NYC Ferry launches 20-minute Bay Ridge-to-Wall Street route

[Dehumidifier]

Originally Posted by Esacni

Zero because it won’t be completed, even if there’s political will, in the next 50 years. This ferry route was very low hanging fruit.

Good because I think it would bring increased crime to Bay Ridge.

[dfc99]

Originally Posted by Esacni

You clowns don’t understand the game being played. This will dramatically increase property values for anyone within a 10 min walk of the ferry. Higher property values equals higher property and transaction taxes.

There are condos in that area going for nearly 1,000sq/ft.

The ferry has been there for quite a while. This service improvement won't increase property values.

[dfc99]

Originally Posted by popartist

Nope, have to find a street spot.

That stinks, maybe that's why the express bus is more popular but also more expensive at a $6.75 fare. What's the point of dodging alternate side parking rules just to ride the ferry?

[Esacni]

Originally Posted by dfc99

The ferry has been there for quite a while. This service improvement won't increase property values.

The ferry was there but the route wasn’t. The ferry already brought increases values since its inception. A 20 minute ride now means values can start to approach those (on a per square fat basis) of downtown BK and surrounding neighborhoods.

[Esacni]

Originally Posted by dfc99

That stinks, maybe that's why the express bus is more popular but also more expensive at a $6.75 fare. What's the point of dodging alternate side parking rules just to ride the ferry?

The ferry isn’t there for long distance commuters.

[Kefir King]

On the Bay Ridge Talk Facebook page people were complaining that the MTA should run a shuttle bus along Shore Road to get people to the ferry.


But the problem remains: How does one get from his front door to the bus stop? Peraps a Jitney service?

Apparently kids learn to walk at 1 year and then forget how to walk somewhere in their teens, never to walk again.

[Irish Eyes]

I used to live on 74th and Shore Road and I always wished the ferry would run from there. I couldn't believe when they redid that pier and didn't give access. It would have been an amazing commute. And if I lived in the 90s on Shore I would wish they ran a shuttle too!