{"id":635210,"date":"2026-10-03T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/635210\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:20:08","slug":"free-nyc-ferry-rides-every-thursday-in-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/635210\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NYC Ferry Rides Every Thursday in October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/let-me-tell-youdating-in-nyc-is-actually-awesome-081925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dating in New York<\/a> comes with enough expenses before you\u2019ve even figured out whether the person across the table\u00a0is capable of asking\u00a0follow-up questions. This month, at least part of that romantic hassle could be on someone else\u2019s tab.<\/p>\n<p>Zelle is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-ferry-fares-could-increase-to-5-starting-next-monthhere-are-all-the-proposed-changes-locals-need-to-know-about-092926\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Ferry<\/a> to cover rides on a different route every Thursday throughout October. There are five Thursdays this month, which means five opportunities to work harbor views into your romantic itinerary without paying for the boat ride.\u00a0The free rides kicked off on October 1, on the St. George route; followed by the\u00a0East River on October 8; Rockaway-Soundview on October 15; South Brooklyn on October 22; and finishing with Astoria on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/sex-dating\/cheap-date-ideas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These cheap date ideas in NYC will impress while taking it easy on your wallet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The promotion accompanies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zelle.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-09\/Zelle-NYC-Affordable-Date-Night-Guide-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zelle\u2019s NYC Affordable Date Night Guide<\/a>, created with Ellie Williams, founder of the lifestyle and nightlife publication For the Girls. It collects ideas across all five boroughs, from ice cream at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julia-jeans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Julia Jean\u2019s<\/a> on the Lower East Side to a ceramics date at <a href=\"https:\/\/brickhouseny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center<\/a> in Long Island City.<\/p>\n<p>One particularly wallet-friendly pick is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrixvintage.com\/fill-a-bag-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Electrix Vintage\u2019s Williamsburg pop-up<\/a> on October 10 and 11, where you can fill a bag with vintage finds for $10. Native Rose\u2019s Staten Island floral-and-coffee truck also offers $10 grab-and-go bouquets; its location varies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zelle\u2019s New Economics of Dating Report, 84-percent of Gen Z and millennial respondents say rising costs have affected their dating lives. An affordable, thoughtful date was more likely to make a positive impression than an extravagant one, at 38-percent versus 23-percent.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this permission, when it comes to New York dating, to keep things simple with a ferry ride and something sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dating in New York comes with enough expenses before you\u2019ve even figured out whether the person across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,256315,85,46,256316,256314],"class_list":["post-635210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-categories-sex-and-dating","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news-sex-dating","tag-sex-and-dating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}