The city is investing $335 million in the Citywide Ferry Service, betting that it will attract millions of passengers in waterfront neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx that are now a distant walk from overcrowded subways. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)NEW YORK — New York will launch its new ferry service a month ahead of schedule on what Mayor Bill de Blasio called the city’s “last frontier” — its waterways. De Blasio said Thursday the Rockaway, Queens, route gets top priority because residents there have some of the city’s longest commutes. The 22-stop service, officially named NYC Ferry, will link Manhattan with waterfront neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. A South Brooklyn route will start June 1, followed by an Astoria, Queens, route in August, then the Lower East Side and Bronx routes in 2018.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2017 14:58 UTC