The special branded ferry rides run Friday and Saturday.
It’s not hard, not far to reach; you can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach … this weekend, on one of three Ramones-themed rides on the NYC ferry system.will play music by the seminal Queens punk band, host raffles for Ramones prizes from Rhino Records, offer free samples of Rockaway Soda and give out stickers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band’s first CBGB show.
“We’ve been bringing a lot of folks out to the beach this summer, and these local partnerships are important to get people going to the Rockaways to connect with the neighborhoods there,” said NYC Ferry's Executive Director James Wong. The Ramones formed in Queens in 1974 and played the groundbreaking Bowery venue CBGB on Aug. 16 of that year. “Punk” magazine co-founder Legs McNeil was at the show.
The band and venue became emblematic of New York City's punk and new wave scene. For decades, artists from the Sex Pistols to The Clash to Nirvana to The Donnas would owe a debt to the Ramones’ signature sound.ferry system, Wong said. The NYC Ferry operates deeply in the red, with taxpayers covering most of the cost of any given ride.
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