As I walk across the Williamsburg Bridge I'm always slightly jelous looking out at the boats on the river. Well it looks like at long last one can take a boat ride with ease:
Water Taxi Adding Williamsburg Service
New York Water Taxi will begin operating service to Schaefer Landing in the Brooklyn neighborhood on Monday. The stop will be added to the company's existing East River route, which includes stops at Hunter's Point in Queens and East 34th Street and Pier Eleven in Manhattan. Service between Williamsburg, Pier Eleven and East 34th Street will run from 6:23 a.m. and 9:23 a.m., and 4:25 p.m. and 7:49 p.m.
The website for the service is here: