The East River Ferry Cometh
We can’t wait for the new East River Ferry service that is slated to start next month–and not only because one of its pick-up/drop-off spots is right in front of the Brooklyn Flea’s Williamsburg location. (Suh-weeeet!) The service took one giant step towards reality this morning when a crane and crew showed up to start…
We can’t wait for the new East River Ferry service that is slated to start next month–and not only because one of its pick-up/drop-off spots is right in front of the Brooklyn Flea’s Williamsburg location. (Suh-weeeet!) The service took one giant step towards reality this morning when a crane and crew showed up to start building out the dock at the end of North 6th Street at The Edge as per this photo from a tipster.
BHS – I could see it working for commuting cyclists. They can’t take their bike on the subway but probably can on the ferry. There would have no problem being dumped at a non-subway containing part of Manhattan. Judging by the amount of cycles I see tied up outside the 7 in LIC and the L in Williamsburg – it might be viable.
yeah, this would be sweet for anyone who works in the financial district.
I believe its only $3 to Wall Street, where I work. So for the extra $1, I avoid the dreaded Bedford stop, avoid line changes and reduce my walk. My situation may be relatively unique since less people work downtown these days. Between all of the new buildings on Kent (NSP, the Edge, 184 and 175, etc) together with Schaeffer Landing, Dumbo and LIC, there may be enough critical mass to make it work. I believe the city has committed to 3 years. Worst case scenario I ride a ferry alone for 3 years and go back to the L train squeeze.
For midtown workers it may be a pain. I think they plan to run busses, but not sure that makes it work.
this location is much better – i believe there is a location on south 11 street schaeffer landing but i think only a few people would use that location
for commuting of course most people will still take the subway as it is cheaper, faster. I could see some people who live close by (including those whose doorstep is right there) choosing this over the crowded L train once in a while for fun.
I plan to try it for fun as well – although wherever it stops in Manhattan i’m pretty sure i’ll have to take the train from there to get somewhere useful.
I don’t see how this ferry will be successful when others have not.
With a frequency of 20 minutes, that means that you will wait over twice as long as you do for the subway, and have longer to walk and/or worse connections when you get to Manhattan.
On the other hand, the investment to start one up and run it for a year is pretty small, so there is not much harm in trying it out yet again.
9-7 on the weekends. Not sure about frequency – they announced every 20 minutes during weekday rush hours, so presumably something less frequent on the weekends.
Will it run on weekends?
This happens to work perfectly for my commute, but I am also of the view that anything that takes any bit ofr pressure of the Bedford L is big for Williamsburg. This really opens up transportation to the Flea and Smorgasburg and the concerts.
Now if they would only get around to doing something with the “park” comprised of one tree a pair of random picnic tables and concrete lots.
Always remember:
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNwvIEQsg0