"The race begins at Fulton Ferry Pier in Dumbo, Brooklyn, and finishes at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan. Teams of five will compete for cash prizes. We expect teams in costumes, hot-rod shopping carts, and all sorts of ancillary mayhem. We think it will be extraordinarily silly."

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