Water Taxi to Citi Field service

Kinda cool…

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 27, 2010 – Delta Air Lines (DAL), the official airline and proud sponsor of the New York Mets, together with New York Water Taxi are launching free Water Taxi service to every regularly scheduled home game at Citi Field for the rest of the 2010 season. Delta’s Baseball Water Taxi service, the area’s only complimentary public transportation to the games, begins today Tuesday, April 27 with a 5:40 p.m. departure from Pier 11 at Wall Street for the second game of the Mets-Dodgers doubleheader. Mets rightfielder Jeff Francoeur helped christen the vessel earlier today.

But beware…

Please note: service is only provided to the game; there is no post-game return service back to Manhattan. Fans can take mass transit home from Mets games. The 7 train is the fast, convenient, and “green” way to travel back to Manhattan following the game. For more details visit www.mta.info and click on “Take the Train to the Game”â„¢ or call New York City Transit at 718-330-1234.

So while the temptation is to get irate “what there’s no trip home!” think about it…you work downtown, hop a nice easy ferry.  You get home however you were going to in the first place.

Various videos of Citi Field

Will has been taking some videos of Citi Field – check out his playlist.   If you’ve never seen 126th street of McFadden’s you’ll enjoy video #3

Will says:

I posted some new Citi Field videos to my You Tube, shot (last) Saturday prior to the loss to the Nationals.

They include footage of the Apple, a relatively complete survey of the new player banners along the left field and right field fanwalk/exterior, 126th St and McFadden’s (exterior and interior), the renovated Rotunda, Shea Bridge and the Hall of Fame and Museum (shot after the game).

Feel free to link to any if you like. And thanks for all your work on the site. I enjoy it

Willets Point subway ridership down 8.5pct in 2009 (link)

So why am I linking to this Times subway story?

N.Y. / REGION
Stop by Stop, Subway’s Decline and Growth in 2009
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: April 25, 2010
Last year was a time of uncertainty and change, and a closer examination of life on the city’s underground reveals a curious resemblance to the uneasy life above the surface.

…because of this paragraph

Rides originating at the Mets-Willets Point stop, abutting newly built Citi Field, fell 8.5 percent, ranking among the biggest 25 declines……

Read the rest here.