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NYC Ferry Fall Schedule Effective September 9, 2024
August 26, 2024
NYC Ferry’s Fall 2024 schedule will begin on Monday, September 9th. Here is everything you need to know about this schedule: Starting 9/9, the South Brooklyn route will resume service to Governors Island on weekdays and weekends. Riders from other routes can transfer to the South Brooklyn route at Pier 11. Some departure times on
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Community Connect: Four Freedoms Park

April 25, 2018

NYC Ferry Operated by Hornblower is your new way to commute. We connect New Yorkers and visitors to the city’s waterfront communities – including neighborhood businesses, job centers, and parks. Our new blog series, Community Connect, is another way to connect our riders to these communities by highlighting local businesses, community leaders, and non-profits. Each

Community Connect: Brooklyn Firefly

April 11, 2018

NYC Ferry Operated by Hornblower is your new way to commute. We connect New Yorkers and visitors to the city’s waterfront communities – including neighborhood businesses, job centers, and parks. Our new blog series, Community Connect, is another way to connect our riders to these communities by highlighting local businesses, community leaders, and non-profits. Each

Community Connect: NYC Together

April 4, 2018

If you spend even a short amount of time with Dana Rachlin, you’re likely to hear the phrase “slow motion miracle.” It’s a philosophy that allows her to frame the world, and how she continues to think big. Rachlin started her career in criminal justice reform while working with the Center for Court Innovation on

NYC Ferry Spring 2018 Schedule Change Effective Monday, April 2nd 2018

March 28, 2018

On Monday, April 2nd, the NYC Ferry Spring Schedule will go into effect. Plan your commute! Preview NYC Ferry Spring 2018 Schedules Now:     East River Route Schedule effective 04-02-2018 Astoria Route Schedule effective 04-02-2018 South Brooklyn Route Schedule effective 04-02-2018 Rockaway Route Schedule effective 04-02-2018 Rockaway East & West Shuttle Bus Schedule effective

Community Connect: Pico

March 27, 2018

Chris Miles can tell you a lot about growing up in Rockaway. He started working as a paperboy at age 11, then worked at a stationery store, a baseball card store, and by age 16, was working at the pizza place across the street from the restaurant he now owns, Pico. “Rockaway is a great

Community Connect: Ovenly

March 21, 2018

Tucked away on Greenpoint Avenue, just past West Street and almost at the East River waterfront, sits a small Greenpoint bakery, Ovenly. Possibly best known for their salted chocolate chip cookies, Ovenly wants to “be that place of joy and zen in the community,” co-founder Erin Patinkin told us. And it’s not just in the Greenpoint

Community Connect: Sahadi’s

March 13, 2018

For Sahadi’s, business is family. This Middle Eastern grocery store has been a staple in New York City for over 120 years. Christine Sahadi Whelan knows the secret to success is being a part of the fabric of the neighborhood. “We send hummus everywhere,” she jokes. Sahadi’s works closely with the local Business Improvement District,

Community Connect: Socrates Sculpture Park

March 7, 2018

If you’ve ever ridden our NYC Ferry to Astoria, chances are you’ve seen Socrates Sculpture Park. This waterfront sculpture park has been a haven for emerging artists to not only to publicly present but also work on site to create new works of art, for many years. We sat down with Katie Denny Horowitz, Director

Community Connect: Thai Rock

February 28, 2018

Nestled along Jamaica Bay, right next to the Cross Bay Bridge, sits a gem in the Rockaway restaurant community: Thai Rock. With a big open patio, views of Manhattan, delicious food, and live music most nights of the week, Thai Rock is the place to be all year round. Owner, Robert Kaskel, remembers a time

Community Connect: Widow Jane & Cacao Prieto

February 20, 2018

A few blocks down Conover Street from our NYC Ferry stop at Red Hook/Atlantic Basin, is a glass windowed industrial building with chickens in the courtyard and a delicious smell that reaches your nose as you enter the doorway. It’s the combination chocolate factory-whiskey distillery known as Cacao Prieto or Widow Jane Distillery. We sat

Community Connect: United Photo Industries

February 13, 2018

Photoville is arguably one of New York’s most interesting public art installations. For two weeks every September, 60+ shipping containers are turned into individual photo galleries in Brooklyn Bridge Park, all free and open to the public. National and international photographers both mid-career and in the big leagues, including more well-known players like National Geographic,

The new love boat in town takes you to these brooklyn “sweet” spots in time for Valentine’s Day

February 9, 2018

To celebrate their 100th birthday (February 6th!), the Brooklyn Chamber is finding new and exciting ways to engage the borough. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, they released the Explore Brooklyn Chocolate Tasting Trail Map where most of the stops can be reached easily via NYC Ferry. 1. CHOCOLICIOUS (175 Division Ave., South Williamsburg)  At Chocolicious,

Community Connect: Barano

February 7, 2018

Chef Marc Murphy (who you may know as a judge on Chopped, or for his NYC restaurants Ditch Plains and Landmarc) was working as executive chef for Cellars in the Sky at Windows on the World at the top of the Twin Towers. It was there in 1995 when interviewing for new kitchen staff where

Community Connect: Rockaway Roasters

January 31, 2018

Ziv Karasanti did not plan on being in the coffee business. His family moved to Rockaway almost 20 years ago, after a house opened up three doors down from his brother. He and his wife, Susan, started the business Little Dudes and Divas when Susan realized she could resell the clothes their kids were outgrowing

Community Connect: Sugarcube

January 24, 2018

At first glance, Sugarcube in Long Island City may look like another dessert shop and gelateria, but if you look a little closer, you’ll find that it is many things, just like its owner, Peter Zaharatos. Zaharatos hails from Greece and is a violinist turned architect turned chocolate artist. When we met up with him

Community Connect: Red Hook Initiative

January 17, 2018

When Red Hook Initiative (RHI) was founded back in 2002, by current Executive Director Jill Eisenhard, their mission was a little different. It started as a women’s health education program, where ten women from the neighborhood were trained to teach other Red Hook residents about reproductive health, “creating this ripple effect beyond just the ten