+ men and women from Brooklyn who served in WWII. Inside the structure exists a large room with the names of 11,500+ soldiers who lost their …
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