A ferry to southern Brooklyn gets more support
Residents of Bay Ridge and Sunset Park were disappointed when,last June, the city’s Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)launched the East River Ferry service betweenManhattan, Long Island City in Queens, and four terminals innorthern Brooklyn – Greenpoint, Williamsburg and DUMBO/Red Hook -but left out the southern Brooklyn waterfront. Still, they held outhope that it would one day happen.
Now that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has voicedsupport of the idea in his 2012 State of the Borough address, thathope has gotten a little brighter.
For years, New York Water Taxi has moved 300,000 peopleannually to attractions across the city… but let’s make it easierfor tourists and residents to explore all that Brooklyn has tooffer, said Markowitz to an enthusiastic crowd at BrooklynCollege’s Whitman Hall. Let’s extend service to Coney Island,Sheepshead Bay, the Canarsie Pier and, of course, the 69th StreetPier in Bay Ridge.