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Located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Served by the South Brooklyn and Rockaway routes. The landing is also used by the employee shuttle for NYU Langone Health that runs to the East 34th Street Ferry Landing and is operated by New York Water Taxi. [3] The landing was rebuilt and opened in 2018, with an all new waiting ...
Dumbo (or DUMBO, [2] [3] an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass [a]) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
New York Water Taxi began operation in September 2002. It started with a fleet of six yellow vessels with black and white checks. The company was born out of a vision of reclaiming New York Harbor for transportation and recreation. [6] New York Water Taxi established its homeport at the Erie Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn. [7]
New York Water Taxi operates a shuttle service for NYU Langone Health between 34th Street and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Use of this service is limited to NYU card holders (faculty, students and staff) and provides a connection between its academic medical center in Manhattan and NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn. [93] [94]
Fulton Ferry is a small area adjacent to Dumbo in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is named for the Fulton Ferry, a prominent ferry line that crossed the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and is also the name of the ferry slip on the Brooklyn side. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 2.
IKEA Express ferry operated by New York Water Taxi at Pier 11 in 2008. In June 2008, New York Water Taxi began operation of a ferry route to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The free service was implemented as a measure to improve transportation access to the new store but was not limited to use by store customers. [59]
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On May 18, 2020, service was reduced, all ferry service ending at 9 p.m., with the discontinuation of the Lower East Side route, the addition of the Stuyvesant Cove stop to the Soundview line, and the modification of the South Brooklyn route to run from Atlantic Avenue to Wall Street, Dumbo, and to its new last stop at Corlears Hook.