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The Midtown ferry proved successful until the city made the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)'s Staten Island Ferry fare-free in mid-1997. [28] As a result, daily ridership on the $5-per-ticket Midtown ferry decreased to 400 passengers, and New York Fast Ferry was unable to make a profit on the route.
A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866 "Brooklyn Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 18, 1870. p. 2. Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823212453
Rockaway Park, New York: Connections: New York City Subway: (at Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street) MTA Bus: Q22, Q35, Q53 SBS, QM16 RES Shuttle Bus; Beach 35th Street RWS Shuttle Bus; Beach 169th Street: Services
The S train of the New York City Subway are available at the Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station. Several MTA Bus lines, namely the Q22, Q35, Q53 SBS and QM16, also serve the area. [22] A shuttle service from NYC Ferry connects Belle Harbor to the landing at Beach 108 Street on Jamaica Bay. [23]
The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the city, Rockaway became a popular summer retreat in the 1830s.
[82] [83] On May 1, 2017, NYC Ferry's Rockaway route started operations, and NY Waterway's East River route was transferred over to NYC Ferry operation. [84] The Bay Ridge route began on June 1, a month later, [85] and the Astoria route began on August 29 of the same year. [86]
At the Rockaway Parkway Intermodal Center on the BMT Canarsie Line (L train), westbound B6, B82 Local, and B82 Select Bus Service customers arriving from East New York and Canarsie, eastbound B6 Local customers on trips terminating at Rockaway Parkway, and all B42 customers, are transported directly into the subway system's fare control without ...
In the aftermath of infrastructure damage and service disruptions to the New York City Subway system in Queens and Brooklyn caused by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, Seastreak began running weekday ferry service between East 34th Street and Rockaway Park, Queens, with additional stops at Pier 11 and Brooklyn Army Terminal. [81]