The city launched a new ferry service on the East River yesterday.
The new service makes a circuit between 34th Street in Manhattan and Long Island City, Queens, and Greenpoint, South Williamsburg and Dumbo in Brooklyn, and Wall Street in Manhattan.
The service runs every 20 minutes in rush hours and less frequently in the middle of the day, according to an article in today's edition of The Wall Street Journal by Andrew Grossman.
On Fridays throughout the summer, the boats will also add a stop at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and until June 24 the rides are free.
The new service replaces a less-frequent, unsubsidized service provided by New York Water Taxi. The new service is run by BillyBey Ferry Co., under the NTY Waterway brand and it will receive $9.3 million from the city over three years. A one-way trip costs $4 while a monthly pass costs $140.
The new service makes a circuit between 34th Street in Manhattan and Long Island City, Queens, and Greenpoint, South Williamsburg and Dumbo in Brooklyn, and Wall Street in Manhattan.
The service runs every 20 minutes in rush hours and less frequently in the middle of the day, according to an article in today's edition of The Wall Street Journal by Andrew Grossman.
On Fridays throughout the summer, the boats will also add a stop at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and until June 24 the rides are free.
The new service replaces a less-frequent, unsubsidized service provided by New York Water Taxi. The new service is run by BillyBey Ferry Co., under the NTY Waterway brand and it will receive $9.3 million from the city over three years. A one-way trip costs $4 while a monthly pass costs $140.
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Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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