A new free shuttle bus is giving Brooklyn residents a quicker way to travel between two of the borough\u2019s most popular parks.<\/p>\n
The \u201cOrdinary Bus,\u201d launched Tuesday by skincare brand The Ordinary, offers free rides between Domino Park and Prospect Park. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a free bus going from Domino Park to Prospect Park every day, especially on the weekends, so people can really enjoy both parks,\u201d spokesperson Ashley Cordo said during the launch event.<\/p>\n
The shuttle takes riders directly between Williamsburg and central Brooklyn in about 30 minutes. <\/p>\n
The trip can take close to an hour by subway and requires riders to travel through Manhattan before heading back into Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know New Yorkers are very passionate about public transportation, so we wanted to create something that makes this route more accessible for everyone,\u201d Cordo said.<\/p>\n
Some riders welcomed the idea, saying it could encourage Brooklyn residents to spend more time exploring neighborhoods outside their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love going to Prospect Park,\u201d one parkgoer said. \u201cI think people don\u2019t really visit each other\u2019s parks because it\u2019s such a pain to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others said they appreciated that the service is free.<\/p>\n
The service will only run for two weeks, with buses operating four to six times daily through June 9.<\/p>\n
The launch also renewed discussion about transportation access across Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Council Member Shahana Hanif, who represents parts of the Prospect Park area, said in a statement that while the shuttle is a positive addition for residents, New Yorkers should not have to rely on a skincare company for transportation.<\/p>\n
Hanif added that Brooklyn still lacks enough public transit options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new free shuttle bus is giving Brooklyn residents a quicker way to travel between two of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-244772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}