Red Hook: Cruise, art show, food trucks, historic barge, key lime pie, & more!

FERRY INFO:

Let’s take a free ferry from Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan to Red Hook, Brooklyn--an isolated, fascinating neighborhood on the waterfront. (GET ON THE FERRY LINE NO LATER THAN 12:15 PM BECAUSE THE BOAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. IF MEETING ON THE RED HOOK DOCK, PLEASE ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 12:45.) Take the free Ikea ferry, run by NY Waterways. We can't all stand on line together, so we'll assemble on the IKEA dock when the ferry arrives, at around 12:40. Feel free to meet us there by 12:45 if you're driving or taking the bus. And please be sure to use the bathrooms at Pier 11 unless you can wait until 1:30 or so.

WALK INFO:
We’ll have lunch at the Red Hook ballfields, surrounded by food trucks from Central and South America. After lunch we'll visit a juried art show in a huge, converted Civil-War-era warehouse. Next we'll experience a brief guided tour of the Barge Museum, a historic vessel from the 1880s. Then we'll grab some key lime pie, get a close view of the statue of liberty from a waterfront park and pebble beach, and possibly view a quirky collection of 1950s memorabilia if time permits.

ENDING TIME:
We'll return by ferry at 5:05, THOUGH YOU CAN LEAVE EARLIER by catching the 3:50 ferry or taking the bus from Ikea to the F train at any time after lunch.

DISTANCE:
About 3-4 miles.

COST:
At least $2 donation at both the art show and the barge. Plus $1 CASH
for me.

TRANSPORTATION:
Closest: 2 or 3 train to Wall St. Or 4 train to Wall St. (No 5 there this weekend.) Or A,C train to Fulton St. Please Google MTA planned service changes for weekend changes on your subway lines.