Luxury cruise line Cunard has many ships, but last night was the first time that its Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2, and new Queen Victoria ships were in the "same port at the same time." And the port was the NewYork Harbor, under fireworks and gaze of the Statue of Liberty. Cunard scheduled the three ships' departures to coincide for this one time, an event two years in the planning, requiring logistics planning......

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (directed by Shekhar Kapur) Ever since she dazzled audiences in 1998 with her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I, it's been hard not to think there's something naturally regal about actress Cate Blanchett. Now Blanchett has returned to her Oscar-nominated role in a sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age with the same director and a similar cast. But will lightening strike twice? Maybe the expectation level was too high, but while Elizabeth the......

Yesterday, the odd news about the NYPD's arrest of three men involved with an egg-shaped submarine near the Queen Mary 2, off the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, revealed that a Brooklyn artist was behind the whole benign operation. Police Commissioner called artist Duke Riley's stunt "marine mischief," adding that the "creative craft of three adventuresome individuals" did "not pose any terrorist threat." The NY Times describes Riley's intentions:Mr. Riley’s plan was also military, in a......

Totally weird: Authorities have found a "make-shift" submarine with three men in it near the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. WABC 7 reports that the men may have been trying to "set sail off Brooklyn." Right now, police do not believe there was anything terror-related, as a search did not reveal any suspicious materials. There were oxygen tanks, though. No charges have been filed yet. It seems like one issue is that the sub may have......

Today on Gothamist Newsmap: A brush fire at 147th and Harlem River Drive, a truck stuck under the bridge at the West 231st and Broadway subway tracks in the Bronx, and a barricaded EDP on Staten Island College news: NYU protesters didn't storm the stage when the president of the Minutemen visited and Barnard's president is stepping down after 14 years (!) According to the Post, Peter Braunstein "has sat through the hearings in......

Ever since the Queen Mary 2 came to town, Gothamist has found themselves docked in Red Hook every weekend, be the reason birthdays, bike rides, or just Really. Big. Boats. The best reason, however, is Van Brunt Street's Pioneer Bar-B-Q, adjacent to taxidermy-heaven Red Hook Bait & Tackle, and also the self-proclaimed "most comfortable bar and restaurant" in Brooklyn. Pioneer not only offers a backyard garden sporting long picnic style tables, graffiti-ed walls, and......

We went down to Red Hook to take a look at the Queen Mary 2 docking at the new Brooklyn Cruise Ship terminal. Long story short: it is one giganormous ship! People were mobbing the streets leading up to the terminal, and cops were stationed at most of the corners. Still, it was possible to get a pretty good look at the ship towering over the neighborhood, and watch as all the passengers drove......

Amy from Newyorkology woke up at 5am to get the money-shot of the Queen Mary 2 arriving at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal. She reports: The ship arrived at its new New York home port around 5 a.m. and tour buses could be seen streaming into the gated terminal area. The streets in the surrounding industrial neighborhood had been cleaned of trash and at least one heavily-potholed street showed off a quick-and-dirty repaving job.......

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The arrival of the Queen Mary 2 yesterday awed and excited New Yorkers, with thrilling moments like when the biggest ship ever (so far) plugged along under the Verranzano Narrows Bridge and passed the Statue of Liberty. The Post put the ship's size into perspective - it's "86 feet longer than the Chrysler Building is tall." Holy. New Yorkers oohed and aahed over a spectacle not seen since the decline of transatlantic boat travel. An......

The Queen Mary 2 docks in New York City today, after being delayed by storms yesterday to make its American coming out party. The "\longest, widest and tallest passenger ship" in the world today will be greeted by Mayor Bloomberg and other dignitaries, as well as heightened security from the NYPD. The ship will leave NY on Sunday, after the big Saturday night colorectal cancer fundraiser hosted by Katie Couric. So, for aspiring paparazzi and......