City agrees to consider Canarsie, Coney for future ferry expansion
The city has officially agreed – in writing – to consider two transportation-starved Brooklyn ‘hoods for future NYC Ferry routes.
The city has formally committed to looking into both Coney and Canarsie – two nabes recently pushing for ferry service – in future studies, “to understand how they may best fit into future phases of expansion,” according to a letter penned to Councilmember Mark Treyger by Seth Myers, executive vice president and director of project implementation for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) sent at the end of August.
The forthcoming research, Myers wrote, will mirror that which the agency did in its 2013 Citywide Ferry Service, out of which came the updated system’s roll-out routes.