

It seems fitting that they have their own little elite taxi shuttle in the city.” “It seems fitting for that strange little corner of Williamsburg,” the author of “The Hipster Handbook” and the culturally inclined “FreeWilliamsburg” Web log, Robert Lanham, said. Not so long ago, Williamsburg was considered a hip new frontier for Brooklyn’s artists, writers, and musicians.The arrival of the Water Taxi - with its grandmotherly onboard offerings of cookies and hot chocolate - suggests that the wealthy financiers, consultants, and entrepreneurs who have recently made their nests along the waterfront are there to stay. Williamsburg’s tenure as “the new East Village” may have ended yesterday morning when the new ferry port at Schaefer Landing sent its first bright yellow Water Taxi on its way to Wall Street.
