NYC Ferry will expand through 2021

The Ocean Queen Rockstar, first of six 350-passenger vessels built for NYC Ferry by Metal Shark, in New York's East River. Kirk Moore photo.

The NYC Ferry public system will expand to all five New York City boroughs in 2020, including a new cross-harbor route from Staten Island, service to Coney Island and additional stops on existing routes.

The Staten Island route will be a 35-minute run from St. George on the island’s northeast to Manhattan’s Battery Park City/Vesey Street landing, and then ending at the Midtown 39th Street landing. Despite the city’s iconic Staten Island Ferry, the distant borough has few public transit options.

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