{"id":10861,"date":"2010-04-02T11:19:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=10861"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:56:30","slug":"friday-roundup-national-park-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/10861\/friday-roundup-national-park-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: National Park Week is Free, New Dominican Restaurant, Indie Market Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Free Admission during National Parks Week\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4484413302_938eedf168_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Free Admission during National Parks Week\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4484413302_938eedf168_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong>During <strong>National Park Week<\/strong>, April 17-25, all 392 parks in the United States will offer free admission\u2014as well as family activities and special deals on lodging, food, souvenirs, and tours. [<a title=\"National Parks Week free admission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/npweek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPS.gov<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong>If you like to tipple on Tuesdays, head to the Bell House on April 6 for Edible Magazine\u2019s <strong>\u201cGood Spirits\u201d <\/strong>event; expect food from The Farm on Adderley and Palo Santo to be paired with cocktails involving Ilegal Mezcal and Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery. [<a title=\"Edible Magazine event at the Bell House\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbee.com\/event?eid=698695232 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edible<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong>Hail, Spring, the <strong>Brooklyn Indie Market<\/strong> reopens for the season this weekend, April 3rd and 4th, in Carroll Gardens. [BIM]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong>Mark your calendars for the <strong>Bikes and Bluegrass Festival<\/strong>\u2013coming to the banks of the Delaware River in Frenchtown on May 8\u2014where there will be music by Blues legend Bill Sims Jr., and for two-wheeled tourists, free shipping on purchases made at the outdoor art show. [ArtoftheBike]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong>A new modern Dominican restaurant, <strong>Gabbana<\/strong>, will be opening near Citi Field in Corona, Queens in May. [<a title=\"breaking news: new dominican resto coming to queens in may 2010\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2010\/04\/02\/friday-roundup-national-park-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oM<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 <\/strong><strong>Electric car company THINK<\/strong> will be bringing its zero local emission vehicles to NYC in early 2011, and will play a part in the <em>PlaNYC<\/em> sustainability program to reduce the city\u2019s greenhouse gases by 30 percent by 2030. [GreenAutoBlog]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of <a title=\"Washington National Park Fund photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11896423@N06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington National Park Fund<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00b7 During National Park Week, April 17-25, all 392 parks in the United States will offer free admission\u2014as well as family activities and special deals on lodging, food, souvenirs, and tours. [NPS.gov] \u00b7 If you like to tipple on Tuesdays, head to the Bell House on April 6 for Edible Magazine\u2019s \u201cGood Spirits\u201d event; expect [&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":[329,325,271],"tags":[238,381,15,226,227,254,225,133,432,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-10861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-new-jersey-destination","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-news","9":"tag-adventure","10":"tag-biking","11":"tag-brooklyn","12":"tag-drink","13":"tag-eat","14":"tag-free","15":"tag-market","16":"tag-outdoors","17":"tag-restaurant-opening","18":"tag-shopping"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10861","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=10861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}