$1 US Open water taxis from Manhattan's Pier 11, 35th St.

Hotel deals under the $208 NYC average room rate

Yankees same-day discount booth opens at Times Square

OHNY 2010: free hard-hat tours of WTC1, new High Line

The whispering gallery of Grand Central Terminal

Free museum hours day-by-day list for spring/summer

Amy at NewYorkology.com




Subscribe with Kindle Add to Google

Subscribe with Bloglines
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to Technorati Favorites





July 1, 2009

Water Taxi Beach Governors Island soft opens July 4

watertaxibeachsignseaport.jpg

Water Taxi Beach Governors Island will make its unofficial debut this weekend, with the grand opening now set for July 11, a spokeswoman for the Harbor Experience Companies told NewYorkology.

The new Water Taxi Beach will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “with very limited food and beverage service,” she said.

See the official Governors Island blog for the new beach awaiting its sand.

The Harbor Experience Companies already operates two other Water Taxi Beaches, in Long Island City and at the South Street Seaport, (pictured.)

The Governors Island beach fully opens July 11 with food, drink, volleyball, basketball and live music. The Beach at Governors Island concerts kick off July 11 with Grateful Dead-tribute band Dark Star Orchestra.

The full concert season:

July 12 - DJ khz at 4 p.m.(free show)
July 18 - Wheel Up! w/ DJs DRM (Bastard Jazz) + Erik The Red (Giant Step) at 2 p.m. (free show)
July 19 - Tragedy, all-metal tribute to the BeeGees at 2 p.m. (free show)
July 25 - The Beatards at 2 p.m.(free show)
July 26 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Aug 4 - Erykah Badu at 8 p.m.
Aug 15 - Hip-Hop Karoke BBQ at 2 p.m. (free show)
Aug 18 - B52s at 8 p.m.
Aug 23 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Sept. 6 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Sept 12 - Mos Def at 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 26 - Buckethead at 8 p.m.

When there are evening concerts, New York Water Taxi will provide service during and after the shows to the Battery Maritime Building. Concert tickets include ferry transportation.

Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.

Earlier: New Water Taxi Beach location: Governors Island

July 1, 2009 12:20 PM in Cheap Stuff, Sightsology

Comments (0)

 

®Copyright 2004 - 2010, All Rights Reserved

 







NewYorkology is in the NYC blogs, travel blogs and food blogs networks at Blogads.