NYC Ferry shall be formally adopting a new route map — connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn and lengthening southern Brooklyn service to Manhattan, amongst different modifications — whereas additionally planning to broaden ferry service to East Harlem.

The route modifications, first proposed this summer season, are anticipated to enter impact Dec. 8.

The brand new map will mix the Soundview and Rockaway routes, creating one uninterrupted ferry experience from Rockaway to Throgs Neck.

The St. George route, which presently connects Manhattan’s West Facet to Staten Island, will now prolong to Brooklyn and finish its run at Wall St.

The brand new map shifts the southern Brooklyn route northward, including a cease on the E. thirty fourth St. touchdown in Midtown Manhattan, however taking away service to Sundown Park and Bay Ridge on that route. As a trial run, NYC Ferry will restore service to these two southernmost landings throughout summer season weekends in 2026.

Throughout peak journey occasions, the East River route shall be break up into two, successfully working skip-stop service up the Brooklyn and Queens aspect of the river. Throughout noon on weekdays and on winter weekends, “native” ferries will serve all East River route stops.

Along with the ferry service reroute, NYC Economic Development Corp. — which controls the ferry community and contracts out its operations — introduced it plans to open two new ferry landings, one in East Harlem at a hundred and twenty fifth St. and one other in Sundown Park close to Pier 6, north of the neighborhood’s present touchdown. EDC can also be working to broaden the E. thirty fourth St. touchdown in Midtown.