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Originally Posted by Norwood Boy
There is an existing pier in the lower end of Shore. 67th street?
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Yep. They even have a little boat docking station now---spent plenty of money on it and I don't recall it being used ONCE this past summer because this "brand new" thing needed repairs already. (It was used the first year it opened, which was the summer before.)
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Originally Posted by funcrusher3000
It's at Bay Ridge Ave (69th St). There was a ferry to SI from there in the past, until the VB opened.
If Bay Ridge got a ferry that could get people to Manhattan in 15-20 mins, the neighborhood would boom out of control.
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I doubt it. I don't think people feel like taking the bus/train to get to the pier, which MOST people would have to do. There are only two buses right now that go nearby there and they only come down Bay Ridge Avenue until Narrows and then turn left, ending up in front of the HS two blocks away. Why do that when you can walk right out of your place and onto an express bus or take the train, which is much closer to you if you live between 3rd through 6th avenues.
And funcrusher is correct---they had a ferry from Sunset Park that they revived and subsequently stopped due to lack of ridership.
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