{"id":173280,"date":"2026-03-24T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173280\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:16:16","slug":"alcohol-sales-make-comeback-at-staten-island-ferry-after-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173280\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol sales make comeback at Staten Island ferry after 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staten Island, N.Y.C (PIX11) \u2013 Spring fever is here, warmer weather is near<\/a> and what better way to celebrate than with a nice cold beer overlooking the water?<\/p>\n

Starting this Friday, alcoholic beverage sales will make a comeback for the first time since 2019, according to a DOT announcement.<\/p>\n

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Beer, hard seltzers and canned cocktails will be available for purchase alongside expanded snack options including pretzels and popcorn.<\/p>\n

The rule will also be extended to the Sandy Ground and Dorothy Day ferries in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Discover more stories shaping your neighborhood on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a long week, there\u2019s nothing that tastes quite as good as that first Friday night beer on the way home. It doesn\u2019t just taste like beer, it tastes like the weekend,\u201d said Council Member Frank Morano. \u201cI\u2019ve always tried to stay focused on the business of governing, but I\u2019d be lying if I said this won\u2019t factor into my decision the next time I\u2019m choosing between the ferry and the express bus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staten Island, N.Y.C (PIX11) \u2013 Spring fever is here, warmer weather is near and what better way to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[70646,56508,9,24,63,70645,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-173280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-alcoholic-beverage","tag-frank-morano","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sandy-ground","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}