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The Big Apple Greeter Guide To Big Apple Greeter welcomes you to New York City! www.bigapplegreeter.org The Big Apple Greeter Guide to DUMBO text by marianne gennari. an acronym for down under the manhattan bridge overpass, DUMBO is a graphic design by joy makon. photographs by susan kroeter neighborhood of cobblestone streets and spacious buildings that were once a hub and caroline misan. of industry in Brooklyn. Known for its views of Manhattan, DUMBO is now home to © 2010 Big Apple Greeter 5/2010 Big Apple Greeter artists and families as well as to exciting art galleries and performance spaces. 1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 Phone: 212-669-8159 1 Web: www.bigapplegreeter.org ( + . 0 (( (* ) , / (' () (+ * - (, (- The Big Apple Greeter Guide to DUMBO (( () (* (- 0 () (+ (, (. (' (* fulton ferry landing manhattan bridge Where is DUMBO? greeter’s secret Things to See (0 (/ Situated between the Manhattan The Tobacco Warehouse, originally built and Do in DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridges in Western by the Lorillard family, sits on the ( + . 0 (( (* upland of Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, empire-fulton ferry state Brooklyn, DUMBO is bordered (-by just north of the Brooklyn(. Bridge, and just(/ park at 26 New Dock Street on the (( (+the East River, Brooklyn Heights, south of the Empire Stores. Together, East River between the Brooklyn Vinegar Hill and Downtown these landmark 19th century warehouses and Manhattan Bridges is a 9 acre are vivid reminders of the shipping ) , / (' () (+ Brooklyn. activity that once defined the downtown urban oasis with unbeatable views Brooklyn waterfront. of Manhattan and New York (0 )' )( (* About DUMBO ( Harbor.+ The perfect place. for a 0 (( Until the late 1890s, the neighborhood was known stroll and some serious photography, the park becomes primarily for its ferry terminal that connected Brooklyn an outdoor sculpture garden in the summer. - (, (- (, (-to Manhattan. After(0 the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, * (. (/ , (0 the neighborhood developed into a manufacturing ) Where Old Fulton Street meets the East River/ is the (' () (+ district of warehouses and factories that produced fulton ferry landing where in 1776, George paper boxes and Brillo pads. As the area became less Washington massed 9,500 troops for evacuation from industrialized in the 1970s, artists and young the Battle of Long Island. This is)' also the spot where homesteaders became attracted to the large, inexpensive Robert Fulton launched the first steamboat. The restored (- loft apartments. The acronym “DUMBO” was pier* is marked by plaques- that commemorate its history (( ()(, (* (- (. (/coined in 1978.)' and the railing is inscribed with verses from Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Fulton Ferry It’s Easy to Get to DUMBO Landing is now home to0 bargemusic,() the floating by subway: F train to York Street station. A or C concert hall. Near the entrance to the pier, there are two D trains to High Street-Brooklyn Bridge station. historic buildings. was built in 1869 for 1 front street (. by bus: Bus lines that service DUMBO include the B25, the Long Island Safe Deposit Company which closed(( in () (+(* (- (, B67, B69 and B75. 1891. The building is known for its distinctive white by water taxi: Water Taxis run from the Wall Street front and is a registered landmark. Next door at Pier 11 and South Street Seaport Pier 17 on the East 5-70 front street() is a Greek(' Revival building(* dating to River in Manhattan to the DUMBO- 1834. This structure is considered Fulton Ferry Landing stop. To learn greeter’s secret: the oldest surviving office building (0 (/ Every summer, DUMBO is home to (+ (, (. more, see their website at “Movies with a View”, a free outdoor movie in the city and now houses a http://www.nywatertaxi.com. series, in Empire Fulton Ferry State Park. restaurant. (- (. (/ (( (+ (' (* bigapplegreeter.org 2 dumbo (0 )' )( (0 (/ (, (- (0 (- (. (/ (. (/ (0 (( (+ )' (0 )' )( (. (/ )' (, (- (0 (. (/ (0 D )' (. 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