New York Water Taxi is shutting down its ferry service to Yonkers because of low ridership and a lack of financing.
New York City and the boat operator have yet to agree on a subsidy for a service favored by residents of some waterfront condos in Brooklyn and Queens.
People in Port Richmond, Staten Island, say that on this Election Day no issue evokes as much ire as their daily transportation headaches.
The crowding along the harbor promenade has been compounded since 9/11 by the large tents used for security clearance for ferries to Ellis and Liberty Islands.
Gay Talese says that in all his years as a writer, he never proposed a story that would bring him near the water.A writer with an aversion to the water takes a ferry tour of his home city, and finds a reservoir of memories.
A ferry boat with about 800 passengers aboard lost power while docking and slammed into a pier, injuring 15 people.
Fire department officials said a New York City ferry boat hit a pier while docking, causing minor injuries.
Most passengers did not have particularly strong feelings about the new Port Authority ferry terminal at the World Financial Center, which serves passengers from New Jersey.
An appeals court ruled that officials properly denied a Jamaican woman’s application for residency after her husband, a U.S. citizen, died in the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash.