{"id":10580,"date":"2010-03-19T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T12:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=10580"},"modified":"2019-06-25T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:32:10","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-park-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/10580\/brooklyn-bridge-park-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: Why Locals Are Buzzing, a Brooklyn Park Opens, and a New Barbecue Joint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Brooklyn Bridge Park\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4443671435_7d73280b54_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"273\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Brooklyn Bridge Park\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4443671435_7d73280b54_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"273\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 2.5-acre lawn and 1,300-foot esplanade will be the first portion of <strong>Brooklyn Bridge Park<\/strong> to open on Monday after more than 20 years of planning. [<a title=\"Brooklyn Bridge Park news\" href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2010\/03\/18\/a_part_of_brooklyn_bridge_park_will.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gothamist<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Planet Earth: Shallow Seas 4-D Experience opens at the <strong>New York Aquarium <\/strong>on March 20. [nyaquarium.com]<\/li>\n<li>The caf\u00e9\u00a0<strong>Stumptown Coffee Roasters<\/strong> from Dutch-founded Red Hook (or Roode Hoek) has something brewing in Amsterdam. [TMag]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aloft<\/strong> will open a hotel in Brooklyn this year. [hotelsmag]<\/li>\n<li>Starting this Tuesday, Berry Street in Brooklyn will be the new barbecue hangout: welcome <strong>Fatty &#8216;Cue<\/strong>. [<a title=\"Fatty Cue opens in Brooklyn \" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandaddy.com\/nyc\/food\/9314\/Fatty_Cue_The_Latest_Contender_in_the_Barbecue_Game_New_York_City_NYC_Williamsburg_South_Side_Restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UrbanDaddy<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Locavores are\u00a0buzzing with glee now that New York has lifted the ban on beekeeping. [<a title=\"beekeeping allowed \" href=\"http:\/\/www.aolnews.com\/nation\/article\/nyc-lifts-ban-on-honeybee-hives-keepers-rejoice\/19402015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aol<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>In addition to Amtrak, the <strong>MTA<\/strong> is now considering adding wi-fi on all trains. [ny1]<!--more--><\/li>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sminor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2.5-acre lawn and 1,300-foot esplanade will be the first portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park to open on Monday after more than 20 years of planning. [gothamist] Planet Earth: Shallow Seas 4-D Experience opens at the New York Aquarium on March 20. [nyaquarium.com] The caf\u00e9\u00a0Stumptown Coffee Roasters from Dutch-founded Red Hook (or Roode Hoek) has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,325,271],"tags":[116,68,158,120,144,425,65,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-10580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-news","9":"tag-amtrak","10":"tag-aquarium","11":"tag-coffee","12":"tag-family-fun","13":"tag-hotel","14":"tag-mta","15":"tag-park","16":"tag-restaurant"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}