A ferry used to run between Staten Island and Brooklyn, but it was put out of service within days of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opening in 1964.<\/p>\n
Instead of creating a another line for the new service, NYC Ferry expanded the existing St. George route, which previously only ran to Manhattan\u2019s west side.<\/p>\n
Now the route will operate in two legs<\/a>. The first will still connect to western Manhattan, with stops at Battery Park City and Midtown West at Pier 79.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n With this connection to the Wall Street\/Pier 11 stop Staten Island commuters can transfer to the rest of the NYC Ferry system, which mainly operates in the East River<\/a>.<\/p>\n From here, other travelers can pick up other NYC Ferry routes that go to Governors Island, Rockaway, Ferry Point Park and Astoria, among others. <\/p>\n Near the ferry stop in Bay Ridge<\/a> is the B9 bus to King\u2019s Plaza or the B64 line that runs to Coney Island.<\/p>\n Around five city blocks away is the Bay Ridge Avenue station for the R train, located near the intersection of Bay Ridge Avenue and Fourth Avenue.<\/p>\n With the expansion of the St. George route, ferry boats will run approximately every 37 minutes during peak hours<\/a>. <\/p>\n Trips will be scheduled around 50 minutes apart during non-peak hours.<\/p>\n On weekdays, the first boat to the west side departs at 6:04 a.m., with the first trip to Brooklyn leaving St. George around 6:05 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"NWS](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765190828_944_FCSYE5MDMFDO5NSXYPPLBZ7FMA.webp\")
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)<\/p>\n