Kristine LaManna, Photo Editor
My Pick: K&L 5 Seat Paddle Boat
Why: With a paddle boat and my own free docking station in the river near the FDR Drive, it would have been a cinch to make it home. Best, I could've taken four other Brooklynites with me.
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