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North of the power plant can be found [[Socrates Sculpture Park]], an illegal dumpsite and abandoned landfill that in 1986 was turned into an outdoor museum, exhibition space for artists, and public park by sculptor [[Mark di Suvero]] and local activists. The area also contains Rainey Park, which honors Thomas C. Rainey, who attempted for 40 years to get a bridge built in that location from Manhattan to Queens. The [[Queensboro Bridge]] was eventually built south of this location.<ref name=concrete89 />
In 2011, [[NY Waterway]] started operating its East River Ferry line.<ref name=":10" /> The route was a 7-stop East River service that runs in a loop between [[East 34th Street Ferry Landing|East 34th Street]] and [[Long Island City|Hunters Point]], making two intermediate stops in Brooklyn and three in Queens. The ferry, an alternative to the New York City Subway, cost $4 per one-way ticket.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-begins-with-7-stops.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-begins-with-7-stops.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=East River Ferry Service Begins|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date=June 13, 2011|last2=Quinlan|first2=Adriane|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 23, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was instantly popular: from June to November 2011, the ferry saw 350,000 riders, over 250% of the initial ridership forecast of 134,000 riders.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-exceeds-expectations.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-exceeds-expectations.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=East River Ferry Service Exceeds Expectations|last=
In February 2012 the federal government announced an agreement with [[Verdant Power]] to install 30 [[Tidal power|tidal turbines]] in the channel of the East River. The turbines were projected to begin operations in 2015 and are supposed to produce 1.05 megawatts of power.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turbines Off NYC East River Will Create Enough Energy to Power 9,500 Homes|url=http://energy.gov/articles/turbines-nyc-east-river-will-create-enough-energy-power-9500-homes|author=[[United States Department of Energy]]|access-date=February 13, 2012}}</ref> The strength of the current foiled an earlier effort in 2007 to tap the river for [[tidal power]].<ref>{{cite news |title=East River Turbines Face Upstream Battle |first=Dave |last=Hogarty |url=http://gothamist.com/2007/08/13/east_river_turb.php |newspaper=[[Gothamist]] |date=August 13, 2007 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521082250/http://gothamist.com/2007/08/13/east_river_turb.php |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>
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