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New Yorker at Large surveys waterfront lore and legends
A New Yorker at Large roams Manhattan waterways noting youngsters swimming off West Street piers, Peter McNeil saving nearly 300 from drowning near the Battery, costly Battery flood lighting, a Pearl Street home linked to Captain Kidd, and a sightseeing boat circling Manhattan daily. It recalls Hell Gate current speeds, Bellevue to Potter’s Field transfers, the Leviathan’s retirement, a sailor’s sorrow, a tiny Brooklyn church, a Polo Grounds sightline, and Gilbert Miller’s middle name Heron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tenth Avenue
West Street
Peter McNeil
Pearl Street
East River
Captain Kidd
Manhattan Island
East
Hell Gate Bridge
Bellevue Hospital
Potter’s Field
Bareren Island