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NY Times Visits Fulton Ferry, Dumbo, and Vinegar Hill

August 3rd, 2008

Brooklyn Bridge Park offers a view of the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, and the Manhattan skyline (Photo: Robert Caplin for The New York Times)
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The NY Times visits Fulton Ferry, Dumbo, and Vinegar Hill in the Travel section today. The three distinct but adjacent neighborhoods are described as “a tourist standard” (Fulton Ferry), “an industrial area gentrified into low-key hipness” (Dumbo), and “a quirkily decrepit charmer” (Vinegar Hill). The tourist and visitor crowd goes from double decker sightseeing buses and long lines at Grimaldi’s pizza at Fulton Ferry to the isolated, tiny, and quirky Vinegar Hill neighborhood with its “feral cats, a creepy overgrown lot and a view (from the end of Evans Street) of the grand Federal-style house built in the early 19th century for the commander of the Navy Yard”.

Other mentions in the area:

River Café, 1 Water Street; (718) 522-5200; rivercafe.com.
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, 19 Old Fulton Street; (718) 858-4300; grimaldis.com.
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, 1 Water Street; (718) 246-3963.
Jacques Torres Chocolate, 66 Water Street; (718) 875-9772; mrchocolate.com.
Superfine, 126 Front Street, (718) 243-9005.
Rice, 81 Washington Street, (718) 222-9880; riceny.com.
Hecho en Dumbo at the Brooklyn General Store, 111 Front Street, (718) 855-5288; hechoendumbo.com.
Prague Kolektiv, 143 Front Street, (718) 260-8013; praguekolektiv.com.
Dumbo Arts Center, 30 Washington Street; (718) 694-0831; dumboartscenter.org.

{In Brooklyn, Sharing a River but Not Much Else, 03Aug2008, NY Times}

Other recent articles about Dumbo by the NY Times:
{Dumbo Artists Get Subsidies from Two Trees, 06Mar2008}
{Dumbo’s New/Old Identity, 27Dec2007}
{So Much to See in NYC But Make a Stop in Dumbo, 10Jun2007}
{NY Times Highlights Dumbo Neighborhood Association, 04Jun2007}
{From Afterthought to Sought-After, 22Oct2006}

Filed in Dumbo in Media, Fulton Ferry Landing, Vinegar Hill at 2:59 pm

4 Responses to “NY Times Visits Fulton Ferry, Dumbo, and Vinegar Hill”

Dumbo Dan Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 10:16 am
The author of dumbonyc.com buys his coke off of cracky, and will therefore never do a real posting about the Dynamic Duo. The author will take this comment down real fast. Watch!
mod squad Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Dear Mr. Dumbo Dan, The problem with these neighborhood blogs is when some d—-bag bomb thrower like yourself shows up and thinks he’s god’s gift to the internet. Like all of a sudden he sees the light, the plot or whatever. Figure out how to use the “search” above or unhook your colostomy bag and walk through the “browse by category”.
dumbonyc Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Dumbo Dan; true, I haven’t done a dedicated post about ’smokey’ or ‘cracky’, but there have been several prior posts about panhandlers and crime:

Increased Crime in Dumbo at Night, DUMBOWatch Gets in Brooklyn Paper Publicity, DUMBOwatch Established to Keep DUMBO Safe, Talking about Safety in Dumbo, Dumbo BID Crime Prevention and Safety Seminar

You’re welcome to submit a story about the two anytime. And thanks mod squad for pointing out the search.
epc Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
It’s charming to see what people write when they think they’re anonymous.