'Mint' Car Sharing at Two Brooklyn Locations

You can probably tell by now that we've been going through our never-ending mail bag this weekend. Here's another one:

We received a reminder from Zipcar's new competitor, Mint, that they now supply cars from two locations in Brooklyn -- at 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, and at 353 4th Avenue in Park Slope. Mint says:

All reservations include gas, insurance and reserved home parking. Members are also eligible for discounted parking at parking lots throughout Manhattan. There is a $25.00 non-refundable fee that covers the application, DMV check and access card, but it is waived for existing Zipcar & Hertz Connect members.

New York Magazine compares the three major car sharing companies (Zipcar, Mint and Hertz Connect) here.

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Zipcar Comes to One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Zipcar just announced that they now have a couple of vehicles parked in the garage at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, on the waterfront at Joralemon and Furman Street (the tan colored marker above).

One -- a BMW 328 -- is named Bess. The other -- a Honda Civic Hybrid -- is called Carrizal.

Other Zipcars in the Heights live at 180 Montague Street and at 75 Henry Street.

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Free Zipcar Coffee at Crossroads Cafe, Downtown Brooklyn

Get it while it's hot.

Till ten this morning the Zipcar Guys are partnering with Crossroads Cafe (that cute little coffee stand on Joralemon Street across from the Municipal Building) and giving away free coffee.

Photos by MK Metz

Another Venue in Brooklyn: Zipcar Spreads Its Mighty Tentacles

Zipcar went all out to promote its latest Brooklyn venue: the Brooklyn Law School dorms on State Street east of Court. The Brooklyn Cyclones-mobile was parked on Atlantic (you can't reserve it though -- a Zipcar rep said it has been taken "off the grid") and a variety of Zipcars were parked near the oddly-shaped Zipcar flags on Court Street.

Meanwhile, the word is that Zipcar is the latest "amenity" (read: Fresh Direct) to be offered at many of the area’s newest developments. Zipcar is partnering with developers across the country, according to the NY Post.

Upcoming developments with on-site Zipcars include "many Brooklyn properties being marketed by the Developer’s Group, including the Aurora in Williamsburg and One Brooklyn Bridge Park," according to the Post.

More here.

Photo by MK Metz