STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Starting on Monday, Dec. 8, the St. George route on the NYC Ferry system will connect Staten Island and Brooklyn.
The Economic Development Corporation — which runs the NYC Ferry — officially announced it would connect the two boroughs by ferry in November.
The new Staten Island route will operate in two legs. The first will run to western Manhattan, with stops at Battery Park City and Midtown West at Pier 79.
The new second leg will run between the existing fast ferry stops in St. George and the American Veterans Memorial Pier at 69th Street in Bay Ridge.
After Bay Ridge, the route will continue to the Atlantic Avenue stop at Brooklyn Bridge Park and finally Wall Street at Pier 11 in Manhattan.
The new map of routes for the NYC Ferry, seen here, will go into effect on Dec. 8.(Courtesy of New York City Economic Development Corporation)
According to a schedule posted on the NYC Ferry site, boats on the St. George route will run approximately every 37 minutes during peak hours.
Trips will also be scheduled around 50 minutes apart during non-peak hours.
Currently, the St. George line runs every 28 minutes during peak hours and every 41 minutes during off-peak hours.
While there will be more time between trips, the new schedule shows it will only take around 11 minutes to get from Staten Island to Brooklyn.
Tickets will cost $4.50 per one-way trip. Riders can also purchase a 10-trip pass for $29 or an unlimited two-day ticket for $15.
Tickets can be purchased ahead of time on the NYC Ferry App, or at vending machines located at NYC Ferry stops.
The ferry connection to Brooklyn actually re-establishes ferry service between St. George and Bay Ridge.
The old 69th Street ferry, dubbed “The Short Way to New Jersey,” began carrying passengers between St. George and 69th Street in Bay Ridge on July 4, 1912.
The service was discontinued on Nov. 25, 1964, four days after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened.