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South Ferry is at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City and is the embarkation point for ferries to Staten Island (Staten Island Ferry, through the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal) and Governors Island. Battery Park, abutting South Ferry on the west, has docking areas for ferries to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
Prior to 2019, the East River and South Brooklyn ferries were extended from Wall St to Governors Island during summer weekends, before being replaced by the Governors Island shuttle in 2019. The South Brooklyn route was rerouted to serve Governors Island again between Red Hook & Sunset Park at all times except when the Governors Island shuttle ...
[40] [49] [58] [55] In 2019, the summer weekend extension of the East River and South Brooklyn lines to Governors Island was eliminated due to complaints about the confusing routing patterns, and replaced by a new Governors Island shuttle route. The Governor's Island route is seasonal and only operates during summer weekends; it launched in 2019.
South Brooklyn Ferry: Pier 11/Wall Street: Governors Island; Fulton Ferry; Atlantic Avenue; Red Hook; Sunset Park: Bay Ridge: 2017–present Bridge Street Ferry: James Slip Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn: 1864–1874 Catherine Ferry: Catherine Slip: Main Street, Downtown Brooklyn: 1795 – ???? Gouverneur Street Ferry: Gouverneur Slip
The terminal was used by Brooklyn ferry routes until the mid-20th century and subsequently fell into disrepair. The building was used as a Governors Island ferry terminal starting in 1956, while the upper floors were used by various city agencies, including the Department of Marine and Aviation beginning in 1959.
Two barges were added to Pier 11 within a week of the attacks, increasing the total number of available slips to ten, but passenger queueing remained an issue and prompted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to open a ferry terminal at Pier A in Battery Park in November 2001 to accommodate some of the trans-Hudson ferry routes. In ...
NY Waterway, or New York Waterway, is a private transportation company running ferry and bus service in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in the Hudson Valley.The company utilizes public-private partnership with agencies such as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York City Department of Transportation, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority to ...
Governors Island is a 172-acre (70 ha) island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan.It is located approximately 800 yards (730 m) south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from Brooklyn to the east by the 400-yard-wide (370 m) Buttermilk Channel.