Things to Do in Central Park: A Route That Actually Works
843 acres, and most visitors see almost none of it. Here is the walk that gets you to the parts you came for, with the subway stops and the real prices.
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Governors Island: Free Ferries, Fort Hours, and the Rules Nobody Prints
The island is free. You pay only for the ferry, and even that is free on weekend mornings before 11am. Which parts close at dusk, which days the forts open, and the rules that catch people out.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park: Every Pier, What’s Free, and When Things Are Actually Open
Entry is free and the park runs 6am to 1am, but almost nothing inside it keeps those hours. Which piers close at sunset, why you cannot swim at Pier 4 Beach, and which attractions the park does not actually run.
