November 5, 2020 --
October 15 was a bright sunny day and LPR thought it would be perfect for a ferry trip to Rockaway Beach. Included here are images of the trips to and from Rockaway by ferry including images of lower Manhattan, the Verrazano Bridge and the Marine Parkway Bridge.
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Staten Island tower of Verrazano Bridge |
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Heading to Verrazano Bridge and Rockaway |
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Approaching the Marine Parkway Bridge |
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Marine Parkway Bridge from the Rockaway Ferry heading back to Manhattan |
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Coney Island from Rockaway Ferry |
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Brooklyn Heights from ferry to Rockaway |
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Lower Manhattan en route to Manhattan |
LPR went up to the exposed top deck for the trip. As the images of huddled passengers show, this was not a trip like a summer's day voyage to Rockaway. The ferry created a stiff breeze that chilled those brave enough to stay on top, and not travel in the cabin below.
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Two huddled passengers on Rockaway Ferry |
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One wind-whipped passenger en route to Rockaway |
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Not many passengers mid-day after summer |
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The few passengers on top deck |
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In spite of the sun, the breeze on the beach was no less chilling than the breeze on the ferry; it even stirred up the sand at times as if to signal the oncoming of a sandstorm. LPR endured beach conditions for 40 minutes, at which point LPR realized that this would not be a day for summertime basking, walking to the Rockaway ferry dock for the voyage back to Manhattan.
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LPR shadow on empty beach, October 15 |
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Surf October 15 at Rockaway |
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Sandy path to beach at Beach 108 Street |
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The ferry dock in Rockaway |
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Ferry approaching Rockaway dock at Beach 108 Street |
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Coming next spring: a park ABOVE the Hudson |
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Statue of Liberty from afar |
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Seagate Save |
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Seagull sentinel at Pier 11 East River at Wall Street |
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Manhattan Skyline |
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Approaching lower Manhattan |
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Heading back to Manhattan |
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