March 23, 2007
GET ON THE BUS
A staple sight of summer is throngs of well-heeled-looking NYers standing in line to get on a bus at 40th St. and Lexington Ave. Loaded down with enormous LV, Coach, and grocery bags, they are all waiting to get on the Hamptons Jitney. The Jitney is the coach service bus that allows NYers to flee the city in style while knocking back a few road cocktails on their way to their Hamptons summer shares. The migration usually picks up steam Thursday afternoon as the crowds assemble at their designated pick-up spots on Manhattans East Side.
This year, however, the Hamptons Jitney is offering service directly out of Brooklyn, something The New York Sun notes is irking Manhattan's Upper West Siders. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz couldn't help but gloat a little:
"We have the hip zip," he said. "No disrespect to the Upper West Side, but Brooklyn is always hipper. If Shelter Island is not half Brooklyn, I'd be surprised."
The Brooklyn pick-up spots will be at two locations in Park Slope and one in downtown Brooklyn. One of the Park Slope pick-ups will be on 4th Avenue and 9th St., which should be an interesting sight. While the neighborhood continues to gentrify, that particular corner remains a little down at the heels, with 4th Avenue perpetually darkened by the elevated subway overpass and the corner of 9th St. usually crowded with people loitering outside of the check-cashing business or hanging around outside the bodega across the street. Let's just say that it's the kind of spot that will leave Hamptonites wondering "When is that bus going to get here!"
Tagged: brooklyn, hamptons, jitney, summerPosted by Lexiphane at March 23, 2007 1:38 PM
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