{"id":598,"date":"2008-04-28T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/28\/top-5-manhattan-new-york-views-4-empire-fulton-ferry-state-park\/"},"modified":"2012-10-26T16:46:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T20:46:51","slug":"top-5-manhattan-new-york-views-4-empire-fulton-ferry-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/28\/top-5-manhattan-new-york-views-4-empire-fulton-ferry-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Manhattan, New York Views: #4 Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s landscape can be so overwhelming that the only way to take it all in is to cross the East River to <a title=\"Travel Guide to Brooklyn, NY\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/brooklyn\/\">Brooklyn<\/a>. Brooklynites have long known the pleasure of enjoying Manhattan from a safe distance, away from the perpetually honking horns and human traffic of Downtown. While many Brooklyn natives claim that Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Bridge or their kitchen window has the best Manhattan &#8211; <a title=\"New York City Travel Guide\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/\">New York <\/a>view, we at New York Habitat crown <strong>the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park as the best place in Brooklyn<\/strong> to gaze at the Manhattan skyline. New York Habitat has <a title=\"Vacation Rentals in Brooklyn, NY\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/brooklyn\">Brooklyn accommodations<\/a> that will put you in close proximity to the park, perhaps in an apartment with a city view of its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/fulton_ferry_landing_brooklyn_new_york.jpg\" alt=\"Fulton Ferry Landing Brooklyn New York\" width=\"494\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park is a nine-acre green space on the East River that is devoted to the appreciation of its surroundings.<\/strong> That is to say that the park\u2019s greatest asset is its environment\u2013tucked between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, and staring directly at the mass of Downtown Manhattan, it is impossible to visit this park without ones eyes darting around like a bumper car. This park is meant to be a place for spectators, like the seats in a Roman theater. Photographers love this park but often find their lens to be insufficiently wide and their photos unjust. Anyone visiting here is sure to be reminded of the countless music videos and photo shoots that have taken place in the park. Also on the park grounds are the Empire Stores building and the Tobacco Warehouse, two late 19<sup>th<\/sup> century buildings from the heyday of Brooklyn\u2019s shipping past.<!--more--><br \/>\n<a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 bedroom rental in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn (NY-11601)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/11601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/new-york-accommodation-1-bedroom-apartment-in-brooklyn-ny-11601.jpg\" alt=\"New York Accommodation -1-Bedroom apartment in Brooklyn (ny-11601)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><strong> Staying in a <a title=\"Apartments for rent in Brooklyn , NY\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/brooklyn\">Brooklyn apartment rental<\/a> is a great idea if you plan on visiting the Empire Fulton Ferry State Park a few times.<\/strong> New York Habitat\u2019s Brooklyn rentals have skyrocketed as the borough becomes more and more of a tourist attraction. This <a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 bedroom rental in Boreum Hill, Brooklyn (NY-11601)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/11601\">1-bedroom rental accommodation in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn(NY-11601)<\/a> features exposed brick and hardwood floors. For more space guests can take a look at this <a title=\"New York Accommodation: 4 bedroom rental in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (NY-12445)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/12445\">4-bedroom apartment rental in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (NY-12445)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s landscape can be so overwhelming that the only way to take it all in is to cross the East River to Brooklyn&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12065,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/12065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}