Planned South Brooklyn Ferry Service Will Connect Sunset Park, Bay Ridge
The Citywide Ferry Service is slated to begin in 2017, offering five new ferry routes from the outer boroughs to Manhattan for the price of a MetroCard swipe. Three of the lines will start operating that year, followed by two more in 2018. A part of Mayor de Blasio’s goal to bring more affordable transportation options…
The Citywide Ferry Service is slated to begin in 2017, offering five new ferry routes from the outer boroughs to Manhattan for the price of a MetroCard swipe. Three of the lines will start operating that year, followed by two more in 2018.
A part of Mayor de Blasio’s goal to bring more affordable transportation options to underserved communities, the planned South Brooklyn ferry route will service the historically difficult-to-access areas of Red Hook, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge.
The City’s NYC Economic Development Corporation and the mayor’s office are launching the service — and building 10 new ferry landings to make it possible.
The NYC Economic Development Corporation and Community Board 6 will give a public presentation on the ferry route plans from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, August 20, at the 76th Precinct police station at 191 Union Street in Carroll Gardens.
Historic illustration via MCNY; map via NYCEDC
This is great, I hope the MTA will propose some changes to the Express Bus Service in Bay Ridge to allow them to PICK UP passengers as they head southbound down Shore Rd. that will make this ferry service very successful in this neighborhood.
This is great, I hope the MTA will propose some changes to the Express Bus Service in Bay Ridge to allow them to PICK UP passengers as they head southbound down Shore Rd. that will make this ferry service very successful in this neighborhood.
The only thing that makes the Brooklyn Army Terminal practical is the large free parking lot. Wall Street to Bay Ridge might be of some use to commuters but it is still way out of the way to walk to. A Wall Street to Coney Island actually makes a lot of sense for leisure travelers since the trip would be much quicker and much more pleasant than the subway.
A stop at Kings Plaza/ Cesar’s Bay might work for some commuters as well.
The only thing that makes the Brooklyn Army Terminal practical is the large free parking lot. Wall Street to Bay Ridge might be of some use to commuters but it is still way out of the way to walk to. A Wall Street to Coney Island actually makes a lot of sense for leisure travelers since the trip would be much quicker and much more pleasant than the subway.
A stop at Kings Plaza/ Cesar’s Bay might work for some commuters as well.
Lets hope that this time, the Rockaway route runs on weekends and is on some publications/maps that it even exists. For the brief time it ran before, it was difficult to work out when it ran and they wondered why it did not get used very much!
Lets hope that this time, the Rockaway route runs on weekends and is on some publications/maps that it even exists. For the brief time it ran before, it was difficult to work out when it ran and they wondered why it did not get used very much!