The line at the Belford Ferry Terminal stretched around the building Tuesday morning, with more than 715 people using the service during the morning rush.<\/p>\n
For regular ferry riders, the crowds are nothing new. But there is a new company running the boat.<\/p>\n
NY Waterway has taken over the longtime commute between Belford in Middletown and Manhattan from SeaStreak.<\/p>\n
NY Waterway previously operated the Belford service for nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n
The ferry carries commuters to Downtown Manhattan, including Pier 11 and Brookfield Place, with connections available to Midtown and Jersey City.<\/p>\n
For riders, one of the biggest changes is the number of departure options.<\/p>\n
On weekdays, NY Waterway offers multiple morning departures, starting as early as 5:15 a.m. There are also several evening departures from Manhattan and Paulus Hook back to Belford.<\/p>\n
Some commuters say the new schedule gives them more flexibility in getting to and from work.<\/p>\n
Weekend service includes three departures from Belford each day, along with two evening departures from Manhattan back to Belford.<\/p>\n
NY Waterway also offers free shuttle buses connecting ferry passengers with several locations around Midtown.<\/p>\n
Some riders say they would still like to see additional late-night options.<\/p>\n
The adult one-way fare is now $23 \u2014 less than the previous SeaStreak fare. Discounted fares are also available for frequent riders.<\/p>\n
For commuters who rely on the Belford ferry, the route itself has not changed \u2014 but the company operating it has.<\/p>\n
The service brings additional departure options during the week and a lower price for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The line at the Belford Ferry Terminal stretched around the building Tuesday morning, with more than 715 people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-348196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348196","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=348196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}