{"id":219008,"date":"2026-05-04T09:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219008\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:58:07","slug":"news-12-bronx-community-members-call-for-ferry-service-in-the-west-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219008\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Community Members Call For Ferry Service In The West Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Could the West Bronx become home to a ferry stop?<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">City Council member Althea Stevens (D16) is pushing for that to become a reality.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;Having access to the waterfront really just actually increases just the quality of life for folks in the Bronx,&#8221; shares Stevens.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Stevens and others who spoke to News 12 visiting Roberto Clemente State Park said they feel a ferry service is needed in the West Bronx, near the park.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;We could really ease up some of the congestion that&#8217;s on FDR drive and things like that and give people another option, because there&#8217;s very little options other than having cars in the community,&#8221; said Stevens.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Aisha McBride, a park visitor, told News 12 she takes the train to Roberto Clemente Park almost every day, but she would consider taking a ferry instead.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;I would actually love if there was a ferry. Sometimes I wish I could swim across there, just because it&#8217;s more convenient,&#8221; said McBride.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As of now, council member Stevens said a study needs to be conducted by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)  to see the feasibility of the project.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12 called and emailed the NYCEDC about the situation and is waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could the West Bronx become home to a ferry stop? City Council member Althea Stevens (D16) is pushing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-219008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219008","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=219008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}