It's strange that New York City is full of water ways and rivers, but we're not a more sea-faring people. Sure, there are ferries, lots of people are into boating, and there's even free kayaking. But we aren't Venice. We're New York. We're more into yellow cabs than romantic canoes. 

Well, that might change soon, even if it's just a slight change. There's going to be a new marina at Brooklyn Bridge Park, and it's supposed to be the biggest recreational marina developed in NYC in the last 50 years. 

The marina, called ONE°15, is to span eight acres and include 140 slips between Piers 4 and 5. In case you weren't sure, a slip is a parking spot for a boat, and a marina is a parking lot on the water.

Now sure, it's cool that there are going to be all kinds of fun programs and events based in and around the new marina aimed at getting more people out on the water. But what's kind of mind boggling is exactly how construction is being pulled off.

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You see, under the riverbed runs the R Train's Montague Tubes, so they couldn't exactly drive posts deep into the ground without compromising the subway tunnel. 

Instead, they just dropped 160 ten ton blocks underneath the marina's surface location, and are affixing the docks to these blocks with bungee cord like mechanisms specially designed to perform better than metal chains would in the wavy East River.

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Not only that, the marina will also feature a breakwater pontoon system to minimize the choppiness caused by the other vessels on the river. It should be pretty cool. Boats are fun. 

Most activities are better on a boat. We're looking forward to maybe doing more things on boats, coming soon. 

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[via The Wall Street Journal]

[Feature Image Courtesy of BBP Marina]