In the fall of 1984, Richard Wrigley, a British transplant from Manchester who once likened Michelob to “a soft drink,” opened a 5,000-square-foot brewpub called the Manhattan Brewing Co. It was located in its namesake borough, in an old electric-company station at Watts and Thompson streets in the not-quite-fashionable-yet Soho neighborhood. Wrigley sold two ales
Brooklyn Oct 19, 2020
A property dispute in Brooklyn left commuters high and dry, looking for another ferry route all weekend most of the day Monday. The first ferry of the morning was supposed to depart Greenpoint Landing at 7 a.m. but city ferries skipped the Brooklyn stop until Monday evening. It was just after 4 p.m. wen the first ferry in three days…