Posts Tagged ‘Ferry’
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 am
On Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, Councilman Vincent Gentile announced at the 69th Street Pier that he has secured $300,000 for an Eco Dock. What does this mean to Bay Ridge? This means that we finally will have access on and off the pier as soon as next year! According to the Councilman, this access will […]
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Tags for this article: 69th Street Pier, Bay Ridge, boat, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Paper, Ferry, Hudson River, kayaking, Manhattan, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, SRWA, Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, Vincent Gentile, waterways
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March 10th, 2009 at 9:07 am
BAY RIDGE−As the Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance launched an online survey today to determine the feasibility of developing Veteran’s Memorial Pier at 69th Street in Bay Ridge for ferry service, Councilman Vincent Gentile emphasized the need for ferry service between Bay Ridge and Manhattan. He encourages Bay Ridge residents and residents in neighboring communities to weigh […]
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Ferry, Manhattan, NYC, SRWA, Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, Survey, Transportation, Vincent Gentile
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March 10th, 2009 at 5:29 am
3/10/09
The Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance (SRWA) is launching a comprehensive online survey to collect data that will calculate the demand for ferry service at the Veteran’s Memorial Pier at 69th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The data will be collected and analyzed, with a report to be furnished to the New York City Economic Development Corporation […]
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Tags for this article: 69th Street Pier, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Ferry, Ferry Feasibility, Heather McCown, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Economic Development Corporation, Office of Emergency Management, Petition, SRWA, Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, Survey, survey monkey, Veteran's Memorial Pier, water-borne initiatives
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February 16th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Read this latest posting from GreenBrooklyn on the status on ferry service for 69th Street Pier. Click here.
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February 16th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Our new Congressman, Mike McMahon, is dedicated to using the stimulus package to help support the ferry service reinstatement at 69th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Read more here
Please contact his office to show your support for his initiatives: Jonathan Yedin, Brooklyn Director, (718) 630-5277
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Congressman, Ferry, McMahon, Stimulus
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January 16th, 2009 at 9:45 am
By Heather McCown
In a most heroic move, the pilot of USAirways Flight 1549 expertly used the Hudson River as a landing strip yesterday afternoon. With both of his engines out within minutes of departure, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III, knew that he must make a quick decision, or risk the lives of 155 passengers and […]
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Tags for this article: 69th Street Pier, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Commute, Ferries, Ferry, Flight 1549, Heather McCown, Hudson River, New York Waterway, NYWaterways, Office of Emergency Management, SRWA, Sullenberger, Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, Transportation, USAirways, Veteran's Memorial Pier
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
By Stephen Witt
May 19, 2008
[Source: Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier]
Ferry service might return to Red Hook, an area underserved by mass transportation.The waterfront neighborhood, which was a stop for the New York City Water Taxi from March of last year to February 1 of this year, is being studied as a possible stop in a citywide […]
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Department of Transportation, Economic Development Corporation, Ferry, Greenpoint, Manhattan, NYC, Pier 11, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Tom Fox, Traffic, Transportation, Williamsburg
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
By Helen Klein
May 8, 2008
[Source: CourierLife Publications]
Ferry service is coming back to the Brooklyn Army Terminal.The service will be restored May 12th, as a stop on the new Rockaways to Manhattan route that the city is subsidizing as part of its five-borough ferry initiative announced earlier this year.Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine […]
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Tags for this article: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Christine Quinn, Commute, East River, Ferry, Heather McCown, Infrastructure, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marty Golden, Mayor Bloomberg, Metrocard, Pier 11, Queens, Rockaways, Staten Island, Sustainability, Tom Fox, Traffic, Transportation, Vincent Gentile, Wall St, Williamsburg
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May 16th, 2008 at 8:54 am
By Ben Muessig
May 17, 2008
[Source: The Brooklyn Paper]
The new ferry service between Bay Ridge and the Lower Manhattan is a long way from being able to stay afloat without help from the city.
For the just-rechristened boat route to survive after its two-year, $1.1-million city subsidy runs out, 700 commuters will need to be riding it […]
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Tags for this article: 58th Street Pier, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Paper, Commute, Ferry, Fuel Costs, Greenpoint, Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg, Queens, Schaefer Landing, Tom Fox, Williamsburg
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May 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
By UMAR CHEEMA
Published: May 6, 2008
[Source: The New York Times]
Correction Appended
A subsidized ferry route between southern Queens and Lower Manhattan, via Brooklyn, will begin next week to give commuters another option, the mayor and the City Council announced on Monday.
The two-year pilot Rockaway Service, which will be run by New York Water Taxi, will be financed using $1.1 million allocated by the City Council.
The new route, which begins on May 12, will run from Riis Landing in Breezy Point, Queens, to the Brooklyn Army Terminal to Pier 11 at Wall Street. It will run twice a day in each direction: 5:45 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. from Breezy Point, and 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. from Lower Manhattan. The trip will take about one hour each way. The cost will be $6 per trip.
Separately, New York Water Taxi will restart East River ferry service next month from Pier 11 and 34th Street to Long Island City, Queens, which it suspended in January because of lack of passengers and rising fuel costs. Service to South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will be restored when a new $1.25 million city-financed launch center being built at Schaefer Landing is completed, Water Taxi officials said in a statement.
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Tags for this article: Breezy Point, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Commute, Department of Transportation, East River, Ferry, Fuel Costs, Greenpoint, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Manhattan, NYC, Pier 11, Queens, Rockaways, Schaefer Landing, Transportation, Wall St, Williamsburg
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