{"id":2787,"date":"2009-04-17T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:12:59","slug":"nantucket-lightship-manhattan-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2787\/nantucket-lightship-manhattan-harbor\/","title":{"rendered":"off Manhattan News: Visit Daffy Nantucket, New Beer Garden in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nantucket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2837 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"nantucket\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nantucket.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"281\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2837 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"nantucket\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nantucket.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"281\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nautical Intel:<\/strong> Just as the <a title=\"frying pan\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2008\/08\/07\/frying-pan-hudson-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frying Pan<\/a> is reopening this Saturday April 18, there\u2019s news of a sister lightship also docked in Lower Manhattan called Nantucket. The 128-foot vessel, however, does not offer free carousing and ping pong tables, only the chance to spend $395 per night in a captain-worthy stateroom in the North Cove Marina. [CapeCodTimes]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Three Million Colorful Reasons to Celebrate Spring:<\/strong> Speaking of Nantucket, make sure to set sail between April 24-26 for the island&#8217;s annual Daffodil Festival Weekend. Especially for you folks who missed the NY Botanical Garden&#8217;s <a title=\"ny botanical orchid show\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2009\/03\/06\/ny-botanical-gardens-orchid-show-warm-weather-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orchid Show<\/a>. [NantucketCVB]<!--more--><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Little European Haven Opening in Long Island City:<\/strong> Add beer garden to Ravel Hotel\u2019s <a title=\"Ravel hotel rooftop\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2009\/02\/25\/hotel-bars-with-manhattan-skyline-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rooftop bar<\/a> and you\u2019ve got yourself two reasons to love riding the N train. This May, 18,000-square-foot Studio Square will serve bratwurst, chicken kebabs, pulled-pork sandwiches with more than two dozen beers and house-made sangria to choose from. Multiple charming outdoor areas will be available. <a title=\"astoria beer garden\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2008\/07\/08\/bohemian-beer-garden-astoria-queens-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Astoria<\/a>, we\u2019ll still visit you too. [<a title=\"beer garden nymag story\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/food\/2009\/04\/beer_garden_will_open_in_long.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYMAG<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feel Less Guilty About Driving<\/strong>: If you have to <a title=\"Hybrid rental guide\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2008\/02\/13\/renting-hybrid-cars-in-manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rent a car<\/a>, partake in the TerraPass program at Alamo, National, and Enterprise, and help save the planet.<strong> <\/strong>[Jaunted]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two Big Film Festivals Come to Beantown in April: <\/strong>Boston is aiming to draw the movie buffs from Tribeca this month with the Boston International Film Festival (April 17-26) and the Independent Film Festival (April 22-28). There won&#8217;t be no De Niro, but keep an eye out for Charlize Theron, Mark Ruffalo, Zooey Deschanel, and a Wahlberg brother. [Boston.com]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fotopusch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fotopusch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nautical Intel: Just as the Frying Pan is reopening this Saturday April 18, there\u2019s news of a sister lightship also docked in Lower Manhattan called Nantucket. The 128-foot vessel, however, does not offer free carousing and ping pong tables, only the chance to spend $395 per night in a captain-worthy stateroom in the North Cove [&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":[766,271],"tags":[345,27,15,145,33,304,186],"class_list":{"0":"post-2787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-news","8":"tag-beer-garden","9":"tag-boat","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-dining","12":"tag-long-island-city","13":"tag-summer","14":"tag-williamsburg"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787","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=2787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}