{"id":365232,"date":"2026-10-05T22:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365232\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:42:06","slug":"nyc-ferry-fare-hikes-coming-oct-19-as-system-gives-middle-schoolers-discounted-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365232\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Ferry fare hikes coming Oct. 19, as system gives middle schoolers discounted trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Ferry<\/a> riders will soon have to cough up an additional 50 cents per ride and $1 per 10-trip pass come Oct. 19, when a new fare hike takes effect.<\/p>\n

The fare for a single one-way NYC Ferry trip will increase from $4.90 to $5, while a 10-trip bundle will now cost $30 \u2014 up from $29. The ferry service, which is overseen by the quasi-governmental Economic Development Corporation (EDC), emphasized that the per-trip price of the bundle would be $3, equal to the cost of a subway or bus trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese fare changes will help support the long-term sustainability of the system,\u201d EDC President & CEO Anthony Shorris said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

The EDC has been able to keep the price so low because of a large per-ride subsidy, which has been the target of heavy criticism<\/a>. As of last year, the city spent $8.33 in per-rider subsidies<\/a> for the service.<\/p>\n

NYC Ferry last increased the fare to the current rates in 2024.\n<\/p>\n

The price of a reduced fare<\/a> \u2014 available to riders with disabilities, seniors aged 65 and older, and recipients of the city\u2019s Fair Fares discounted subway and bus trip program \u2014 is also going up.<\/p>\n

For one-way rides, it will rise by 50 cents, from $1.45 to $1.50. The price of the two-day reduced fare pass will remain at $15 and become a permanent option, according to the ferry service.\n<\/p>\n

However, NYC Ferry is pairing its fare hike with an offer of discounted trips to middle school students \u2014 those enrolled in grades 6 through 8 at the city\u2019s public, private, and charter schools. As of Sept. 1, students can access reduced-cost ferry trips<\/a> by creating a NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) and using the discount codes provided to purchase tickets either through the NYC Ferry app or in-person at the Wall St.\/Pier 11 ticketing window.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy minimizing impacts on frequent riders and expanding access to middle school students, we are continuing to grow a ferry system that is accessible, reliable, and responsive to riders\u2019 needs,\u201d NYC Ferry Executive Director James Wong said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Shorris said the fare increase is in part helping to pay for expanding discounted trips to middle school students.\n<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s high school students have already had access to the same benefit since the last fare increase in 2024<\/a>. The expansion was spurred by the City Council\u2019s passage of legislation requiring the discount be provided to all high school students, after a period during which it was first offered exclusively to students at the New York Harbor School on Governors Island.<\/p>\n

Even with the price increase, the cost of an NYC Ferry ride is still $2.25 less than the $7.25 cost of an MTA express bus trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Ferry riders will soon have to cough up an additional 50 cents per ride and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[135355,53892,41606,9,11,10,6501,92750,135356],"class_list":["post-365232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-edc-president-ceo-anthony-shorris","tag-fair-fares","tag-fare-hike","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nyc-ferry","tag-nyc-ferry-executive-director-james-wong","tag-nyc-harbor-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365232","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=365232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}