NY Waterway

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NY Waterway is a private firm that provides commuter ferry service and tourist excursions in New York Harbor, with service between several points in Manhattan and New Jersey, including Hoboken Terminal. It was founded in 1986 by Arthur E. Imperatore. Since then, NY Waterway has carried over 65 million passengers. NY Waterway claims to have the largest ferry and excursion fleet in the harbor.

NY Waterway service was greatly expanded, with new routes and more frequent service, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center destroyed the PATH terminal located there, greatly reducing cross-Hudson River capacity. Among the new routes were the Newport to the West 38th Street Pier in Midtown Manhattan and Newport to Pier A in Battery Park. ^[1]

After PATH service was restored to downtown New York, NY Waterway suffered a tremendous decline in ridership that forced the company to declare bankruptcy as it was unable to reduce its fixed costs (the only way it was able to secure enough boats to provide the post-9/11 ferry service was to sign long-term contracts). Some routes were sold to other companies; some were discontinued; some were subsidized; and the company was able to survive.

[edit] Routes

All of NY Waterway's routes cross the Hudson River.

There are three ferry destinations in Manhattan. Each connects to several sites in New Jersey:

Midtown Manhattan at West 38th Street
- Port Imperial, Weehawken
- Lincoln Harbor, Weehawken
- Hoboken near 13th St., referred to as Hoboken North
- Hoboken Terminal, referred to as Hoboken South
- Newport, Jersey City
- Colgate, Jersey City
- Belford
World Financial Center in Battery Park City at the tip of Manhattan
- Port Imperial, Weehawken
- Hoboken North (13th Street-Hoboken)
- Hoboken Terminal (Hoboken South)
- Colgate, Jersey City
- Belford
Pier 11, Manhattan at Wall Street
- Port Imperial, Weehawken
- Hoboken Terminal
- Liberty Harbor, Jersey City
- Port Liberte, Jersey City
- Belford

Additionally, there is service between Haverstraw, New York and Ossining, New York in the Hudson Valley to enable commuters west of the Hudson to take the Metro-North train from Ossining to Grand Central Station in Manhattan.

NY Waterway is also the leading harbor cruise company in New York City, and operates several cruises around Manhattan and the rest of New York. Amongst that, the main harbour cruise is the Yankee Clipper, departing Weehawken's Port Imperial, stopping at Hoboken Terminal / Hoboken South, World Financial Center, Pier 11-Wall Street, 34th Street, 90th Street, and Yankee Stadium up the East River, operating luxurious service there and back from Yankee Stadium.perating luxurious service there and back from Yankee Stadium.