Traffic & Transit
Upper East Side Gets New Bronx Connection Through Ferry Extension
A newly extended NYC Ferry route will connect the Upper East Side with a Bronx park that is otherwise tough to reach.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Upper East Siders have the chance to explore corners of the Bronx that were previously hard to reach thanks to a new extension of the NYC Ferry.
On Tuesday, city officials opened the ferry's new landing at Ferry Point Park: a green space in the Throgs Neck neighborhood of the southeast Bronx. The new stop marks an extension of the Soundview Route, which previously ended about half a mile west at Clason Point Park.
Along with the Astoria Route, the Soundview line is one of two NYC Ferry lines that stops at the 90th Street landing on the Upper East Side, just north of Gracie Mansion and Carl Schurz Park.
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It will take riders about 25 minutes to get from the Upper East Side to the Throgs Neck terminus, or vice versa, according to timetables on the NYC Ferry website. From the 90th Street landing, the Soundview Route continues south along the East River, stopping at East 34th Street and Stuyvesant Cove before terminating at Wall Street.
Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has invested heavily in the ferry service despite questionable ridership data — called the Throgs Neck extension "a game changer for Bronx commuters.
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"Starting tomorrow, this landing will provide affordable, accessible, and time saving transport, expanding transit options for all New Yorkers, further connecting the five boroughs and building a recovery for all of us," he said Tuesday.
Like subways and buses, the ferries cost $2.75 per ride, with tickets available from machines at each landing or on the NYC Ferry smartphone app. The system is operated by the private company Hornblower, whose contract with the city has attracted scrutiny for its high costs.
🎉 Now in Service 🎉 We are excited to announce that our new landing at Ferry Point Park is now open on our Soundview route.
This new stop transports riders to and from Throgs Neck in an hour or less.
Head to https://t.co/QYA4pNsqgz for more information. pic.twitter.com/2rk2Xe2KHf
— NYC Ferry (@NYCferry) December 28, 2021
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