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WEEK OF AUGUST ‘ON THE TOWN,’ ON BOARD ◄ P.12
9-15 2018
RIVERBOAT RENAISSANCE WATERWAYS A century ago, they clogged the East River. Now, ferries are coming back in a huge way — and the ride is briny, breezy, buoyant and brisk
A FERRY GOOD WAY TO GET TO WORK: Two New East River Routes Set to Launch TO SOUNDVIEW (the Bronx)
SOUNDVIEW ROUTE
BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN
COMING AUGUST 15
have long had to grapple with security and quality-of-life problems. Now, their concerns are finally being addressed: A half-mile swath of the East Side that takes in two City Council districts, five vest-pocket parks, six culs-de-sac and eight north-south blocks is being outfitted by the NYPD with seven state-of-theart security cameras.
Boatloads of commuters on the Upper East Side will be able to bypass the subway and speed to jobs in midtown and downtown when the city on Aug. 15 launches a massive expansion of its existing ferry system. The embarkation point is the East 90th Street landing, just north of Carl Schurz Park, from which riders will be whisked to 34th Street in a mere 16 minutes, then down to Pier 11 on Wall Street only 18 minutes later. Work-bound residents of the East 20s, Stuyvesant Town, East Village and Lower East Side will also be able to zip up and down the East River when officials on Aug. 29 inaugurate a second new nautical route. That line will connect two existing ferry docks, on 34th Street and Wall Street, with two newly built jetties in Stuyvesant Cove Park on 20th Street and Corlears Hook Park below the East River Park Amphitheater. The twin transit options are expected to bring efficient, enjoyable and hassle-free rides — with skyline vistas and a fully-stocked bar — to New Yorkers long inured to the daily trudge into a hellish subway system. “New York City has reclaimed its waterfront — and access to it in a timeeffective, cost-effective manner can be better provided by water than by subways or bridges,” said Cameron Clark, a senior vice president at NYC Ferry, which operates the ferry lines under contract with the city.
You can even grab a beer on your way home!”
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Cameron Clark, executive at NYC Ferry
East City Council Members Ben Kallos (at mike) and Keith Powers (directly to his left), along with other dignitaries, trumpet the installation of seven NYPD security cameras in the pocket parks and culs-de-sac off Sutton Place and Sutton Place South in the East 50s. Photo: David Meister
SAFE SPACE ON SUTTON PLACE POLICING One of the city’s wealthiest enclaves still has security woes — but cops, community leaders and a pair of elected officials may have devised a solution BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN
Presidents, prime ministers, despots, oligarchs and kings have been descending on the century-old, neoGeorgian townhouse at 3 Sutton Place for cocktails and diplomacy ever since 1972 when it became the official residence of the secretary general of the United Nations. One might suppose that meeting the security demands of such a guest list would have swaddled the adjoining blocks in a protective cocoon. Actually, residents of the affluent area fronting the East River in the 50s
It give us a great degree of comfort to know that police will be able to react in real time to any incidents they may see.” Charles Coutinho, president, Sutton Area Community
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