Bay Ridge Ferry Petition
SRWA founder and Executive Director Heather McCown started circulating a petition to restore ferry service to the Bay Ridge 69th Street Pier Ferry Terminal in July of 2007. Within months the petition had been signed by over 1,400 residents of Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
The SRWA petition has carried over to the internet, via The Petition Site, where it has received support from over 100 people.
You can view or sign the petition here:
The petition’s permanent web URL:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/bay-ridge-ferry
Some petition comments:
- Ferrys are a great transportation option, the less cars the better!!
- This ferry would literally change my life. Please bring it back!
- Bay Ridge has the worst transit in the city. This ferry would basically bring us out of the stone age.
- I was born in Brooklyn. I love visiting Brooklyn. Restore Brooklyn!
- I was born and raised in Bay Ridge. I believe bringing back the ferry to the 69st pier would be a wonderful idea. I used to ride this ferry. It would link Staten Island and Brooklyn to Manhattan in a wonderful new way for our children, as well as adults. The subways are scarry and dirty, the traffic is horrible, gas prices are through the roof, and this would be a beautiful alternative.
- The Bay Ridge Ferry was the best idea and most convenient way to Manhattan from most places east of the City. Bring it Back!!!
- Bay Ridge needs ferry service!!
- The R train takes over an hour to get to lower Manhattan and I never get a seat at the Bay Ridge Avenue station. The express bus hits traffic on the Gowanus and in Lower Manhattan making it impossible to judge what time I’ll get to work; I also never get a seat at the Bay Ridge Avenue stop. Bay Ridge needs ferry service!
- After growing up in Bay Ridge, I know how beneficial it is for the residents to have the option of the ferry to get to NYC. BRING BACK THE BAY RIDGE FERRY!!!!
- I may be living in Virginia now but my heart still resides on Senator Street and the days of my youth. Cast off and give us back our beloved 69th Street Ferry.
- I am an attorney at a major law firm and currently live in the city solely because of the impossible commute from Bay Ridge to Midtown. A ferry service at 69th street bring a lot of us Brooklynites home.
- The best alternative to eases the problems of bus & train service also vehicle congestion in the area
- This ferry would also help Staten Islanders who are spending long hours on the road traveling to Manhattan. Thank you
- I used the ferry regularly from 69th St. before it was stopped several years ago. With only local train service from Bay Ridge and overcrowded express buses which have seen service reduced over the years, ferry service is an ideal solution which I look forward to using again.
- I’ll be moving to Bay Ridge next week - I would love to take the ferry to work!!
- Bay Ridge needs the Ferry NYC needs the Ferry The Enviro needs the Ferry We all need the Ferry
- Im moving to Bay Ridge in a month or so, and i’d take advantage of this almost every day… twice a day… PLEASE reinstate this!
- I used to love the ferry - it was fast, convenient, and very relaxing.
- Bring back the ferry for a greener Brooklyn!
