June 4, 2009
Governors Island adds free ferry service to Brooklyn
The Lost City blog is the first with the news that the free ferry to Governors Island will add Brooklyn service starting this Saturday.
The ferry will dock in Brooklyn at the Fulton Ferry Landing, near the base of the Brooklyn Bridge.
 “Ferry schedule for Brooklyn service will vary throughout the summer,” according to the official ferry schedule page maintained by the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp., which operates the island with the National Park Service.
So while the island is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Brooklyn gets the ferry Saturday only. Service is offered all three days to Lower Manhattan at the Battery Maritime Terminal.
This Saturday only (as times may change through the season,) the ferry will depart Brooklyn at 11:20 and 11:40 a.m., 12:20 p.m., 1, 1:20, 1:40, 2, 2:20, 2:40, 3, 3:20, 3:40, 4, 4:40 and 5 p.m. (NOTE: Those times are different than the ones originally posted as GIPEC on Friday afternoon added extra service. Those times, like the ones for Manhattan service, can change weekly.)
Update: The Brooklyn service will be only on Saturdays, and even then, only on the Saturdays that have scheduled programming on Governors Island, Elizabeth Rapuano, the director of marketing and communications for GIPEC told NewYorkology. Manhattan will continue to be serviced by the Lt. Samuel S. Coursen ferry, while Brooklyn will get a supplemental boat hired by GIPEC. (And no, it’s not the ferry sold on eBay this past winter.) The Brooklyn ferry will not stop in Manhattan, Rapuano said.
There is still no official word on whether the New York Water Taxi will offer service to Governors Island when it opens another Water Taxi Beach there in time for the July 4 weekend.
Governors Island is also open Wednesdays and Thursdays for free ranger-led tours.
This weekend’s events include:
Friday - Free Bike Fridays begins
Saturday - Site-specific dance performance “White” by Zvi Dance at Fort Jay
Jazz Age Lawn Party and Dorothy Parker Society’s Parkerfest
Sunday - Jazz Age Lawn Party and Dorothy Parker Society’s Parkerfest
(Lost City link via Gothamist.)
Picture credits: Passengers disembark at Governors Island, top; Fulton Ferry landing at far right. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Earlier: Governors Island opens for 2009 with polo, free bikes
June 4, 2009 1:18 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Kids, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours, Transportology
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